Grapple Saw Truck - Monster Maple Removal 

After years of climbing and traditional tree work, THIS is the future, right down the grapple wheel loader and Pfanner helmets and Sena coms. Whoever is making the capital equipment purchasing decisions deserves some serious credit for having the balls to and foresight to invest big in this outfit. Nice to see the team in proper gear and operating as professionals. Kudos to you!

Nothing like having a crew that is on spot 🤙

Good to see a company investing in specialist kit to make the job easier/safer etc etc. I like the “whilst your here, can you just” bush at the end too. 👍

Impressive, looks like a real professional operation and I’m all about that. Nice job

Wow amazing work and that main grapple truck puts ones I ran to shame lol. The operator is very skilled

That crane is amazing, don't think I've ever seen one quite like it. Great job.

That machine is a groundies worst nightmare!!! At least you have two 😃.

I seen this truck remove 2 elm trees todays by Cedar Bluffs. I'm was totally amazed at what they did in such short time. I use to be a tree climber for and this beats that for sure. Professional crew.

AWESOME TOOL !

So cool to watch! Nice job!

that's a good looking crew!

Brilliant, no compatition

You guys got it going on for real

does this crane have full capacity 360 degrees or does it drop off over the sides of the truck?

How does one get into learning how to operate one of these? Young climber but this is the future for the industry.

Why are the ground guys feeling the chipper by hand if there’s a grapple truck on the site? Awesome video

Unreal. Hopefully I can bring this to Australia one day

How long did the job take?

I could do that just as good. I started cutting trees down for a living since 1967.....it would take me a lot longer. I'd have to climb it but possible....................

What do you guys do with the logs? How much can you fit in the grapple truck?

i want to know the cost of that job compared to a smaller traditional crew

damm shame. Epic tree

what type of knuckle boom is the western star truck?

Do you need a license to operate the crane ? I believe in Connecticut we do and could only be acquired through an apprenticeship program🤦‍♂️

Awesome video. Where can I get a grapple boom truck like this? You care to share with me. We are from nw iowa. Raman tree service. Kurt

A broom I guess that's for somebody to ride ? I've never seen a tree company use a broom that's why they make these things called backpack blowers time is money I make a 1000 to 1500 an hour removing trees don't have time to be sweeping the road half the day

think of this. in the olden days every single man would be up on that tree with a 50 foot or more ladder, made of wood, with no harnesses and barely any ropes to work with.

That’s cool but I’m not paying $3000 to cut a tree

This would be great for the owner but the employees not so much they go home early and make less money

Im a knuckle boom operator in NYC, it's the first time I saw wallboard cutting trees. I see a lot of shock load on the boom, how often do you have problems with cylinders?

3500 for a day and a half job! That price is too low sir, you are in business but you are not making business.

What is the model crane you have that grapple saw mounted to?

Hey Chris where can I get me one of these sir im an older tree man im Ronald Raby

how long did it took you to take the tree down?

What make and model is the crane?

For fuck's sake get a skid steer that hand chipping is for the birds. My guys almost never touch a piece of brush by hand even 1" diameter sticks we just pick up with a machine you can buy another machine you can't buy another back

Get a redmax 8500 blower My girlfriend blows harder than that thing you are trying to clean the yard up with there it will save you so much time the $600 price tag is well worth it And I would have just put a couple of straps around that flush cut and picked it out with a grapple truck if you could reach the tree you could definitely pick that block of wood out of the yard. I bet that tree took all day even with the grapplel truck I could have done it with my stick boom Crane boom Crane stump ground everything cleaned up and all and about 3 to 4 hours. U gotta work smarter not harder

whats the reach and pick on that grapple set up