Knuckle boom truck

henpecked · Post: # 59326Post **henpecked** Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:32 am

GB_Groundworks wrote:thats an awesome bit of kit, theres a telehandler firm called merlo that do a telehandler which rotoates through 360 and has a winch on it, lovely bit of kit.

i love plant pron haha.

Merlo are a god awful bit of kit. I think Manitou have the market on roto handlers (or 360 telehandlers if you like ), much better than the Italian effot , merlo...more knobs than a Villa home game

What about this bit of kit ?..........

Tree plant pron

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haggistini · Post: # 59327Post **haggistini** Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:47 pm

icould do with one of those for my burner :p

henpecked · Post: # 59328Post **henpecked** Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:32 pm

Saves a shed load of chopping.

Find it quite mesmeric, watch the whole video without realizing.....sad innit ?

Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:46 pm

same as that hen,got no use for it but engrossing
proper boys toy
LLL

dig dug dan · Post: # 59380Post **dig dug dan** Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:41 pm

i can get one of those for my tractor with a conveyor for the logs.
the amount of logs i have at the moment, it may be worth it ???

haggistini · Post: # 59383Post **haggistini** Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:51 pm

Â£75 a jumbo sack my old mans mate knocks em out for..

haggistini · Post: # 59384Post **haggistini** Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:52 pm

chopped logs that is

Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:38 pm

Tree surgeon at the top of our hill has one at his yard runs off 3 phase big 60cm chop saw on it, has a unimog and timber trailer with crane picks up big logs free for other tree surgeons etc splits them sells them at garages or does bulk bags or 10 ton trailer loads.