I'd rather be standing where I can jump if I have to than be sitting in a glass cage. Just something to think about. I'd also like to hear if there are any updates on specifics.
Brings to mind a recent fad in my area, companies purchasing pieces of yard art with outriggers and hooks.
The key thing to remember is sooner or later the consumer realizes that the original is normally the best, the clones bankrupt each other trying to duplicate and eventually self destruct or...
All the chippers stayed in their work yards, only the lifts came home for the dielectrics. So add a chipper for each, about a dozen or more k booms, 7 cranes and 9 stumper crews. Btw mine is the badass versalift with the red cover middle row second from the right.;)
I see your point, however, to get a k boom with comparable reach the outrigger footprint will be 25%+/- bigger. I'm starting to like k booms more but while doing roadside stems I had to short stack the road side so I wasn't into another lane. Huge advantage, I ran the palfinger from the bucket...
Sure, but unless you're name is Mayer or Marquis, you're not gonna afford anything that can do 160' pin. Point is, in our market being able to get into tight spots close into the tree those machines work well. Did a big oak last week with welltree's 84' unic that NOBODY else's (in our area)...
They all look the same to a torch.
Say you're rocking some great big machine with all this capacity and and have to sit way back cause of the stupid wide outrigger stance, the fellow with the 84' of boom parked at the bottom of the tree ripping it down in small pieces before you get set up and...