We designed a cover for the Giant I have tested it putting over 3000 miles at highway speed and it has held up great --I will post a picture tomorrow - just put it in to production
Mini skids very little down pressure -- the bigger the skid AL whatever -- more down pressure duh
sitdown skids whether tracks or wheels are a dime a dozen compared to an AL in America, so bigger savings on used, basic economics .
Butt high end residential tree work - 4000# skids and up are...
If you are budgeting close to 40k
you should at least look at the next level up in forwarding machines
Giant Articulating loaders are the ultimate residential tree moving machine
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BM TMI
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last 10...
2012 -- 2080 miles -- My Campground Workhorse, I upgraded in 2019 for xtra grandchild seats -- no need to own 2
been a great machine Best offer around 6K
18K GVW -- everything works, bought it several years back with thought of skinning it with Giant loaders and BM Grapples - then hit the sales road . Plans changed trailer never left MN used it twice
Good shape - make a nice garage for a spider lift -- anyways I have more than 10K in it, an offer...
Traded an Old Truck for this several years back, with the intent to rent it out in my rental fleet. That never happened. Came from a homeowner who rarely used it, I Chipped about 12 trees with it. being used to 200+ HP chippers I was impressed what 25HP gas could do. Anyways I do not have the...
Giant is the only 2400# category loader that can get under 36" wide -- everyone else 39"
The 254's controls are more like a true US built Big boy Wheel loader
and with the HD 400cc pump it has hill climbing balls
and it has features no other in its class have
+ Try to get the other MFGs to paint...
right on
doth we forget not long ago our foremother/fathers and the whole country coming together and giving up there steel, aluminum, rubber, nylon, rationing gas - etc. for one united cause
Ha - to plant a couple billion trees - todays Americans? - I fear my grandchildren are f'd