You inquired about my hooklift and I saw this post so I thought I would explain the setup I used to operate. With my hooklift I towed a Vermeer BC2000 grapple chipper (about 14,000lbs.) Like you said, with a big chipper comes bigger production but a big chipper should have a high capacity chip...
I have plans to move my business in a different direction; a direction that leads to no employees and retirement. So, the truck will be sold. Interested?
I'm sure many of you have had to deal with walkers at local parks when you're removing trees. They try my patience. I've tried caution tape and they walk over it. I've used the parks own wooden barriers and they climb over them. I put cones across the road and they walk right through. I even...
I have purchased 3 of my trucks from trucksite.com . They have all sorts of clean, municipal trucks to choose from and they'll ship it right to you from CA. The most recent one I bought was this hooklift. I then had a 20' box built for it to chip into.
This might be useful if or for you. 33k gvw truck. 230 hp. 12' switch n go because its lighter than a hooklift. Palfinger PK12 because its light, reaches 47' horizontal, lifts crazy weight, can attach a basket or use just a hook for really heavy logs, and remote control. Swiss army knife of tree...