WM Ford Grapple (in traffic) for the grapple fans 7-30-09

This is another Waste Management Ford grapple truck that I saw in traffic today. I wanted to post this for all you grapple truck fans. If you’d like to have a copy of the still frames go to: www.flickr.com and www.flickr.com

Grapple Trucks and Boom Trucks Reduce Worker?s Comp Cases

In the late 1990’s, there were hundreds of thousands of reports through workers compensation due to lifting awkwardly heavy items into trucks. As the new decade approached the reports had decreased immensely from hundreds of thousands to mere thousands. Solid waste facilities are purchasing boom trucks, grapple trucks and knuckle booms to increase profits and [...]