whadja do today?

[Pelorus]

Nasty! Hope you learned to match your cuts up better, sinse then, but nice tree!!

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Cut quality went downhill the more tired I got, lol.

 

[jefflovstrom]

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Cut quality went downhill the more tired I got, lol.

Yeah, but you got it down.
Jeff

 

[mattfr12]

Bandit the raccoon that wound up coming home from a job after his mom failed to return after a few days to pick him back up. now he just lives at the shop and everyone feeds him.

 

[superjunior]

Whats the GVW of your truck i just noticed the tag axle stuck up under the back. That crane is pretty sweet. Once you do tree work with one you won't be able to go back to without. your body is gonna thank you in 20 more years for buying that truck. thats the whole reason i bought my ####. when I'm 50 i don't wanna be riding around in a jazzy scooter from picking rounds up everyday.

even on the biggest of trees putting them on the ground is generally the easy part getting all that stuff in a chipper and on a truck is the PITA.

thanks Matt. think the gvw is 33k. it has completely changed the way I do everything, I already want a bigger one lol..

 

[no tree to big]

now this guys gangsta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wFrXZiPqFw&feature=related

hey matt you ever gonna post a pic or vid of the beast? ya gotta post at least a pic and whats it cost to register that thing?

 

[mattfr12]

Hey matt, I love the K boom ya got, that is a dam sweet truck. Just wondering after using it for a while how it compares with a regular old crane? I really would like to have a crane at some point, though I just started this business 2 years ago and I am probably at least another 2 years away from getting a crane. Just wondering if that K-boom is really worth the bucks. Seems like you can get a 100+ ft 20 ton for 60 grand or so. I was thinking a rear mount crane is the best thing for a tree co, something lightweight too so you don't have any problems putting it on a driveway..... just thinking.... anyways, what's your input? What makes the k-boom that much better?

Stick cranes are hard to beat just for the reason you said, you can get a nice stick crane for 60-80g's. If you wanna build a comparable knuckle boom its easy to double the cost.

knuckle booms are stronger in the pick bent over cranes are stronger in the pick in close. But a crane is only a crane you can haul logs on it but thats about as far as it goes.

My k-boom is a grapple truck, chip truck, and crane. It gets worked 5-6 days a week year round so i would do it over again for sure.

The coolest thing I've found with the knuckle is the fly jib. you can have your main boom straight up 70 foot. then bend the fly jib over horizontal keeping the main boom in close to the truck and allowing you to have a huge capacity on trees. with the 500 my capacity is usually 10k or more on an average tree 70 foot or less. once you get up their around 100 i start dropping down around 4-5k especially if i got it bent over really good.

but the number one selling point for me is its all done by one person. i put myself in the tree, i make the cut, and operate the crane. one man does it all. you can basically do a full blown crane removal with one person. set the truck up then turn you remote on and start picking away.

what its gonna come down to is whats gonna be the most cost effective for you. in my arsenal a standard stick crane is not out of the question but it would have to be a monster.

I've offered a lot of people to come see it and it still stands. its definitely along way away from you. but if you wanna see it done before you drop a few hundred g's i would check it out. and make sure its everything you dreamed of and more.

 

[superjunior]

Tried out a bad ass climber today, I mean this guy is really good. Got him on the biggest job I had lined up and he is just an animal.. Very expensive though, don't know if I'll be able to afford to keep him..

 

[mattfr12]

thanks Matt. think the gvw is 33k. it has completely changed the way I do everything, I already want a bigger one lol..

do you ever put down the tag axle in the back? i thought that might have given you more gvw. 33 is defiantly more than enough for what you doing tho. i had a good load of maple in mine today heaped up and i was at 34k. but thats a 14 foot bed filled up to the roof with the boom.

 

[mattfr12]

thanks Matt. think the gvw is 33k. it has completely changed the way I do everything, I already want a bigger one lol..

ya that was definitely a good purchase i wouldn't have hesitated on a that truck. it looks to be in really good shape. run it for a few years and go up to a 20-25 ton. because if you can do it with that crane going to a bigger one is gonna be a breeze. if you where selling that truck id be interested.

