FEL Boom Pole

[texasranger556]

Around here a Truss crane is only $125 per hour. Back in my framing days, it never took more than a couple hours to sling trusses onto the 8,000 sq ft homes we were churning out.

Pretty cheap when you figure your time and helpers into it. Hour, maybe 2, vs. a couple days....... It's real cheap.

I've gotten a few quotes and around here it's 4 hour minimum including travel time, so minimum of $500, more likely $750 ish for 1500 sq ft shop with attic trusses.

 

[fried1765]

Around here a Truss crane is only $125 per hour. Back in my framing days, it never took more than a couple hours to sling trusses onto the 8,000 sq ft homes we were churning out.

Pretty cheap when you figure your time and helpers into it. Hour, maybe 2, vs. a couple days....... It's real cheap.

25 years ago crane rental would have been $800 (one day minimum) for me.
I did it using my ingenuity = free!

 

[breadtrk]

You go guys.

Trussed and roof decked in on the same day is worth all the "free" and ingenuity you can ever come up with.

 

[fried1765]

You go guys.

Trussed and roof decked in on the same day is worth all the "free" and ingenuity you can ever come up with.

It was a fun job. "Same day" = not "worth" anything to me!
I rarely waste money on things that I am quite capable of doing.

 

[Lowrider2120]

We (3 of us) did 21 fifty foot 6/12 with 2x6 cord trusses in 8 hours last summer with no roof decking. At Saturday overtime rates the bill was $1,475 and a $50 tip for the operator who was late for his cousins wedding. They were set on 16' walls and the ridge is 29' so I wouldn't even try it with anything but a crane.

This summer I'm building a 24' x 30' with 24' trusses on 8' walls...now those will get lifted with a tractor bucket boom. I'm thinking two 6' sections so I can do around 17' without getting too vertical.

When I was young and nimble we used to swing 24' trusses with a rope while standing on the 8' top plate...NOT anymore!

Very nice work on the skid steer boom!!