Bucket truck or Spider Lift?

[Menchhofer]

Would like opinions on bucket= truck vs. spider lift. We are leaning toward selling bucket and using only lift for all operations.
We keep crunching numbers and the lift seems to always come out on top due to decreased operating costs, lower weight issues, and the ability to go where the bucket cannot. What say you?

 

[cory]

Your website says you own both, I would think that would make you highly qualified to answer this question??

 

[Menchhofer]

While we do have both, we are moving toward just the lift. Hard to let go of the bucket for some reason. Might be just my imagination though. Just looking for other opinions.

 

[chewbacca]

I don't have much experience with a spider lift (I've only run one at trade shows) but if I didn't have either one and money wasn't an issue, I'd buy the bucket truck. Please keep in mind I'm not a business owner.

 

[tophopper]

The truck has to be more efficient on a front yard / driveway / street side set up?

 

[SRTsteve860]

What is the overall reach, vertical and horizontal of your spider compared to your bucket? Would it warrant the extra set-ups needed to accomplish an overall job which might be done in one spot with the truck? And what will you lose in vertical height/will it require more climbing out of the basket for the really tall stuff?