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   dovetail97128 | Mar 15, 2009 03:27am | #1

   Pretty slick looking unit.
   I have never seen one of those before.

   They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
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   brownbagg | Mar 15, 2009 04:39am | #2

   I know where about 15 of them are around town, I alway thought they was homemade

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   ruffmike | Mar 15, 2009 07:27am | #3

   Have you ever seen one in use? Their website says OSHA compliant but I imagine most safety inspectors just shaking their head.

    I wonder how easy it is to move positions.                             Mike

       Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.

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   brownbagg | Mar 15, 2009 04:21pm | #4

   yes they are ohsa compliance, but you wonder why at time, we are on jack up scaffold now, forty five feet up and it move three feet both way. no ladder, you have to monkey it.Buut ohsa had no problem with it

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   ruffmike | Mar 15, 2009 05:25pm | #5

   I forwarded their website to my boss, we stick frame and sheath a lot of exterior walls. The general usually provides a scaffold, but not always.                            Mike

       Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.

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   frenchy | Mar 15, 2009 06:24pm | #6

   forward him some stuff on telehandlers too.. massively more productive than scaffolding

    

    there are some really good used ones out there now at extremely low prices..

     Rule of thumb on how to pay for them?

     they save the contractor 20% time because of efficency and use 20% less people doing it..

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   JeffBuck | Mar 16, 2009 04:57am | #7

   can U buy a telehandler for $1,500?

    

   "Rule of thumb on how to pay for them?

     they save the contractor 20% time because of efficency and use 20% less people doing it.. "

   That's funny ... if they're so ecomonical, how come there's so many available for sale at "extremely low prices"?

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   frenchy | Mar 17, 2009 10:49pm | #9

   Because there is so little work for them around here. .. I just had a contractor I sold 15 over the years  to call and ask me about the market..   when I explained how soft it was it it sort of ruined his day.. His forklifts would sell between $45,000 and $65,000 in normal times and when I explained he might get maybe $15,000 to 20,000 in this market  it really took the wind out of his sails..

    He's been using one or less for the past year and a half and really doesn't see the home construction market coming back in the next 5 years. 14 telehandlers parked for a year and a half how would you feel?   He was down sizing to deal with the market and  while the telehandlers were all paid for he owed a lot on trucks and other equipment..

   Please remember how I sold the vast majority of telehandlers..  I'd start them out renting and apply all of the rent towards the purchase.. some people couldn't believe how much they could save with a telehandler and take a year or more to convert.. But I averaged less than 1 return per year out of the rental fleet and I sold between 100 & a 150  year!

    

   Edited 3/17/2009 4:04 pm ET by frenchy

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   ruffmike | Mar 16, 2009 06:31am | #8

    Very few Skytracks out here compared to Gradall lifts. I very rarely see anyone working in a bucket off of either one.

    I know drywall/ framing contractors frown on any type of mechanical equipment when it can be avoided. They all have miles of aluminum scaffold paid for sitting in their shops.

    Usually outdoor scaffold cost is picked up by the general in this area.                            Mike

       Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.

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   frenchy | Mar 17, 2009 11:00pm | #10

   That's one of those regional things.. Around here Skytrack is almost nonexistant.   There are maybe 5 Gradalls in the state..

     This market is dominated by Ingersol Rand, Lull, and Caterpillar. Gradalls are particularly worthless because of mud..   In addition their tail swing causes a lot of damage to vehicles and building if the operator isn't familar with rear steer.

     Caterpillar are weak machines but becausee they are sold by the Caterpillar dealer the brand name  more than makes up for it.. When I sold them I'd give away a $30.00 belt buckle and a $100.00 jacket and ignore any issue of reliability or maintinace costs..

     Scaffolding is only used by masons because it's too slow and too labor intensive compared to telehandlers with work platforms..

     Everybody seems to forget the way that I sold a great percentage of the telehandlers that I did.. I'd rent it with the rent applied towards the purchase.. If they didn't make economic sense nobody would have kept them..  

    Now like I said earlier some people couldn't believe they would save as much cost as they did and take a year or even more to convert from rent to purchase..

     Untill the market went bad I had less than one telehandler returned  per year off rent.. ( and I'd rent between 100 & 150 a year!)