sotc
Dormant hero!!
Nothing, some buddies did it
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
It amazes me seeing a bucket truck w/o plywood on the headache rack. That's the first thing I do - bolt two sheets down.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
No HA rack. I think that the old one was beat and removed, or something. He doesn't have a CDL and it needs one, so he drove it with a big worry. WA state just made some law/ rule where a CDL applicant, among other things, has to take a class for $5k, according to this guy Aaron, the truck owner. He's not super savvy. They were carrying rounds of wood with one or two guys. I had to say, "rounds are round, roll 'em". When he was over at my house the other day, I showed him my modified handtruck, the poor man's Arbor-trolley. I posted the pics of the mod at TB. I'll have to find one and show it here. Its not ground shattering, but what a help for such a minimal investment. One person to pick up rounds and logs using the hand truck as a lever.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
Any idea on market value? I would like to move away from wood. I don't chip into it any more, except rarely, but don't know if I would go for a regular canopy, as they are typically too small for the way I use it. Maybe if I repair my Loadhandler, I would use it more for smaller jobs. I just don't like to tow my chipper and a load with my 1/2 ton, 2wd.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
No, a few hundred maybe? A phone call with dimensions should get you a rough estimate
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Pics!!! 
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kikori
Guest
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I can't imagine the small capacity of the 1/2 ton! DO you have the leaf springs beefed up at all? This is a somewhat low budget way to amp up your truck.
The weight in the bed after putting my chip box on is definitely an issue I have my truck at the Spring joint right now so I can blow chips into the bed and still drive away with the chipper. I had to leave the chipper last week after a long day of trimming ash and silver maple.
The weight in the bed after putting my chip box on is definitely an issue I have my truck at the Spring joint right now so I can blow chips into the bed and still drive away with the chipper. I had to leave the chipper last week after a long day of trimming ash and silver maple.
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Newfie
Guest
timbren load boosters worked great back when I drove a 1/2 ton.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
More of low legal capacity. My chipper is 4400 pounds, but only about 100 pounds tongue weight. A full sized bed full of chips though, well...
Last I chipped into it, it was for disposal onsite at another location, so we parked as close as possible to the brush, then drove and unloaded chips.
Beefing up springs only lets it ride higher. The transmission, brakes, axle, tires are not made for that load.
It was a stepping stone truck for chips, until I got a super great deal on this old asplundh truck that I have now.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Pics!!!
Pics nothin! Video!
top_notch
Treehouser
Took this photo the other day at a gas station in Steamboat. This Yota would be pretty easy to build a chip box on. No wheel wells to deal with either
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Haha, wow!
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Unbelievable.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Love it!
brendonv
Tree Hugger
Ha, seen a few of those, that's for sure.
Mine was steel, coated with bed liner spray on my old Yota.
Mine was steel, coated with bed liner spray on my old Yota.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
That's fuggin awesome!
top_notch
Treehouser
I agree! I would have liked to have shook that guy's hand, but I was up and out of there before he came out of the store. Hope he doesn't mind me promoting his handy work!
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TreeDimensional
Guest
Truck was plated in Maine.
top_notch
Treehouser
It would be interesting to see how many miles are on that truck. It looks like an older yota. Hell of a drive from Maine.
