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  1. Gareth's Tree

    Chip fired boiler

    How much did your setup cost?
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    Chip fired boiler

    Actually, I just stumbled across this
  3. Gareth's Tree

    Chip fired boiler

    Anybody know anything about outdoor boilers that run on wood chips? It seems like there is some for huge commercial applications but not much for smaller residential or even large residential, (heating a home and a shop) use. As a tree guy heating with wood chips seems like the ultimate solution.
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    How reliable are palfinger crane Electronics?

    I think the confusion may be that I was talking about the valves that switch between the grapple saw function and the jib, not the valves that extend and retract the booms. I think maybe there is some confusion. It may be on my end!
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    Marketing your grapple saw

    Big variable in price is how much you end up spending on the truck. You don't necessarily have to buy a brand new truck to put under the crane. And you can save a considerable amount of money buying a good condition used one.
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    How reliable are palfinger crane Electronics?

    I guess I don't understand what you are saying here... They are not electrically operated solenoid valves?
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    Anybody in the First Energy Tree Service program?

    I suppose that's one way of looking at it... I guess my thought was they are advertising for me, and providing financing for my customers... I would just upcharge the customer the 20%.
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    Anybody in the First Energy Tree Service program?

    I've been in contact with FirstEnergy about joining there contractor program, specifically the tree service program. The way it works is people call First Energy looking for tree service and they refer them to one tree company in their area that is in the program. I get to bid on the job and the...
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    How reliable are palfinger crane Electronics?

    One of the things I like about my older crane is there are no electronics on it besides the remote control. For all you guys with the newer equipment have the electronics or the sensors been a headache? I like palfinger cranes but I'm concerned that all of the electronics and the sensors may be...
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    Marketing your grapple saw

    I can see the benefit of running extra line so that there are no switching valves for the grapple saw on the jib. Those have probably been my single biggest headache with my setup. Other than having two complete separate systems as Steve said I am not sure of the benefit?
  11. Gareth's Tree

    Marketing your grapple saw

    No worries, it's all good(y). So, are you running separate lines all the way up the Boom for the grapple saw function? Does that mean there's no switching valves on the jib anymore?
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    Marketing your grapple saw

    I thought about that there may be different laws in Canada... However, I would think the GVW of the rear axles would be maxed out. Or at least put so much weight on them that sinking in yards or cracking driveways would be a constant concern... I am curious how much weight is on them? I would...
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    Marketing your grapple saw

    Well, apparently this thread has come back to life... And in following the tradition of this thread being hijacked, I will hijack it myself :) ...With that big of a crane on the back of the truck with no tag axle aren't the rear tandems overloaded? Also, how about a picture of the transmitter...
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    Echo vs Stihl

    So, to revive an old thread that I started quite some time ago... I recently got an Echo 501p to see if it was a possible replacement for my Stihl 261. I've only put 3 or so tanks of gas through it so far but have been very pleased with it especially for the price point. It is mainly a limbing...
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    Anyone have the Branch Manager Edition (Giant 254T) loader?

    Thanks for all the responses guys! As I keep thinking about what direction I want to go I think I'm leaning towards having two machines. That way if one of them goes down I can continue to work with the other one. (At this point if our Gehl goes down we end up all but stopping work!) I'm...
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    Anyone have the Branch Manager Edition (Giant 254T) loader?

    I am currently running a Gehl Al 20dx loader. We love it! and for its size it is absolutely amazing! I was wondering if anyone is running the Giant 254t loader. What I would really like to know is how heavy of a log it can pick up with the branch manager grapple. We have weighed some of the...
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    Gehl 540 vs Whacker Neuson wl30

    What does something like that cost? One of the biggest reasons I am looking at the machines I'm looking at is I can find used ones for under $30,000.
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    Gehl 540 vs Whacker Neuson wl30

    I can understand that for tight city work, however, most of the work we do is not in very tight yards. I almost never have a problem accessing with my tractor that is 6 feet wide. What were the specs on your swinger? Specifically how wide was it and how much was it tipping capacity?
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    Gehl 540 vs Whacker Neuson wl30

    Thanks for the insights. We currently have a Gehl al20dx articulated loader. And while we like it for a lot of things, it is pretty small. I also have a tractor we use for the big stuff. My goal is to get down to one machine that does it all. ( Isn't that always the dream?lol)
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    Gehl 540 vs Whacker Neuson wl30

    We have a local tree service that loves the old swinger 2000 loaders. How do these compared to the wl30 or the 540?

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