Bucket truck advice

[Paul Biester]

we own a 55 and a 75' the 75 is a rear mount...it goes more places than the 55...shorter wheel base...love it all stated above. It was over my budget when i bought it but WOW!!

 

[cory]

Nice, Paul!

What brand 75 do you own?

 

[treeman75]

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Back on topic...does anyone prefer a material handler?

4wd...tandem...?

Does anyone prefer a double bucket (me) esp. on the bigger picker to capture logs in? Keep a scabbord on both sides.

It would bother me to hang a saw outside the bucket for gm's safety.

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I would like to hear about material handlers also. I know they arent meant to shock load. Does anyone use them?

 

[cashmoneytreeboy]

if this is your first bucket? buy the small one.. it will pay for the big one. then you'll have both problem solved..

 

[classictruckman]

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Classictruckman show us some pics of the cab and chassie before and after. Are you mounting up a new boom are did you get a used one, altec or terex? What will the total wheelbase be,and est.total weight.

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I plan on putting a few pics up in my own thread when the truck is completed as there is going to be a few inovative ideas on this truck, we havent worked out the weight numbers yet because there are still too many variables, we're probably going with a versalift because our former asplundh/altec dealer now sells versalift and he is much more willing to work with our ideas instead of trying to sell us an off the shelf truck.

The wheel base will be 211" on a 2012 freightliner with a 300hp cummins and an allison automatic with all of the bells and whistles(truck was ordered as a fuel delivery truck).