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    Biggest tree lie you’ve heard (or said?!)

    One reason why marking tape with your logo on it would be nice. mark any trees you have quoted for. Someone else bids against you they might be more competitive. I have thought about doing this but hasn't materialized. Any thoughts?
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    Where do you get company tee shirts from?

    For the wicking/high performance polyester t-shirts ask for sublimation. It's esstially like using ink and heat transferring it onto the shirt similar to a permanent marker. Only drawback is you can only use dark color ink on light shirts and color ink on white shirts only. No dark color shirts...
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    Thank you for the info about the lug nut tiedowns. They do fit. Had to really work my charm to get the avant parts guy to sell me the part without a Vin number for a avant. I still need to contact you for the wheel spacers. After that my giant might be complete
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    Biggest tree lie you’ve heard (or said?!)

    Homeowner claiming his tree is 400' over the phone. I just laughed. It turned out to be under 100' (Eastern white pine) To his credit the guy was over 90yo and walking on his own. 100% there mentally other than his eyesight! Lol
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    56″ T1010 BMGR but Bmg makes a hd one that I would spring for seeing as its beefier and less prone to slight bending. The HD model is 56″ T1036 BMGXR2 I see 254t without the rotator and imagine all the potential they must be missing out on. also make sure your tires are foam filled and you have...
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    With the low gpm of an small articulating loader "254t" the rotator function has limited ability to rotate a heavy peice that is 100% on the ground. Once in the air it's no problem Or if you have one end of a brush pile lifted and forwarding backwards you can manipulate it side to side easy...
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    The picture shows where its plugged into. The wire runs on the inside of the yellow chafe sleeve. Never once in 860 hrs has it been damaged, only unplugged and needed to plug it back in again.. But I could see how it would really put a damper on things if it was. With that being said I would...
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    Get yourself a power rotatating grapple for that giant and your going to have much more control. Good luck and enjoy the loader. We love ours. It's our ace in the hole. My loader is 2 years old and has 860hrs. We use it just about everyday.
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    Urban use of knuckleboom/grapplesaw

    Do you have any videos working with your hoeflon C10. It would be great to see what that thing is made of. Very cool peice of equipment
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    5/8" Rigging Rope Recommendations (Poll)

    9/16 atlas, boy have we dropped some huge peices into that rope. Atlas 5/8 stays home, only used once in 3 years
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    Bobcat L23

    A little video we put together working on a large sugar maple. This job took roughly 4hrs with 2 people and a bandit 1390xp.
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    Bobcat L23

    Look into Giant. As the man who brought them over from Europe commented above me. We have a giant 254t and it's our ace in the whole. What it can do will blow you away. I did demo a multione 7.2 and sitting on the front I wasn't able to feed the chipper easily. The 254t is much more intuitive...
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    How about wheel tie-downs that attach to the lugnuts. I've seen them for multione and avant. Anything for the Giant 254t? With the dual wheel option would the outer wheel chains hold up to working in the woods going over stumps and rocks?
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    Would the three inch spacers work with the 13inch wide turf tires?
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    15XP vs 15XPC

    I haven't run a 15xpc but we run the 1390xp with a 97hp perkins and I have to say it really is the perfect size chipper if you have the capability to haul large wood. All we do is machine feed it and it takes everything we can throw at It. The 37 inch drum imo is what I would want. I think the...
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    How many hours for this job??

    Go ahead and give us the juicy details. We all want to know price? How about 45 man hrs!Did you factor in machine hrs aswell in your quote. There had to be at least 15-20 various machine hrs aswell? Big job!
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    What’s Your SMALLER Equipment Setup?

    That's awsome. How long are you're ramps? I have 12' ramps that I can drive into the chip box with my giant.
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    What’s Your SMALLER Equipment Setup?

    We did a whole lot of hauling chips to various dump spots. We shot into the woods where we could. But we bought a bigger chip truck. That setup was just a stepping stone. F550 with a 14 ft long chip box. Now the chipper is small and looking to upgrade to possibly a 1890xp/19xpc. But then the...
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    Well definitely add all the above mentioned .The foam on its own adds about 400 pounds to the machine making it super stable with all the weight down low. The additional counter weight is a must, it also gives you a step for a guy to stand on when logs get super heavy. Your machine has huge...
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    Articulated loaders (other options?)

    Does your giant have foam filled 12" wide turf tires and the rear counterweight. Ours does and I've been on some pretty crazy inclines and sketchy spots (knockonwood) never tipped her. I always wondered if you could do the duel tire option with chains on the outside duels for the woods jobs. We...
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