Any body built a knuckleboom loader

[muddstopper]

Are you offering to drive the first leg of the Trip??? Really good ideal, but might be hard to pull off. Anyways, I bought a 48,000 truck rear to make the swivel with and will probably build something like the one in the links on the first few pages of this thread. Its more a time and money thing right now, and I dont have either.

 

[aczlan]

I am not sure it would be up to a trip from NY to NC without new tires and possibly new wheelbearings (based on appearance). I would recommend trailering it...
Do you think it would be workable (within height limits) backed onto a wedge style car hauler trailer? I know of someone (friend of someone at work) who hauls cars up to NY from Georgia/Florida on a 3 car wedge behind a DRW 1 ton and I think he sometimes has room when heading south...
I don't have a gooseneck hitch, but some of the guys at work do and something might be able to be arranged. Send me a PM if you are interested and I can look into it further and what it might cost to get it from point A to point B...

Aaron Z

 

[skylarkguy]

I'd help out but i'm on the opposite coast...now if you found something in oregon...

 

[muddstopper]

aczlan, If i was to consider it, I would probably take my torches and cut it off the trailer. To me the trailer is scrap, dont have a use for it. Then one could set it on a car trailer, strap it down and take it down the road. I would think if loaded on one of those wedge trailers you are talking about, height might become an issue. I appreciate the thoughts, but think I will pass.

 

[Jaymed]

Man that thing has me written all over it, to bad its 1000miles away

Saw this on Craigslist Charlotte, NC
Logging Trailer w/Grapple
Hope this helps
Jayme

 

[muddstopper]

Thanks Jaymed, I was in Charlotte last wk and saw that listed. The $9900 price tag, while probably worth the money, is more than I am willing to pay. I dont need the trailer, just the boom.

 

[jmc]

Muddstopper, this is a long shot but this CL link has been up locally (S. indiana) for a long time. It's just the grapple ($1000). He lists it as a graffle so maybe that's why it hasn't sold yet.

knuckle boom graffle

 

[muddstopper]

thats a big "graffle", way bigger than I need. Valby has rotator for about $700, I can get one from China for about $200, but the shipping is almost $400. Right now my plans are to go with the Valby rotator and make my own grapples. I also know where another big "graffle" is close for about Half what that guys asking.