bucket work?

for the same reason there isn't a "hand pruners" chapter. A bucket truck is nothing special...just another tool used everyday. It is not flashy or super exciting. Although they make our work way easier and faster, they require very little skill to master...as opposed to climbing, or working with cranes, and understanding women. All of which have their own section here on TB and require considerable effort to master. Just kidding on the women thing...but seriously, they are all crazy and i will never understand them.
 
I disagree Phil... I think a bucket is quite a tool to master. I know someone who has mastered it, and I realized that after 20 years on and off, I still hadn't. When you see or know someone who masters one, you too will feel a bit humbled. At least that's my opinion.

-Tom
 
I disagree with you disagreeing with me. The most challenging thing about operating a bucket truck is driving it to the job site.
 
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I would contend that you've never met someone who gets the setup and execution right pretty much EVERY TIME. Get back to me when you do.

-Tom
 
Im sweet at pine removals with a bucket, but give me a pin oak or tight sugar maple to prune and id much rather climb it. Im almost slower with the bucket.
 
I never said a bucket was superior for tree work, just that it's an art to master the use of one. Especially when the operator becomes versed in the use of multiple units with the same level of skill.
 
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I would contend that you've never met someone who gets the setup and execution right pretty much EVERY TIME. Get back to me when you do.

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Maybe Phil has never used a bucket truck...
I thought it was easy (for fat guys) untill I got one 4 years ago. Will not say I am a master, but have gotten much better.
I still want to show up at a TCC and do the footlock with my bucket. Ring that bell quick. SRT? No need, I got a better tool!
 
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I disagree with you disagreeing with me. The most challenging thing about operating a bucket truck is driving it to the job site.

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I would contend that you've never met someone who gets the setup and execution right pretty much EVERY TIME. Get back to me when you do.

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I was just messing around with you Tom...no need to get all condescending with me. You shouldn't take what other people say so personally. Its bad for your health.

I was working on a job site one day a few years ago at a condo complex. I set the bucket so I could trim 2 trees and part of a third with one setup. I was in the bucket for about 30-45 minutes, got down, and the sales rep showed up to go over other parts of the job. A lady approached us and in a stern voice asked who was the one in the bucket who trimmed these trees. I was expecting a verbal thrashing and prepared to get yelled at. I sort of hung my head in anticipation and just said I was the one in the bucket. She gave me a hug, thanked me, and said how much she enjoyed watching the work. She mentioned how every move I made seemed calculated and specific and made the comment that she wished she had some cookies or something to offer me.

What was the point of saying this? To illustrate that I know what it is to use a bucket in a masterful way. Do I do this every time? No. No one does. Some days go really smooth and you can hit a perfect setup all day long, and other days it seems you have to set up 2 or 3 times before you hit the sweet spot. But as far as operating the bucket goes, The booms go up or down or spin. Pretty simple. I'm just saying, if we vote to give buckets their own chapter (or whatever its called) here at TB, I vote no.

And if I ever run into Jesus trimming trees out of a bucket truck, I will most definitely get back to you Tom.

Again, I'm just playing around. :)
 
Hey, man, no problem... I guess my reply sounded kinda douchey. I didn't really mean it that way. Thanks for being sensible and not biting my head off! :)

-Tom
 
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I disagree Phil... I think a bucket is quite a tool to master. I know someone who has mastered it, and I realized that after 20 years on and off, I still hadn't. When you see or know someone who masters one, you too will feel a bit humbled. At least that's my opinion.

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Are talking about The Common Sense Kid? If so, it's only fair to tell people that he was basically born in a bucket.
 
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why isnt there an ariel lift chapter, @treebuzz?

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for the same reason there isn't a "hand pruners" chapter.

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its the same reason climbing SRT, doesnt matter

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Hahahaha! Clever questions and replies :)

There's a better chance of there being an SRT forum than a bucket truck forum...but...both are as likely to materialize as a raise.



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we often rent buckets for really bad washingtonian palms that have self pruned leaving a massive skirt of dead palms 90% of the height of the stem. when you have 3 or more palms to do in a day SRT is just not fast enough. this is where a lift is really useful.

but i do agree SRT has its uses and a time and a place but so do man lifts. id say its easier to learn how to use a man lift vs learning SRT. im a strong supporter of SRT these days, the more i get in to it. i feel like SRT is covered under the climbing section of this forum. you cant really call man lifts climbing so it would need its own subject on the forums.
tom is a busy man though i i appreciate all he does to keep this site healthy and exciting. so i under stand why he doesnt have time to add a new subject to the forums. it takes time to do those things and time = money. an ariel lift portion would be nice but im not gonna hold my breath for it.
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i feel like SRT is covered under the climbing section of this forum. you cant really call man lifts climbing so it would need its own subject on the forums.


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If SRT is covered under climbing I would think that buckets would be covered under the utility section.
 
climbing is soo much funner. dont you all agree? who needs buckets for trees?(excluding palms). the same thing can be accomplished with climbing or a crane if its too dead. all the "tree services" here who use buckets have some old fat dude in the bucket all the time. i have never seen a young fit dude in the buckets. know why? because they are the climbers
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