On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 00:43:21 UTC-4, Bill wrote:
True North wrote:
On Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:58:34 UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:42:21 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:51:08 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:56:17 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:51:13 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:

On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 8:41:07 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:26:48 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 11/20/17 12:49 PM, Bill wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:28:12 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:



Met older daughter and family for a weekend in Vegas. Wife gave son in
law and me an Excavator experience at digthisvegas.com. Fun weekend.
Expensive stay though. Even excluding any gambling. Stayed at Mandalay
Bay. Specials on room, but no reasonable dining. Even in room coffee
was $5 a cup. Got a lesson in a Cat 315C excavator. Dug a big hole,
moved 2500# tires and picked up a basketball and dropped in a tire. Fun
trip. I have a great wife. Great gifts. No boating.


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Cool. I'd like to try that sometime.

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He has a couple franchises elsewhere I think.


Yeah. I've driven one of those relatively tiny backhoes you see being
towed behind a pickup truck, and I managed not to kill anyone or destroy
the equipment. Love to try a full-sized ecavator.

I have rented a Bobcat a few times. They are fun

When I built the circular drive, my neighbor across the street left
me his bobcat for a week while he was away on vacation. It was fun!

Got a call from my wife's church. "Hey John, you grew up on a farm,
can you operate a Bobcat?"

"Sure." I said.

So I showed up. The rental agency guy arrived and I told him I'd be
operating it. He asked if I'd
ever operated one. Nope, never had. He said it'd be a snap to learn,
and it was. Had a blast all day
with that thing.

I want one.

That was my experience when I have rented machines. The driver gave me
a 2 minute "lesson" and drove away.
It is not hard to make everything move but it takes a while to do it
instinctively. I was actually getting pretty good with the New Holland
I rented in Maryland when I was building that addition but I had it
the whole week. I moved a lot of dirt around.
I only had the Bobcat 3 days here, doing my rip rap. (a weekend).
If you get one at a slow time for them you may end up having it more
days than you rented for because they don't come get it until it is
rented again. We had that with the man lift I got for the first swing
at the fichus tree and had it sitting here for 3 days on a one day
rental. I really was having a hard time finding a use for it tho. I
did use it to replace a bad screen panel in the middle of the roof of
my 15' high cage.
I used my climbing harness, hanging from the basket and Judy "Peter
Panned" me out over the cage from the ground. It worked surprisingly
well.

Sounds like a blast. The bucket on the Bobcat wouldn't have gotten me
high enough for any Peter
Panning.

The man lift was really pretty cool. It was a 2 man, fully articulated
thing, self propelled with something like a 30 foot up, 14 foot out
boom. It really made taking that tree out in small chunks easy.
I had to make it small enough to go in a dumpster.

After Irma I took down the other half the good old Paul Bunyon way. I
notched it and dropped the whole thing up on FPL in one piece, then
cut it into chunks I could drag with the truck and hauled it out
front.

My brother-in-law has convinced me to rent a scissor type lift rather
than the Genie boom type man lift to reach 26-28 feet up. He claims the
basket is more stable ...less shaking.


How close can you get the lift to the wall?

Close enough to work. I saw a guy use one of the 4 wheel drive versions at my nephew's cottage on Porters lake. He actually drove it over recently backfilled soil and raise it up to the 2nd story where he climbed out and into the cottage.
Brother in law says the bigger scissor versions have an extended panel that moves out to get you closer to your work. It's no where near as flexible as the boom type lift but a lot cheaper to rent and have delivered/picked up.

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:09:38 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 04:43:19 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:



The man lift was really pretty cool. It was a 2 man, fully articulated
thing, self propelled with something like a 30 foot up, 14 foot out
boom. It really made taking that tree out in small chunks easy.
I had to make it small enough to go in a dumpster.

After Irma I took down the other half the good old Paul Bunyon way. I
notched it and dropped the whole thing up on FPL in one piece, then
cut it into chunks I could drag with the truck and hauled it out
front.

My brother-in-law has convinced me to rent a scissor type lift rather
than the Genie boom type man lift to reach 26-28 feet up. He claims the
basket is more stable ...less shaking.


How close can you get the lift to the wall?

