Would you swop your climbing kit for this ?

[skyhuck]

On most larger hard woods you would need a climber anyway, to remove crossing branches etc.

 

So its not really replacing a climber.

 

I would really like one of those grabs, it would speed up dismantles, as I would not need to strop the top of the stems, just "grab and cut", I would also not need a man on the trailer to remove the strop (he could be doing other things, like blowing the site clean)

 

A C Price have one of these grab's with a saw, I need to borrow it for a job and see how it goes.

[Mesterh]

Yes, after investing easy £300k I would be still advertising in church magazines for domestic apple tree pruning jobs!!

 

The same sceptics will find a reason not to buy an extended hedge cutter, because they ain't much use for Felling Douglas fir on the borders countryside:001_rolleyes:

 

He, he you do speak in riddles.

 

 

As soon as I read " Due to the delicate nature of the job, only the Intermercato Saw Grapple could be used on this job as lowering branches immediately below the tree was not an option." I thought what a load of total BS and switched off. I cant be doing with type type of crap people push.

 

As I said on the right job awesome, and it is a great big boys toy:thumbup1: but as for the title of thread, I very much doubt anyone could/would.

[renewablejohn]

Not quite the same scale but my Kesla 19G cutting head fitted to my forwarder allows me to process upto 7 inch diameter. Very handy for thinning christmas trees and rhodo removal but also allows for safe removal of windblown. Unfortunately it does mean I have not hired a climber since I have had the kit.