more fun with knucklebooms

[Zac]

nice wet brush for your guys. Very cool!

 

[Mr_Ed]

I always enjoy catching up with this thread. Keep up the good work Mike!

 

[cityclimber]

Unbelievable, what a great rig. Those under the bridge pics were pretty cool.

 

[allmark]

nice pics mike. Your always thinking. Looked most efficient

 

[MikePoor]

Here is a Silver maple in a tight spot!

 

[MikePoor]

The tree took 4 hrs. from set up to pack up.

 

[MikePoor]

The trunk had to be perfectly balanced. (well pretty close)

 

[KTS]

How do you like the knuckleboom?? My buddy has one, goes out like 50' not nearly as long as your's but it is a pretty big boom. He syas it OK for loading logs onto the truck but he would never buy one to use as a crane like you're doing. Whats your tke on them?
Does it feel like its going to tip often? Have you had any problems with it?

 

[Kman]

Heres a neat 55' knuckle boom on a single axle Ford thats on E-Bay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989-Ford...sspagenameZWDVW

 

[allmark]

The lift capacit of that crane on ebay is the same as Mikes at 100'

 

[allmark]

Hey Mike...Whats with the t-shirt...must be nice.....soon enough I will too.

 

[MikePoor]

Hey KTS, I love the Knuckleboom for lift out take downs and I'll never go back to standard cranes. The knuckleboom is way more manuverable and versatile. It's a crane, & a bucket truck w/ 100 feet of side reach, & a log truck all in one! Oh, and your question about tipping, it NEVER feels like it's going to tip.

 

[DTW902]

That is a great truck and lift combo Mike.
I have enjoyed all the pictures you have posted.
Keep up the good work.

 

[Morningwood]

Mike, that machine never ceases to amaze me. Thanx for posting

 

[WWCTreeCrew]

Hey, do you ever ride that thing like a crane. I've never heard if that is acceptable or not. My dad has a knuckle boom, and I've thought about it. Though, it doesn't have any really nice areas above the hook to put a TIP.

 

[MikePoor]

Hey WWCtreecrew, I tie into it & fly almost every day! There is a sweet roller to tie into next to the hook. It complies w/ standards as long as your not tied to the hook. On my old knuckleboom, I had to use a clevis.

 

[MikePoor]

Here's a few more knuckleboom photos.

 

[MikePoor]

This burr oak Q. macrocarpa died a few years after being topped/hacked! (check out the trees in the backround in the previous photo)

 

[MikePoor]

Another pic'.

 

[tod_k]

Worried about an overload ticket?