Pretty much right up next to it. The arm has 3 joints in it so you can
go straight up and then go out.

https://sws.sunbeltrentals.com/image...0318&width=180



Referring to the scissor lift .

A Scissor lift will go right next to a wall if you have a suitable
surface to drive it on. They use them for windows, paint and stucco.
They will be operated from the basket so they can drive along working
as they go.
My wife rented that lift we had for painting light poles at the club
that they could not drive right up to because they were in big flower
beds. I used it when they were done.

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:11:06 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Close enough to work. I saw a guy use one of the 4 wheel drive versions at my nephew's cottage on Porters lake. He actually drove it over recently backfilled soil and raise it up to the 2nd story where he climbed out and into the cottage.
Brother in law says the bigger scissor versions have an extended panel that moves out to get you closer to your work. It's no where near as flexible as the boom type lift but a lot cheaper to rent and have delivered/picked up.

I towed the one we had behind my truck.

True North wrote:
On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 00:43:21 UTC-4, Bill wrote:
True North wrote:
On Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:58:34 UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:42:21 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:51:08 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:56:17 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:51:13 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:

On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 8:41:07 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:26:48 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 11/20/17 12:49 PM, Bill wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:28:12 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:


Met older daughter and family for a weekend in Vegas. Wife gave son in
law and me an Excavator experience at digthisvegas.com. Fun weekend.
Expensive stay though. Even excluding any gambling. Stayed at Mandalay
Bay. Specials on room, but no reasonable dining. Even in room coffee
was $5 a cup. Got a lesson in a Cat 315C excavator. Dug a big hole,
moved 2500# tires and picked up a basketball and dropped in a tire. Fun
trip. I have a great wife. Great gifts. No boating.

===

Cool. I'd like to try that sometime.

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He has a couple franchises elsewhere I think.

Yeah. I've driven one of those relatively tiny backhoes you see being
towed behind a pickup truck, and I managed not to kill anyone or destroy
the equipment. Love to try a full-sized ecavator.
I have rented a Bobcat a few times. They are fun
When I built the circular drive, my neighbor across the street left
me his bobcat for a week while he was away on vacation. It was fun!
Got a call from my wife's church. "Hey John, you grew up on a farm,
can you operate a Bobcat?"

"Sure." I said.

So I showed up. The rental agency guy arrived and I told him I'd be
operating it. He asked if I'd
ever operated one. Nope, never had. He said it'd be a snap to learn,
and it was. Had a blast all day
with that thing.

I want one.
That was my experience when I have rented machines. The driver gave me
a 2 minute "lesson" and drove away.
It is not hard to make everything move but it takes a while to do it
instinctively. I was actually getting pretty good with the New Holland
I rented in Maryland when I was building that addition but I had it
the whole week. I moved a lot of dirt around.
I only had the Bobcat 3 days here, doing my rip rap. (a weekend).
If you get one at a slow time for them you may end up having it more
days than you rented for because they don't come get it until it is
rented again. We had that with the man lift I got for the first swing
at the fichus tree and had it sitting here for 3 days on a one day
rental. I really was having a hard time finding a use for it tho. I
did use it to replace a bad screen panel in the middle of the roof of
my 15' high cage.
I used my climbing harness, hanging from the basket and Judy "Peter
Panned" me out over the cage from the ground. It worked surprisingly
well.
Sounds like a blast. The bucket on the Bobcat wouldn't have gotten me
high enough for any Peter
Panning.
The man lift was really pretty cool. It was a 2 man, fully articulated
thing, self propelled with something like a 30 foot up, 14 foot out
boom. It really made taking that tree out in small chunks easy.
I had to make it small enough to go in a dumpster.

After Irma I took down the other half the good old Paul Bunyon way. I
notched it and dropped the whole thing up on FPL in one piece, then
cut it into chunks I could drag with the truck and hauled it out
front.
My brother-in-law has convinced me to rent a scissor type lift rather
than the Genie boom type man lift to reach 26-28 feet up. He claims the
basket is more stable ...less shaking.

How close can you get the lift to the wall?
Close enough to work. I saw a guy use one of the 4 wheel drive versions at my nephew's cottage on Porters lake. He actually drove it over recently backfilled soil and raise it up to the 2nd story where he climbed out and into the cottage.
Brother in law says the bigger scissor versions have an extended panel that moves out to get you closer to your work. It's no where near as flexible as the boom type lift but a lot cheaper to rent and have delivered/picked up.

