I unlike colbs post. 5 to 1 is worth its weight in gold. My suggestion
http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=210&item=1399
And copy steins system
http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=1924&item=13445
Run the ring to tend the prussic on the part of line your...
Im assuming the 19xp vs. 19xpc is simalar to the 1890 vs. 1890 hd. The 1890 was a beast but the 1890 hd was built heavier with thicker metal thus requiring a cdl a
I see versalift makes a nice looking crawler unit they had at the dealership last time i dropped the bucket off for service. I looks very robust similar to the altec unit the asplundh has been using.
Probably aught to refer to an operators manual and get a manufactors take to settle this once and for all before it turns into log truck operator boom measuring competion.
The whole idea of using a peice of equipment to do a job it wasnt meant for is dumb no matter if its your first time or your (insert absurd number here). But whatever you do be careful to not become one of those TCIA stories non of us want to be in.
Dumb idea... I had an extremly talented operator almost mangle me while i was cutting from the bucket and on another occasion of retarded log truck use by another similarly talented opetator watch the stem fall over with grapple still attached to stem but just no longer the boom hoses dangleing...