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  1. RyanCafferky

    Switch N Go bodies

    Thanks for the info. I decided to go a different direction.
  2. RyanCafferky

    Switch N Go bodies

    I’m looking at purchasing a Ram 5500 with Switch N Go hoist and three truck beds. Anybody have experience with this brand? Reasons to avoid? Thanks for any input.
  3. RyanCafferky

    Hiring in Hood River Oregon

    Hiring again. Would like to find additional ground crew or entry level climber. $20-$28 an hour depending on experience.
  4. RyanCafferky

    Fu*%face Von Clownstick

    And with zero accountability
  5. RyanCafferky

    Avant 528 vs cast 33d

    Exactly. I had an opportunity to get a 755 a year ago for a big discount off retail but didn’t go through with it because I couldn’t trade in my 528.
  6. RyanCafferky

    Battery ground saws

    https://shop.firstchoicesafetysolutions.com/product/texora-tx-l-compact-sling/
  7. RyanCafferky

    Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?

    Yeah my skidding winch lives on the back of my tractor. It weighs a lot and I’ve got the rear tires filled with beet juice so that increases the lifting capacity a bit.
  8. RyanCafferky

    Avant 528 vs cast 33d

    528. Want a 700 series.
  9. RyanCafferky

    Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?

    So basically you are saying you overload the crap out of it and it flexes because of it. That’s why I wish I would’ve gone with a bigger Avant. So many times I’m operating it at its limits. Do that too much with anything and you are going to trash it.
  10. RyanCafferky

    Battery ground saws

    We run the rear handle Husky electric as one of our ground saw options. Works great. The batteries definitely have less power in really cold temps but that isn’t a huge problem most of the time. Just like any smaller saw, my only issue with them is people not wanting to switch out to an...
  11. RyanCafferky

    Two Rope Climbing

    At that time of that accident a lot of the rings on the market had no markings on them. When a manufacturer has things made in a factory that makes rings of varying quality and intended uses, it isn’t that hard to imagine this occurring. Didn’t Sherrill end up paying for a recall because...
  12. RyanCafferky

    Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?

    Articulated loaders and skid steers often have way more lifting capacity per horsepower and pound than tractors due to the geometry of how they are put together. My 25 horsepower Avant which weighs 3000 pounds can load similar sized logs as my 60 horsepower Kubota tractor which weighs more than...
  13. RyanCafferky

    Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?

    Agreed. I bought 10 mats to prevent lawn damage and because of how easy my Avant is on yards we almost never bring them to jobs.
  14. RyanCafferky

    Today....

    It was a quercus garryana (aka Oregon white oak or Gary Oak). That tree wasn’t really tall maybe 65 feet at most but DBH was around 42”. The difficult part was knowing how big we could get away with rigging considering how much decay we knew was present in the stump. We also switched back and...
  15. RyanCafferky

    Avant 528 vs cast 33d

    We have a big Kubota tractor with the winch and grapple along with other attachments. It comes out on jobs a few times a year and the rest of the time we use it on our farm. Hindsight being what it is, I would’ve likely bought a smaller tractor and a larger Avant.
  16. RyanCafferky

    Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?

    what kind of terrain do you work on the most? Manicured yards? Rural agricultural areas? If you do more steep or forestry type areas or agricultural type terrain I would go skid steer or tractor. But if you do more manicured yards and neighborhood type work I would go with an articulated...
  17. RyanCafferky

    Today....

    The client at this home had asked me to look at this tree to give a quote for pruning. It was during my walk around when I noticed mushrooms at the base. I identified the fungus as armalaria (aka honey mushroom) and because of that ID decided that a root crown excavation was needed to see how...
  18. RyanCafferky

    Avant 528 vs cast 33d

    The Avant certainly has a learning curve. Every vehicle you drive steers with the front. If you are always looking forward and thinking that where your front tires are pointing is where you are going, you are in for a surprise on an Avant. Where your ass is pointing is what decides where you...
  19. RyanCafferky

    Avant 528 vs cast 33d

    I’ve been very impressed with the turf tires. I have had 2 flats both from nails or screws. Even using it in the woods with lots of stumps hasn’t been a problem for me. I did buy a set of the more aggressive tires on rims for extra traction on certain jobs. With an impact driver it takes...
  20. RyanCafferky

    Avant 528 vs cast 33d

    I run my Avant 528 hard. No mechanical issues so far. The plastic panels do take a beating so if you have a crew that doesn’t take care of things maybe you should go with an all metal machine. That said, every time the panels got damaged it was because someone was doing something they...
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