Telescoping truck for tree removal?

[floresfarmtreeservice]

Hello I would like to get your perspective on telescoping bucket truck for tree service. Are there advantages and disadvantages over a conventional bucket trucks? Im asking because I'm in the process of starting a tree service and found a real great deal on a 90’ telescoping flat bed truck. My plan was to get a 75’ elevated bucket truck with a chip box but I really don’t want to pass on this deal it this type of truck would be sufficient in tree removal.

 

[arathol]

If you are referring to a single telescoping boom that functions like a crane or a manlift, no, thats not what you want. Keep looking for an articulated bucket. Its far more versatile and useful.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Hello I would like to get your perspective on telescoping bucket truck for tree service. Are there advantages and disadvantages over a conventional bucket trucks? Im asking because I'm in the process of starting a tree service and found a real great deal on a 90’ telescoping flat bed truck. My plan was to get a 75’ elevated bucket truck with a chip box but I really don’t want to pass on this deal it this type of truck would be sufficient in tree removal.

So you're starting a tree service? And asking questions like this?

 

[floresfarmtreeservice]

Absolutely brother and I have many more questions to come.

 

[arathol]

Do you have any real experience?

 

[Dudders]

To answer the question - I use a straightforward 2-arm access platform with fixed man-cage on the end. It's been very useful, saved a lot of time, BUT so often I've wished for the top arm to be able to telescope out, even just a few feet. It would make my work a lot easier and quicker. It's frustrating to have to go back down, pull the stabilisers in, move 6 feet, reset the stabilisers, and go back up just to reach that extra little bit I couldn't get before. The danger is the temptation, which I usually give in to, to lean way out from the cage...

 

[lone wolf]

To answer the question - I use a straightforward 2-arm access platform with fixed man-cage on the end. It's been very useful, saved a lot of time, BUT so often I've wished for the top arm to be able to telescope out, even just a few feet. It would make my work a lot easier and quicker. It's frustrating to have to go back down, pull the stabilisers in, move 6 feet, reset the stabilisers, and go back up just to reach that extra little bit I couldn't get before. The danger is the temptation, which I usually give in to, to lean way out from the cage...

Aren't you in a safety harness tied in? If not that's not good.

 

[TLG]

Better be in a safety harness for sure. Adding a retractable lanyard will give you some flexibility and shorter stopping distances when compared to a folded lanyard that has to break open and unfold to stop your fall.

 

[Dudders]

Whatever, my point is that I've often wished that the top arm on my own access platform was telescopic, for the reasons given.

 

[lone wolf]

Whatever, my point is that I've often wished that the top arm on my own access platform was telescopic, for the reasons given.

So get a tracked spider lift.

 

[arathol]

To answer the question - I use a straightforward 2-arm access platform with fixed man-cage on the end. It's been very useful, saved a lot of time, BUT so often I've wished for the top arm to be able to telescope out, even just a few feet. It would make my work a lot easier and quicker. It's frustrating to have to go back down, pull the stabilisers in, move 6 feet, reset the stabilisers, and go back up just to reach that extra little bit I couldn't get before. The danger is the temptation, which I usually give in to, to lean way out from the cage...

That could happen with any type of bucket, even with a telescoping arm. Sometimes you just need to reposition.....but if you are doing it all the time your platform is too small for the type of work you are doing.