bgaidan
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I really want a machine that size. The prices went through the roof over the last few years and are just starting to drop. I remember passing on a 5519 that was in the low 20's. Now you can't touch one under $40k.
I'll happily sell my big tractor if I can pick telehandler for about the same money.
Most of them really aren't made for any kind of digging....at least not production digging. I've always seen them marketed as more for doing things like mucking out stalls or scooping mulch or shavings. Most of them seem to be marketed to farmers as agg machines.We have the same model genie
It's super handy as a forklift and will lift more than you think. But God damn do the controls suck, even just trying to lower a ~700lb air compressor on a pallet the other day it was not smooth.
With a bucket it sucks, I know that's not what it's meant for, but they could have done a better job with the controls. The big telihandlers I've ran were 10x's better.
My main use would be for lifting logs on the sawmill or throwing a grapple on it to shuttle brush around the property. I'd get a bucket, but wouldn't expect much out of it.
I've always been curious if the aux. hydraulics would hold up to a brush cutter. On paper, they have the flow, but not sure if they have enough cooling to run one for very long. Seem like it'd be handy for cleaning up around the edges of fields and roads.