SeanKroll
Treehouser
I'm trying to figure out where to best incur debt for machines.
Thinking that a bucket-truck is only useful occasionally in my preferred market (I prefer to work near very close to home, in the country, with the least commuting, and most flexibility for my schedule), but would make it easier to work solo, work some storm-damaged trees, move chipper and mini, somehow it equates to lots of people as "being a professional", even when it can come up 100' short on trees here.
Seems like $60K for a newer, good condition forestry package.
I'm sure I could use the bucket monthly, if I tried, and matted-in a lot. Maybe sub-contract some.
A mill would be useful, but I don't know how profitable. Easy, low-risk single-operator work (using a machine for lifting and moving logs, and sliding boards, rather than lifting).
Newer stumper would be nice, too.
My truck now labors on the hills here, with a full load of chips and lighter chipper. A newer truck would be needed for a heavier 12" hydraulic. IDK that anything smaller would be built for machine-feeding.
Thinking that a bucket-truck is only useful occasionally in my preferred market (I prefer to work near very close to home, in the country, with the least commuting, and most flexibility for my schedule), but would make it easier to work solo, work some storm-damaged trees, move chipper and mini, somehow it equates to lots of people as "being a professional", even when it can come up 100' short on trees here.
Seems like $60K for a newer, good condition forestry package.
I'm sure I could use the bucket monthly, if I tried, and matted-in a lot. Maybe sub-contract some.
A mill would be useful, but I don't know how profitable. Easy, low-risk single-operator work (using a machine for lifting and moving logs, and sliding boards, rather than lifting).
Newer stumper would be nice, too.
My truck now labors on the hills here, with a full load of chips and lighter chipper. A newer truck would be needed for a heavier 12" hydraulic. IDK that anything smaller would be built for machine-feeding.