You know American Arborist no one has touched on that subject, we are a full service tree care company we also rent our kboom cranes out to other full service tree companies. My third kboom 83 feet tall was not big enough for some of the other tree services ( the trees in their part of NJ are...
point well said , i can see other options than using banjo ! maybe they can manufacture them faster ? or they feel no need to change the design from the original !
And the oiler problem well i can see them keeping it simple ! Factory testing should always be , how hard is it to set up a test...
I thought tenex was going to be a good fit for crane work but i found out as others did that it does not last . I see the concept i just don't see the application for crane work, generally we use multiple 1/2 inch endura braid single eye slings for our brush picks and 3/4 inch amsteel with the...
Fare enough Lumberjack I did read this newest post and the other one closer and I am sorry that i read them quickly, I should have spent more time to hear how you were presenting it.
About the chain i too was prying it on until i spoke to and saw the Mecanil video on how to install the chain...
Hey Lumberjack are you having a bad experience with the Mecanil ? lots of negative posting ! My SG220 is stout the machining the fit ,quality operation is tip top ,14 months and the only problem was the hydraulic line on the cylinder leaking and Mecanil sent new ones no charge.
To Gareth please accept my apology for guideing your tread in the wrong direction .
So to get back on point, i market my grapple to other tree companies in my area ( we do a 50 mile radius) that have good climbers and would normally rent my crane service to dismantle a problem tree but would...
Hey Todd this not a contest ! You miss all of what we are trying to communicate here , WE LOSE MONEY WHEN CRANES ARE DOWN so choose wisely who builds and how they handle the service end of the crane purchase !
So this is my retraction and my apology to John "limbcontrol" , My dates were off with Glenn . I finished my crane install March April 2015 , the first job was May 2015, grapple saw installed February 2016 so one years use on the saw.
And this one is just for Limbcontrol , My palfinger has been in service for two years, Glens crane 4 years and i believe The Xman is like 8 years ! So Palfinger has had a presents in the tree industry as long and maybe longer than Effer , please have your facts straight . Thanks
First thing this thread is off topic so lets straighten somethings out
1 Glen and others from Europe are the pioneers in this field
2 Effer is not the innovator of kbooms and tree work, i had an Atlas kboom doing tree work in 2000 way before Mike Poor and Mark Moeske ,and Paul Beister was...
Hey Wade we spoke a couple of weeks ago i just saw this post , i ordered my crane than found out about the grapple saw so i had to do the up grade on my brand new crane it was well worth it !!! if your crane has really good reach and you can add to your remote control box or purchase a new box...
It is not the price of the crane it is the company that will stand behind you, my first remote control crane was an Atlas from germany it was well made that was 2002 and they had very little presents in the USA, all of my parts (other than hyd hoses and fittings) had to come from canada all my...