Wish i did, the wife has a stroke when i take the camera anywhere so needless to say i have few photo's of any of the jobs i have worked on. However i did just get one of them cordless phone thingys with a camera so i will have to start using that until i get my own camera for the business. The mini-ex works well as you can lay the boom and stick right out straight and be only a couple feet off the ground. I just wrapped the pole for protection and ratchet strapped it to the stick. My mini-ex also has the knuckle boom feature so when you lift the boom and swing the stick in you can also side shift the stick. The stick can move side to side about 5' so its less you have to move the machine around for alignment. For utility poles this feature is nice as the pole has to go beside and beyond the machine due to its length. I usually strap the lower end of the pole to the stick and then lift the boom letting the top end of the pole stay on the ground until the pole lines up with the stick. Then i climb on the machine and strap the pole to the top of the stick. I have seen guys stand poles up by hand and that is a nightmare, for me i just pick it up, drive to the hole and set it in. No dirt betting knocked in or the hole collapsing from the weight.
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