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Has anyone considered or tried or even currently using a bucket truck?

Just looking around and considering buying one for next season. Most homes we deal with would be easy if we could just hover over and spray. The issue I've seen is carrying my tanks. Most bucket trucks really don't have much room in them.



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If it saves time, you have two people going anyway. Just have the other person drive the tank truck.

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Guy in Virginia uses one.

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Tanks can go in truck. It's all self contained

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doug , i own one for my gutter business, not very home friendly leaves a hellva of a foot print in the yard..even when we lay down plywood...looking at buy a towable manlift......for residential work.. GUTER PICS 219.jpg



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Thanks, I've just been trying to think of a way to shoot almost any home from the ground in a fast efficient manner. I did by a pole (a cheap one) but found they really do bend too much. I looked at the Unger Nlite but even in their pictures the poles just bend way too much for what we do (IMHO).

Just thinking that a bucket truck, used in the driveway only, would allow me to hover over a roof and shoot. I was thinking I could probably attack 60-70% of jobs this way. If so, I could cut down my shoot time and do more jobs as well as impress the heck out of the clients which equals more referral business.

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That's all va does. Towable man lifts are a waste of money and unstable.

Pole selection does make a difference. Talk to tony about it

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Needless to say, I've spent a pretty decent amount of time in lifts. Residential houses just don't work out well with lifts. You're going to leave ruts, and marks, no matter how hard you try and prevent it, just like Edward indicated. While I can justify ruts (and subsequent rut repairs) to many of my commercial customers, its real hard to make that fly with a HO. You'll get lots of negative reviews, complaint and bad mojo.

To get a bucket truck that will effectively hit all of a roof, you talking about a 50 or 60 footer, minimum. After you get done moving, leveling and securing the lift, you've spent a lot of time, you can almost have the roof halfway sprayed. Lifts are not the all mighty time saver that most people think they are.

Lifts are good for getting up to a high area, they really aren't well suited for a mobile spraying operation. Not to mention, they are maintenance hogs. I could buy what ever type lift I wanted to (within reason), but I still choose to rent, as there is always something going wrong with them.

Also, crack a driveway, pop a sprinkler line, cave in a septic.....trust me, I'm all about being more efficient, faster and better, but as far a residential goes, a lift is not your answer.


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Ray.....you're such a downer dude......:}
Thanks my friend, that is the best reply I could possibly hope for.



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by the time you set up your lift im already packing up and going to the next job. Just like ray said no good for resi work.

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RAY, AMEN TO THAT  WE STRICTLY USE IT ON BARNS AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS..I WILL SAY WHEN YOU HANG GUTTER UP AND ONE SIDE OF THE BARN IS 250 FT... AND YOU HAVE TO DRILL IN EVERY 24 INCHES.. THAT IS A LOT OF LADDER MOVING PLUS WEAR AND TEAR ON MY CREW...



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I ve found out for resi work pole work from a ladder is the way to go IMHO! I have a unger nlite pole and it does wonder imo! Commercial is a different beast and they understand a home owner dosnt.

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Alejandro Riojas wrote:

I ve found out for resi work pole work from a ladder is the way to go IMHO! I have a unger nlite pole and it does wonder imo! Commercial is a different beast and they understand a home owner dosnt.


 What size pole are you using Alejandro?

What size pole are any of you using? 



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