Rent a Man Lift & Save Money on Tree Work. Nifty Lift Cherry Picker

[@JonPetersArtHome]

After getting a few expensive quotes for tree work I decided to rent a man lift and do the work myself. The rental fee is $300 a day, but The rental place is closed Sunday so if you rent the machine on Saturday morning you get it until Monday morning for the same $300 price. I suggest if you are going to tackle a project like this make sure to have someone on the ground to give a hand. My son Walter helped me out with this project. We had great weather and it was a good time working together. Thanks for watching, Jon If you want to build the furniture for your home check out all my project plans here. jonpeters.com/

[@pjmtts]

Safety glasses are cheap. I keep several pairs around and in my truck.

[@bigfishbri962]

Renting a machine like this is a no brainer... man I wish you had posting this before I spent $500 on a 30' extension ladder that I am terrified to use!

[@Rick-the-Swift]

Yikes! Tree work and a tall ladder is a dangerous combo. I know because I've done some pretty silly stuff myself. Just curious, how'd it go? Hope you're still with us!

[@JamesWebb-q7r]

don't use a extension ladder to do tree work very dangerous

[@ADAMX777]

Diy all the way! Nice work and safety first! Great job!

[@gregmize01]

This an uplifting video!!!😁

[@johnsrabe]

He can check this off his bucket list.

[@guybowers9094]

He did rise to the occasion

[@tomdewey9690]

Holy cow you’re about to save me a lot of money. I have a bunch of projects that needed a really long ladder and now I won’t need to go up and down a million times. Faster and cheaper.

[@philshock3805]

NOW you tell me. lol 80 ft tall hackberry tree with a trunk around 8 ft in diameter. Already had some work done to it a couple years ago to remove some high branches that were threatening the shop. $500 from a large, well known company. After a recent storm a few months ago, the trunk was split completely in two along the length ... to the point I could actually see through it! Same company wanted $2k to remove the heavy side that was again threatening the shop. Found a young kid who recently started a tree service who did the job for $900. Still a lot of money but also ton of work ... basically removed half of the tree. I never even considered renting the lift and trying to tackle it myself! Good to know for future reference! Of course, I'd need to buy a chainsaw too. lol

[@MikeVT]

A "trick" with these is to use the outriggers to lift it off the ball on your truck to save some time with the manual crank and there's also no chance it can roll on the wheels. I just rented the identical lift a couple months ago. Great video, Jon!

[@batmansdad3195]

we have a jlg at work. it's how we all do it. the nice thing with our lift is its self levelling

[@MikeVT]

@@batmansdad3195 self leveling sounds fantastic

[@MCsCreations]

Pretty impressive machine indeed, Jon! Fantastic work! 😃 Talking about DIY, my mother wanted to cut some small trees in our backyard some time ago... Then she found my ryoba and she and my father cut everything in half hour! 😂 Now I need to buy a second one, exclusively for them... 😂 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@holdemNE1]

"Man work" is always fun ....especially on what looked to be a beautiful day.

[@iancrossley6637]

Good video. I need to stain the side of my barn, at least 35 feet. Thinking the would do the trick. It's a plus that it works without a loud engine running. Good tip on the Sat-Mon rental.

[@JonPetersArtHome]

Takes a little getting used to, but definitely worth it… imo

[@moneymakingmikeg.9555]

That was a Leyland Cypress next to the Peeling Birch. Their branches can take a pretty good beating & the tree will come back. Vey well done Bud. That EGO Battery Saw crushed it. Hoping all is well Jon, Dirty Jersey out!!

[@aaudain1]

Wonderful

[@Kb-yi9mf]

Cool video i was looking for something and this is so cool

[@Musicstet]

Great video and info! Thank you

[@JonPetersArtHome]

Thanks! Takes a little getting used to… but definitely worth it 👍

[@UndeadSpaceMonkey1]

Hey John I've seen you use that electric saw a few times now but I can't remember the name of it or find it on your channel. Could you tell me the name/ model please

[@tomim7187]

NOt a fan of heights either. What caused the fire by the tire?

[@specializedlandsolutions740]

If you put down the outriggers before you disconnect from the truck, it won't move, and it will make it easier to disconnect.

[@dgoins6]

Questions. 1. What size truck will tow something like this? 2. How many times did you need to move the lift around each tree? I can get one delivered, but not sure if my 1/4 ton B3000 can move and reposition it.

[@JonPetersArtHome]

A small car or truck should work depending on the land and you don’t want to move it around if the ground is really wet… I have two acres and needed to move it quite a bit.

[@JoshRyan982]

I wonder if renting a wood chipper would have saved you any time or money by allowing you to take fewer trips to the dump.

[@GM_____]

That’s what I would do to keep the wood chips for building up my garden soil. It costs a fortune to buy bagged mulch and depending on the species of tree they can make good firewood too 🪵🔥

[@JoshRyan982]

@@GM_____ even better

[@ezekielmorgan9306]

What type of fuel powered wood chipper would you recommend

[@williamellis8993]

Didn't the gas for seven trips to the dump eat up all your savings, Jon (lol)? Just kidding. That's a great idea. Heights don't bother me so I may try it. Bill

[@JonPetersArtHome]

😂👍 really worked great

[@bugeater16]

Didn’t the emergency manual descent work when the bucket refused to function?

[@JonPetersArtHome]

No, it was a year ago, but I remember the machine being pretty beat up and some of the things not working absolutely correctly

[@JonPetersArtHome]

Still did a good job getting the work done and was worth the money to rent it

[@DJSteinloski]

How many ft

[@JonPetersArtHome]

@@DJSteinloski I think 34 … definitely a little scary but it worked great 👍