 

[superjunior]

do you ever put down the tag axle in the back? i thought that might have given you more gvw. 33 is defiantly more than enough for what you doing tho. i had a good load of maple in mine today heaped up and i was at 34k. but thats a 14 foot bed filled up to the roof with the boom.

ran the tag today, got 21 nice strait maple logs on there and 15 on the other truck off a big job. gonna run em to the saw mill in the morning. I just can't make turns with the axle down

 

[MarquisTree]

you also dont have to hit the lottery to afford one. the truck should pay for itself if it was the right purchase. you have to look at your work intake and if you cant do it fast enough it might be the right choice.

we do 100% removals so loading wood is a daily thing. so it gets used 5-7 days a week. so in our case it was a smart buy. no more tractors or bobcats. then you get the added benifit of crane picking with it.

the copma 500 on the other hand only video can describe. ill have to get AA to bring one of his fancy cameras over to do it justice. compacity at 20 feet is over 60k. at 110 foot is still over 10k.

we just moved a whole #### load of steel tanks with it. picking them up and putting them on trailers to go out for sandblasting. they weighed in at 25-30k

Matt I would really like to see a picture of this Copma 500. I looked online found nothing. Checked out Effer’s site they have a 2655 7s that will pick an amazing 10,445 lbs at 90’

This crane will pick over 10k at 110’
Grove > Products > All Terrain Cranes > GMK4115L
I have spent a good amount of time running one, it’s a big crane, rolling down the road at almost 130,000lbs. I would love to see the Kboom that can pick with it.
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This is what I find when I look for the Copma 500. Its hard for me to imagine a Kboom picking that much that far away, but then again I don’t know much about them. I am dyeing to see some pictures of yours in action. Can you take a picture of the load chart since the stuff online is out of date.

 

[treeclimber101]

Matt I would really like to see a picture of this Copma 500. I looked online found nothing. Checked out Effer’s site they have a 2655 7s that will pick an amazing 10,445 lbs at 90’

This crane will pick over 10k at 110’
Grove > Products > All Terrain Cranes > GMK4115L
I have spent a good amount of time running one, it’s a big crane, rolling down the road at almost 130,000lbs. I would love to see the Kboom that can pick with it.
ACB Hydraulics Ltd :: Quality New & Used Crane Sales
This is what I find when I look for the Copma 500. Its hard for me to imagine a Kboom picking that much that far away, but then again I don’t know much about them. I am dyeing to see some pictures of yours in action. Can you take a picture of the load chart since the stuff online is out of date.

I went on the grove site amd found this 100ton hydro tower crane that stands 90ft tall to the house and then you have 110 ft of main , and it has hanging couterweight , it sets up in under 4 hours , they made it just for wind turbines I mean its amazing and its all driveable and it only needs to tractor tralers to carry counterweight and if you wanna use a jib amazing what they build now

 

[Kottonwood]

Stick cranes are hard to beat just for the reason you said, you can get a nice stick crane for 60-80g's. If you wanna build a comparable knuckle boom its easy to double the cost.

knuckle booms are stronger in the pick bent over cranes are stronger in the pick in close. But a crane is only a crane you can haul logs on it but thats about as far as it goes.

My k-boom is a grapple truck, chip truck, and crane. It gets worked 5-6 days a week year round so i would do it over again for sure.

The coolest thing I've found with the knuckle is the fly jib. you can have your main boom straight up 70 foot. then bend the fly jib over horizontal keeping the main boom in close to the truck and allowing you to have a huge capacity on trees. with the 500 my capacity is usually 10k or more on an average tree 70 foot or less. once you get up their around 100 i start dropping down around 4-5k especially if i got it bent over really good.

but the number one selling point for me is its all done by one person. i put myself in the tree, i make the cut, and operate the crane. one man does it all. you can basically do a full blown crane removal with one person. set the truck up then turn you remote on and start picking away.

what its gonna come down to is whats gonna be the most cost effective for you. in my arsenal a standard stick crane is not out of the question but it would have to be a monster.

