Recent content by yumbrad

I'm not certain actually! My quote came back with just labor and parts, so I'd need to go see. I've never done anything with any hydraulics, so I may be getting in over my head.

Cool pic! That looks like a similar spade, is it a Vermeer? What diameter?

Well, my half-baked guess on the hydraulic work seems to have been less than half-baked. My first quote came back from Hydra dyne at $10k to replace all the hoses - they estimated 40 hrs of work, for someone who knows what they're doing - the 10k is half labor, half parts. Not looking like a...

Thank you for the thoughts. As you mentioned Scrounger, tree spades are surprisingly expensive. A 66" like this one is hard to find used, and would probably be 20k new. This is definitely the least expensive truck/spade combo I've found, and it happens to a few miles down the same road that my...

Thank you for fixing me up and explaining everything!

Are they perhaps in a moderation queue? It would be great to get the original thread starter approved so I don't have to think it all out again :) .. I created a photobucket album since the original pictures link of the M35 I'm looking at went bad, and when I included the link to the photobucket...

Ok, I tried to post a reply with a link to pics, and it isn't showing up. I'm guessing since I'm new, posts with links get placed into a moderation queue? If a mod can approve either/both of my non-displaying posts, that would be great!

The summary was I was trying to value this rusty beast (they're asking 9500) and see if I would be getting myself into more than I should, given I really want to use the thing to move trees around my new property. http://s285.photobucket.com/user/yumbrad/library/M35

I'll check that out, thank you. I tried to edit my original post to fix the link to pictures, and it seems to have wiped out the whole post :(

Hi! I'm considering becoming a deuce owner for a somewhat strange reason - I found one for sale, listed at $9500, near me that has a 66" Vermeer tree spade mounted on it. I recently bought an old ornamental tree farm to slowly turn into a nice family farm, and I'd love to be able to move mature...