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Addressing the Need for Specialized Tree Removal Equipment

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The discussion emphasizes the necessity of specialized grapple trucks, particularly for removing hazardous or dead trees, such as ash trees affected by the emerald ash borer. In such cases, trees can be too unstable or brittle for traditional climbing or even bucket lift methods. The grapple truck allows for remote and safe dismantling without putting personnel directly in harm's way, making it the only safe removal method for certain types of dangerous trees.

Goal: Understand why specialized grapple trucks are essential for safe removal of hazardous trees.

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HVT. Like that's another like 80 grand. Oh god. Like the federal tax%. Yeah. FBT tax or whatever. I haven't paid it yet. I'm trying to figure out how long you can kick it down the road. [laughter] You have to pay that. Oh god. That F feet tax is terrible on new trucks. 70,000 140,000 and just feet tax. Yeah, something like that. It's a lot. Now, you said this truck is around $700 and some,000 plus another $140,000 in tax. So, just a little bit under a million dollars what the value of a truck like this is going for. Correct. Brand spanking new. And you rent these out to companies. So, you your plan with this is to go work for other companies cuz not a lot of companies have a truck like this. Correct. Yeah. We're going to use it internally obviously as much as we can, but you know, we have a full-time operator running the thing. Um, so it's going to be out available to work with other tree contractors specifically to help with taking down uh dead and dying ash trees. That's what we're doing right now. I mean, you can see these ash trees are dying from emerald ashbor. They're not completely dead yet, but in our

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