I've offered a lot of people to come see it and it still stands. its definitely along way away from you. but if you wanna see it done before you drop a few hundred g's i would check it out. and make sure its everything you dreamed of and more.

Nice,I like how you can control it from the tree. ....and I thought I was all high speed controlling the winch from in the tree. Put a block in the top and a block in the bottom and a winch is kinda like a crane..... not really.

Anyways +1 on what marquis said. I would like to see some more pics and vids of that thing in action, especially that fly jib doing some big bent over pics. I have seem some of the vids you posted. the one with AA and pulling stumps and whatnot. Seems like most of what you have put up isn't the real money maker stuff with the knuckle. I would like to see you lifting wood out of a backyard or picking tops out of a tall one.

I love the 3 truck in one idea (crane, grapple, chip dump). I try to make all my vehicles as efficient as possible like that. However, I have found out that sometimes it is just better to do it with two instead of one.


And yeah, if I ever find myself in your part of town I would love to check it out in person. Thanks for the invite.

Do you already have the bigger one or is it still being built?

 

[MarquisTree]

I went on the grove site amd found this 100ton hydro tower crane that stands 90ft tall to the house and then you have 110 ft of main , and it has hanging couterweight , it sets up in under 4 hours , they made it just for wind turbines I mean its amazing and its all driveable and it only needs to tractor tralers to carry counterweight and if you wanna use a jib amazing what they build now

AMAZING Liebherr Excavator Climbs To The Top - YouTube


They have built some amazing equipment, this guy has bigger balls then I do.

That's why I want to see matts crane in action, hard to imagine something on a truck frame picking that much

 

[Kottonwood]

haha the only question I have after watching that video is why?

and Matt, will you please put some damn lettering on your truck. I will hook you up with my sign guy, he will mail them to you for god sake.

 

[treemandan]

haha the only question I have after watching that video is why?

and Matt, will you please put some damn lettering on your truck. I will hook you up with my sign guy, he will mail them to you for god sake.

I thought we covered why you shouldn't put your phone number up there.:msp_biggrin:

 

[treemandan]

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Cut quality went downhill the more tired I got, lol.

Yeah that was a tough spot there but the other pic is great.

 

[treemandan]

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No floor jack. Just a first generation porta-wrap, with my 14 yr old son handling it, and two other groundies got this white oak dismantled in Toronto 5 & 1/2 years ago.

I was talking about AA getting intimate with his floor jack. I guess he don't get the concept. ITS A FLOOR JACK!

But talk about a tough spot; how'd ya like to be cranking that down?

 

[treeclimber101]

AMAZING Liebherr Excavator Climbs To The Top - YouTube


They have built some amazing equipment, this guy has bigger balls then I do.

That's why I want to see matts crane in action, hard to imagine something on a truck frame picking that much

the first time I saw that video it actually gave me butterflies , and yea I wanna see the frame they are putting in that truck I mean 5 tons seems sketchy as hell that's like hanging my 8800lb dump truck plus the ton of weight that it carries shhhhhhh yea right LOL

 

[treemandan]

Nice,I like how you can control it from the tree. ....and I thought I was all high speed controlling the winch from in the tree. Put a block in the top and a block in the bottom and a winch is kinda like a crane..... not really.

Anyways +1 on what marquis said. I would like to see some more pics and vids of that thing in action, especially that fly jib doing some big bent over pics. I have seem some of the vids you posted. the one with AA and pulling stumps and whatnot. Seems like most of what you have put up isn't the real money maker stuff with the knuckle. I would like to see you lifting wood out of a backyard or picking tops out of a tall one.

I love the 3 truck in one idea (crane, grapple, chip dump). I try to make all my vehicles as efficient as possible like that. However, I have found out that sometimes it is just better to do it with two instead of one.


And yeah, if I ever find myself in your part of town I would love to check it out in person. Thanks for the invite.

Do you already have the bigger one or is it still being built?

I climb and rope trees by myself all the time but still think that only having one guy on a crane site is completly against the rules. What kind if idiot would do that? I am glad I don't have a crane.