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2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
You mind telling what you paid for it?
Grace Tree
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$145,000
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Yikes I hope your young
Man here that would take approximately 200 years to pay for :hmm3grin2orange: I often ponder moving but then the reality sets in it costs to move 
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Video of grinding that 5' dbh ash stump yesturday. I speed it up 4x to make it not so boring. There is a few spots you might get sea sick from though! lol. I gotta get a video lesson from the murph one of these days.
[video=youtube_share;bFsT_44GSAM]http://youtu.be/bFsT_44GSAM[/video]
[video=youtube_share;bFsT_44GSAM]http://youtu.be/bFsT_44GSAM[/video]
mattfr12
The Bulldog
Thats a nice lift im sure ill be after one someday. Once i dont feel like climbing trees anymore ill probably bite, the reach we have with the kboom and a bucket on it is the only thing that has postponed it. since we only need minimal capacity we can get it up in the 90's never really measured it nor is there a chart for it there so i only use it as a bucket that high and man does it move at that height.
mattfr12
The Bulldog
You guys plan on renting it out? i was reading your website man i dont know if id want other people cutting trees out of it. Did you have to get renters insurance and all that crap?
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Well least your video works lol I cant figure out mine of course it aint far from reel to real lmfao I gotta knock out 50 stumps tomorrow with my sc 602
mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
The way things are here I could never justify spending that much money for something like that. Truthfully, I don't believe the thing is worth $145,000.
mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
That would be your first big mistake.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Thats the same price of a new forestry bucket truck with elevator. I have been tossing the idea around for in a couple years either buying a lift like this or a 75' bucket truck. Everyone that i talk to about a bucket with elevator says stay away from them. They just cost to much to maintain. Besides, I cant always get a bucket into someones back yard, where you probably can almost always get a lift into there backyard.
Grace Tree
Impossible Access
We actually are planning on renting it out but we'll never just hand someone the keys. I or someone I've trained will remain with it and do the positioning. As far as insurance it basically goes like this; I'll be in the bucket doing the work under my insurance subbing to someone else or someone else is in the bucket under their insurance but with me managing the lift. We're also trying to look outside of tree work for uses. I'm 65 with a replaced knee and I don't feel much like dragging brush any more. I could have packed in and sat around and did nothing but what fun is that. Money's cheap. 3.49% for a 10 year fixed rate loan. I don't think that will last. The value of the US dollar certainly won't last; not with the government printing money at warp speed. I ordered a saw lanyard from the great guys up at tree stuff this morning. 20 bucks and change for the same lanyard I bought a few years ago for $15. That list could go on and on and if you don't believe me go find an old 2006 Wesspur catalog and look at the prices. 145 grand is a lot of money but consider this. In 1976 I bought a house for $58,000. 37 years later I was able to mortgage that same house and pay for a $145,000 lift with some left over. My "guess" is that $145,000 might not seem like much in the coming years. Time will tell. Ask me in a year from now and I'll give you and honest answer.
Phil
Phil
mckeetree
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Let me get this straight...you are 65 and you mortgaged a paid for house to buy a $145,000 piece of tree equipment.:msp_ohmy:
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
He must love what he does! Beside retiring sounds boring.
Grace Tree
Impossible Access
That's correct. Without explaining all my finances, that was the cheapest and best way for me to go.
Phil
OLD OAK
TREE KILLER
Not to be a A$$ but at 65 you should know better then to ever borrow against your home to buy equipment. I am thinking your home was paied for to.
Grace Tree
Impossible Access
It was paid for and I have the ability to cover the loan. Unless, of course, the banks close with everyone's money locked up tight and then the whole economy gets flushed.
Regards,
Phil
mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
I'm saying he is going to say it was not his home but just a house he owned. At 65, you start admitting that you hocked your paid for home for $145,000 to buy some kind of tree equipment, even if you did, and your kids might stuff you in the old folks home for dementia.
mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
Whoops...got that in late.
mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
If it WAS your home there is no way you can twist that around into being a smart move.
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