New (to me) bucket truck
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New (to me) bucket truck
Some of you may know that I climb trees for a living. Yesterday I bought a bucket truck to make my job a little easier. Yeah, it's the wrong brand truck. But the boom is what I am buying. 55' reach, it has a material handler (rope winch) on the end of the boom with 1500 lb capacity, and everything is in very good shape. I got an extremely good deal on this truck and will pick it up as soon as they add air conditioning and a couple other items.
https://www.f150online.com/galleries...w.cfm?num=9078
I'm thinking that in a couple years I should be able to buy a new (or almost new) Ford or IH. The new ones sell for about $100K, I got this one for $17.5K plus $3500 for the AC and other modifications I'm having done.
https://www.f150online.com/galleries...w.cfm?num=9078
I'm thinking that in a couple years I should be able to buy a new (or almost new) Ford or IH. The new ones sell for about $100K, I got this one for $17.5K plus $3500 for the AC and other modifications I'm having done.
It would look better with a lift and some 44"s though. 
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I figure I'll still be climbing a couple times per week. I won't be able to get to every tree with it.
My biggest hurdle the last few years has been the heat. This will help me do more while expending less energy.
Oh, and this will be my first GM vehicle of any type. I just hope it isn't too bad. The truck actually runs quite well (8.2 Detroit Deisel) and only has a little oil seepage around the pan. The Altec bucket is top of the line though, and that's what I'm buying.
My biggest hurdle the last few years has been the heat. This will help me do more while expending less energy.
Oh, and this will be my first GM vehicle of any type. I just hope it isn't too bad. The truck actually runs quite well (8.2 Detroit Deisel) and only has a little oil seepage around the pan. The Altec bucket is top of the line though, and that's what I'm buying.
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From: Paragould Arkansas
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Originally Posted by RockyJSquirrel
I figure I'll still be climbing a couple times per week. I won't be able to get to every tree with it.
My biggest hurdle the last few years has been the heat. This will help me do more while expending less energy.
Oh, and this will be my first GM vehicle of any type. I just hope it isn't too bad. The truck actually runs quite well (8.2 Detroit Deisel) and only has a little oil seepage around the pan. The Altec bucket is top of the line though, and that's what I'm buying.
My biggest hurdle the last few years has been the heat. This will help me do more while expending less energy.
Oh, and this will be my first GM vehicle of any type. I just hope it isn't too bad. The truck actually runs quite well (8.2 Detroit Deisel) and only has a little oil seepage around the pan. The Altec bucket is top of the line though, and that's what I'm buying.
You can't blow em up though
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We had an IH bucket truck when I was a Cable- D-D-D-Dawg at Fort Huachuca...
That thing had a pole-setter on it and everything; to include an ether-injection started system.
It was a heavy-heavy-heavy POS; and even slower than a "deuce" but it beat the he** out of gaffing up a pole.
We had 2 of them in my days at:
11th SIG BDE, 40th SIG Bn; 69th Signal Company "The Zoo", Fort Huachuca, AZ.
Two whole companies full of cable-dags... (31L) 69th & 16th... 360+ crazy emmer-effers in the same barracks...
That thing had a pole-setter on it and everything; to include an ether-injection started system.
It was a heavy-heavy-heavy POS; and even slower than a "deuce" but it beat the he** out of gaffing up a pole.
We had 2 of them in my days at:
11th SIG BDE, 40th SIG Bn; 69th Signal Company "The Zoo", Fort Huachuca, AZ.
Two whole companies full of cable-dags... (31L) 69th & 16th... 360+ crazy emmer-effers in the same barracks...
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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Originally Posted by RockyJSquirrel
Some of you may know that I climb trees for a living. ...snip...
Now the RJ Squirrel makes more since!
My partner at works', husband is a tree trimmer. I know him pretty well and can joke with him some. Any time we get together and I see a squirrel I say look! Is that your cousin! I get that glare cause he dosen't have a GREAT since of humor, but then he laughs!
BTW Nice toy!
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Update on the truck purchase-
I closed on my home refinance last Friday, got the check yesterday. Spent today running around and writing checks getting everything ready so I can go up and buy the truck. I literally spent $10,000 today! GEEZ, it goes fast!
Insurance ended up running me over $3700 and I paid another $1000 for a commercially zoned parking space for the next year. I'm worn out from spending money. The worst part was that I forgot I was out of cash until after the banks closed, ended up having to break into my change jar in order to go get something for dinner!
Looks like I'll be heading up to Atlanta to pick up the truck either Saturday or Monday.
I closed on my home refinance last Friday, got the check yesterday. Spent today running around and writing checks getting everything ready so I can go up and buy the truck. I literally spent $10,000 today! GEEZ, it goes fast!
Insurance ended up running me over $3700 and I paid another $1000 for a commercially zoned parking space for the next year. I'm worn out from spending money. The worst part was that I forgot I was out of cash until after the banks closed, ended up having to break into my change jar in order to go get something for dinner! Looks like I'll be heading up to Atlanta to pick up the truck either Saturday or Monday.
