truestory
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Hello to all fellow tree care industry workers, i am an experienced arborist and lead climber for a small, growing, 3 man tree care buisness in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. We are currently looking at upgrading our set up for loading the wood resulting from prunings and removals. The owner is an experienced logger and likes to save the wood in lengths that he can then sell, usully 8 foot logs for softwoods, we also salvage the hard wood and make it into firewood. We have a 5 foot wide by 10 foot long dumper trailer with 4 foot high pannels, which is getting close to the end of its days. To load the wood we have a a bar with tongs and pulp hooks. For large pieces we usually make a ramp and roll them in. Very old school, which was ok for small scale but now with way more production its just a no brainer to invest in equipement to save energy and time on the heavy lifting. So my question is, do you guys think its worth having a custom trailer with a winch system to pull the wood into the trailer built, or would it be better to just get a trailer with a clam which is already built for that purpose. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Thanks.