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Merle Nelson said:
How do the three teeth at the ends of the new BMG work for holding onto big pumkin log pieces when you grab rounded sides?

Or rounds that are so heavy you can only cut them 16" long and grab the flat sides???
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And....are the three teeth at the end of BMG jaws in the picture standard production now or just an experiment?

Thank you.
 
Sfoppema said:
That's a bit of a hike! That's awesome which machine are you demoing?
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Sk800 (28,500, 3.9% for 60mo), Bobcat is closer but don't have a mt85 to demo at the moment (bit cheaper than DW with 60mo 0% financing) and have to special order the universal plate. Left message with Vermeer and hope to get a call back. Debt is scary, but smart I guess.
 
You won't be disappointed with the 800! That sounds like a great interest rate honestly. Won't have any trouble making that payment. I agree with Five Points. Can't say much about bobcat or vermeer but I love DW. I'm thinking I might demo a 1550. You've inspired me!
I've been looking into getting another 650. Then I'm thinking it'd be nice to have a bigger machine that also can productively run high flow attachments. The 650 is the bomb bomb and I'll never be rid of it, but I'm curious to see what the 1550 can do. They would complement each other.
 
I too have an sk650 and will not give it up. I also have thought about an sk1550. I keep coming to the conclusion if I'm going to spend that much and drag around that much weigh that I'm just going to buy a full sized tracked skid steer. We have a lot of work in our lot after the job is done to do with one. Pushing up our chip piles, moving logs, moving lumber, and helping to process firewood. It would be really nice to be able to sit in an air conditioned cab doing these things after being out in the heat at the job. I've also thought about putting a halverson firewood processor on one. A full sized skid steer version of a bmg would also be awesome. You could probably pick up small trees whole or in two pieces. Might even be able to use it for picking up large limbs off houses during storm cleanup.
 
You are certainly making some good points... Don't forget heat in the winter!!

But still the 1550 is only 4000 pounds. So depending on what skid steer you bought this would still be a fair bit lighter for what it can pick up. Also narrower and you can step on and off quickly. There's always give and take.... Too much fun stuff to think about.....

I also always liked the fact that on the stand on machines you are physically much further away from the material than a regular skid steer. The machine itself is between the operator and the logs. Poor kid near us crushed himself with a log running a bobcat cause he picked up a log incorrectly. He picked it up perpendicular to the machine (battering ram style). I understand that the grapple was too far out on the log, but the butt was jammed against the teeth on the bottom of the grapple, so it held until he hit a bump and the log slid straight back and pinned him in the seat. Not to be a downer on the thread... If that had been a mini skid it would have just hit the hood and shook the machine a bit.

Operator error was the problem, but always nice to have extra buffer, especially if you're going to have other guys running it.

Maybe it would be a good idea to demo a skid steer tho, I've honestly never used one in a tree work setting. Back to youtube....
 
Sfoppema said:
You won't be disappointed with the 800! That sounds like a great interest rate honestly. Won't have any trouble making that payment. I agree with Five Points. Can't say much about bobcat or vermeer but I love DW. I'm thinking I might demo a 1550. You've inspired me!
I've been looking into getting another 650. Then I'm thinking it'd be nice to have a bigger machine that also can productively run high flow attachments. The 650 is the bomb bomb and I'll never be rid of it, but I'm curious to see what the 1550 can do. They would complement each other.
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I just saw a 1550 when at DW looking at the 1050. The 1550 is a beast, large and in charge
 
Merle Nelson said:
And....are the three teeth at the end of BMG jaws in the picture standard production now or just an experiment?

Thank you.
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@Merle Nelson
They are in standard production! The teeth themselves help a bit to just dig into oversized wood and keep a firm grip on it. What is probably the largest help is a check cylinder. No more bumping your hydraulics to maintain grip.

Currently it's offered as an upgrade option, also as a drop in replacement for your current model.

Pictures attached of pinching a cookie. That grapple actually didn't have the teeth and was an early check cylinder prototype.
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Here's a video from that photoshoot showing off our T1001 BMG

Thanks,
-Blake
 
BranchManagerAttachments said:
@Merle Nelson
They are in standard production! The teeth themselves help a bit to just dig into oversized wood and keep a firm grip on it. What is probably the largest help is a check cylinder. No more bumping your hydraulics to maintain grip.

Currently it's offered as an upgrade option, also as a drop in replacement for your current model.

Pictures attached of pinching a cookie. That grapple actually didn't have the teeth and was an early check cylinder prototype.
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Here's a video from that photoshoot showing off our T1001 BMG

Thanks,
-Blake
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Which tires are these?
 
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