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    Grapple, grapple saw, hydraulic connections?

    I was gonna ask the same thing. I would love to see a video.
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    Service Dogs/Managing Disability

    Here's a photo from back in the day when I had just started my company. I never would tie him up or anything. I'd say, "yep, that's our supervisor, someday I'll have his job." When he'd pee in people's bushes I would joke about sending them a bill for the nitrogen treatment. I swear I never lost...
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    Service Dogs/Managing Disability

    I had an "emotional support dog" for help with my PTSD after getting out of the army. I needed/wanted to take him to work with me so i had to quit my shitty job as an underappreciated climber at a high production tree company and started contracting.... Soon enough had to start my own company...
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    Part time tree work ?

    In my market, there are plenty of operations that need bodies so bad that they would take a guy one day a week if he's willing. Training happens on the job site. Usually it takes at least six months for a green guy to finally get up in a tree. Of course, some guys never do and others seem to...
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    Grapple, grapple saw, hydraulic connections?

    I've never really understood the ton/meter way of rating a crane. I'm not even sure what mine is..... Nomenclature is 28/198.... So maybe it's in there somewhere. If you have more insight on this, please elaborate.
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    Grapple, grapple saw, hydraulic connections?

    This is what I was thinking. You can still skip the rigging on a lot of pieces. You can also grapple in the center of balance instead of on one end. We have a lot of trees with long horizontal limbs that this setup would work well for. The missing link is the tilt function, that alone makes the...
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    Grapple, grapple saw, hydraulic connections?

    Thanks for your input. You're pushing me in the other direction as far as getting the saw, it really would put me into a niche market vs competing with stick cranes, which is where I am at now. I'm glad to know you have experience with the 160 and like it. According to the specs the saw is...
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    Grapple, grapple saw, hydraulic connections?

    Thanks for your responses. I googled faster connections and that's what I am going to go with. I'm gonna send them an email now. In the fun with knuckle boom thread I saw that another guy is having hell trying to get a dealer to install a grapple on his crane.... Hence why I'm doing it myself...
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    more fun with knucklebooms

    First I've heard of your company and I had to look it up. I look forward to checking it out. I was a big fan of treestuff back in the day until it got bought out.
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    more fun with knucklebooms

    Nice! I just got the remote on mine, it's been a couple years since I've climbed, but I really want to do one all by myself like that. I did an emergency job by myself with my stick crane before.... It was extremely labor intensive without a remote.
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    Hydraulic line quick-connect leak on Ditch Witch

    I don't have any pics, but it would be different on a mini skid anyways, my main point was to make something that keeps the line from getting pinched when the plate comes up. A lot of guys use shorter lines to prevent that, but then it tugs on the quick connect when you put the plate all the way...
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    It’s Merlo Time!

    Man, it looks like a cool and fun machine, but honestly I don't get it. When you need to also buy a semi truck and lowboy to move it around, what's the advantage over a truck mounted crane?
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    Hydraulic line quick-connect leak on Ditch Witch

    I'd say lengthen the lines. You shouldn't be tugging on those at all. Any little tension is eventually gonna wear them out. I have a ditch witch xt1600 and I welded some bent 1/4" rod on it to make a path for my extra long lines to go through so they don't get pinched when I go up and it...
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    more fun with knucklebooms

    Before I got my kboom I had a 38 ton manitex stick crane with a full lmi. I didn't think I could ever operate without knowing the weights so I bought a cheap load cell off of ebay. After a little while I found myself never taking the extra time to hook it up. Finally the battery died over a year...
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    Grapple, grapple saw, hydraulic connections?

    Alright looking for some input on an upcoming decision for me. I finally got around to adding a remote control and two extra valves on my knuckle boom (was definitely not cheap or easy, but way worth it). So, now I can theoretically run hydraulic power to the end of the boom. I have ordered the...
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    Input From Debris Truck Operators Please

    Also... wanted to add another fun point about hooklifts. I have seen hooklift bodies with everything from bucket lifts, cranes, and grapple bodies. You just need to have some hydraulic quick connects to your pto system. Really cool stuff is out there to make a single truck super versatile.
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    Flat tire repair plug???

    I've never seen the screw type plug but I think I'm gonna get a set. I keep the rope style on every one of my vehicles. One time I got a flat in my dump trailer with 18ply tires.... That was a damn chore to repair with the rope style kit. I ended using a drill to reem it out. I imagine that...
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    Grapple storage

    There will be a rotator, it would work better on knuckle boom than a stick crane. I intend to use it on my knuckleboom. I'll make another thread once I build that thing. I'm really just looking for cool storage ideas in this thread.
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    Input From Debris Truck Operators Please

    Totally agree on the cdl thing.... I don't even understand why someone would get a single rear axle.
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    Input From Debris Truck Operators Please

    Lots of great points brought up in this thread. I think if you have a place to dump, and you already have a chipper set up, then the grapple is the obvious addition. It adds more versatility to your fleet and simultaneously allows you to run two crews or handle bigger jobs. To address the...

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