So you rent equipment like you buy your boats - not as good but
cheaper. Will it be cheaper when you return it for the right piece of
equipment?

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:52:16 -0500, Alex wrote:

True North wrote:
On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 00:43:21 UTC-4, Bill wrote:
True North wrote:
On Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:58:34 UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:42:21 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:51:08 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:56:17 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:51:13 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:

On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 8:41:07 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:26:48 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 11/20/17 12:49 PM, Bill wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:28:12 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:


Met older daughter and family for a weekend in Vegas. Wife gave son in
law and me an Excavator experience at digthisvegas.com. Fun weekend.
Expensive stay though. Even excluding any gambling. Stayed at Mandalay
Bay. Specials on room, but no reasonable dining. Even in room coffee
was $5 a cup. Got a lesson in a Cat 315C excavator. Dug a big hole,
moved 2500# tires and picked up a basketball and dropped in a tire. Fun
trip. I have a great wife. Great gifts. No boating.

===

Cool. I'd like to try that sometime.

---
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
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He has a couple franchises elsewhere I think.

Yeah. I've driven one of those relatively tiny backhoes you see being
towed behind a pickup truck, and I managed not to kill anyone or destroy
the equipment. Love to try a full-sized ecavator.
I have rented a Bobcat a few times. They are fun
When I built the circular drive, my neighbor across the street left
me his bobcat for a week while he was away on vacation. It was fun!
Got a call from my wife's church. "Hey John, you grew up on a farm,
can you operate a Bobcat?"

"Sure." I said.

So I showed up. The rental agency guy arrived and I told him I'd be
operating it. He asked if I'd
ever operated one. Nope, never had. He said it'd be a snap to learn,
and it was. Had a blast all day
with that thing.

I want one.
That was my experience when I have rented machines. The driver gave me
a 2 minute "lesson" and drove away.
It is not hard to make everything move but it takes a while to do it
instinctively. I was actually getting pretty good with the New Holland
I rented in Maryland when I was building that addition but I had it
the whole week. I moved a lot of dirt around.
I only had the Bobcat 3 days here, doing my rip rap. (a weekend).
If you get one at a slow time for them you may end up having it more
days than you rented for because they don't come get it until it is
rented again. We had that with the man lift I got for the first swing
at the fichus tree and had it sitting here for 3 days on a one day
rental. I really was having a hard time finding a use for it tho. I
did use it to replace a bad screen panel in the middle of the roof of
my 15' high cage.
I used my climbing harness, hanging from the basket and Judy "Peter
Panned" me out over the cage from the ground. It worked surprisingly
well.
Sounds like a blast. The bucket on the Bobcat wouldn't have gotten me
high enough for any Peter
Panning.
The man lift was really pretty cool. It was a 2 man, fully articulated
thing, self propelled with something like a 30 foot up, 14 foot out
boom. It really made taking that tree out in small chunks easy.
I had to make it small enough to go in a dumpster.

After Irma I took down the other half the good old Paul Bunyon way. I
notched it and dropped the whole thing up on FPL in one piece, then
cut it into chunks I could drag with the truck and hauled it out
front.
My brother-in-law has convinced me to rent a scissor type lift rather
than the Genie boom type man lift to reach 26-28 feet up. He claims the
basket is more stable ...less shaking.

How close can you get the lift to the wall?
Close enough to work. I saw a guy use one of the 4 wheel drive versions at my nephew's cottage on Porters lake. He actually drove it over recently backfilled soil and raise it up to the 2nd story where he climbed out and into the cottage.
Brother in law says the bigger scissor versions have an extended panel that moves out to get you closer to your work. It's no where near as flexible as the boom type lift but a lot cheaper to rent and have delivered/picked up.

So you rent equipment like you buy your boats - not as good but
cheaper. Will it be cheaper when you return it for the right piece of
equipment?

Unless I was on a concrete pad, I don't think I'd be moving that rig back and forth from a perch 20
feet in the air.

But maybe the recent fall has just made me a bit more sensitive.