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Towable Telescopic Boom
Frank Hodges
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Well I have been officialy retired, I am looking for a telescopcic boom to do some tree trimming,I realy want a Workforce made by the Bil-Jax corp of Ohio.They are usealy blue with a yellow boom ,alot of rental places carry them to rent not to sell ,Have ya'll seen anthing like this in your area ,I will travel to purchase.... Thanks
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Don
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Don't piss down my back and tell me its Rainin
they work great for painting bldgs and signs, very poor choice for treework. the upper boom does not articulate over center, you have to park it under the tree, then you can't get up through the limbs. If it says 40 feet high, it will never reach it because you must stay over the platform, no reachouts allowed, no stand straight ups alowed, it cuts hyd pressure to all valves except the one it wants you to use, the one that brings you back down.
The rental yard here is selling some of theirs, $5K for a used 40 footer, save your money, buy what you need.
As a side note, what qualifications do you have that would make you want to start trimming trees? I'm sure you know that this is a high risk occupation best left to the professionals. Among other things, liability insurance (required) will run about 10K per year, city and state permits, around $500 a year, workers comp, ect.
This is also hot, heavy work. As for being retired, I hope you are retired at 40, because most guys don't make it past that in this work unless they make supervisor and are not subjecting their bodies to this torture everyday. What about the trees you can't access with a bucket, on average, thats about 60% of all you will look at. Can you climb? Osha requires a person on the ground at all times while a man is aloft (bucket or climbing) for safety and emergency rescue. Are you line clearance certified? If not, you cannot be within 10 feet of a line (of any kind) or touch anything that extends to within 10 feet, sometimes this is the entire tree. Do you have a chipper and dump? what will you do with the debris? Dump fees will run you more than you will make off a job, and construction dumps *usually* do not allow soft fill.
We always loose 2-5 men around here every year. paper reads "tree trimmer killed", but its really just 65-70 year old jack(a$$es) of all trades that don't have sense enough to know when they are beat before they ever start. Not calling you names personally, just describing the norm.
I've done this for 15 years now, recently acquired a BS in AG Sciences and am an ISA certified arborist, certified tree worker, certified utility specialist, certified PHC tech and tree company owner. Many days I must rely on my backgroung of ropeing, rigging and climbing to handle situations, even as the owner with climbing employees, I still get up in a few trees a week to stay fresh. Many things look simple from the ground, but are not so once you get aloft.
Not trying to dissuade you, but *if* you have no experience or formal training in treework, you'd make more money mowing lawns. One cemetary I handle here for the twp pays $850 a cut, takes 2 guys 8 hours to do, thats more than most folks bring home a week, you can make it in a day, and take the other 6 days off, and make $650-$700 for the week. Florida mows year round, right?
If your dead set, try http://www.treetrader.com/ go to classifieds, a 35-40 foot squirt boom on a one ton will do more than a trailer lift anyday, for the same money. Just a little higher on tags and insurance.
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-Ralph
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Mowing lawns: yes Florida does mow all year, in the growing season every three dayes on what we call grass(Bahia ,Floratam are both cultivated weeds) On turf (bermuda 419 460 etc,) every other day
thats on Polo , football, baseball,all professonal fields. Now this time of year maybe 1 time a week this also depends on how you Fertilize and Water. I know what must have went thru your head ,Oh No not another one,I assure you that I am not the average goof ball.I am a well train proffesional .The problem is that I have had 8 operations and a host of wire and hardware in arm and shoulderThe problem is I cannot get Worker comp insurance,Health, Libility,Life are a problem ,The won't insure me. I am also doing consulting for my former ,But I an one of those guys THAT HAS TO BE DOING SOMETHINGBut thanks for you imput,I have always liked people who tell it like it is ,up front
Don't piss dowm my back and tell me its rainin
Glad you appreciate honesty, never did like sugarcoating stuff.
As stated, local rental yard has some for sale, can get you info if you want. Let me know.
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-Ralph
In the demonstable absence of evolutionary perfection, if some calamity is not to occur, we shall have to learn to live with ourselves as we are. Fast. -Tattersall
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