Springboard cleats

old Irish done done it all, me thinks.;)
 
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By the by...hereabouts we always called the working end of a springboard, the metal part, a "shoe". "Cleat" makes sense to me too, though I'd not heard it used, I knew exactly what Sean meant in the thread title. I expect that's one of the many regional differences in logging terms, and wonder if there are others that refer to the same item?
 
Prior to an upcoming chopping competitipn I used to practice setting spring boards into my poplar trees at work when the skidders were down .
If I didn't have my shoed springboards at the job site I'd rip a couple up with the saw.
 
I was thinking about this at work yesterday and realized that I had used the wrong dimensions for the staging boards. They weren't a full 2" thick. That would have been too heavy, thinking that they were rough sawn full 1". Jerry might remember better than me.
 
They should tapered from a 1 1/2" shoe end down to about a 3/4" tail Pat. I believe 6-8" was standard width and 5-6 ft long.
This is the only pic I have of mine but some detail.
The guy next to me chopping looks like his are full 2" thick.
 

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I think for staging runs between springboards, full dimension 1" would be plenty, and 4/5" would be better, really. Never had the chance to use staging planks myself though I have watched them deployed several times, and like I said, I have some, but not a lot of day in and out experience on springboards.

There is a reason that they are called springboards, BTW :D...they are gonna be bouncy...make them stout enough to not be so, you couldn't haul them a 100 feet. Staging planks will be the same, imo.
 
I can't believe all the stuff we used to pack around on that steep ground all those years. Maybe that is why I am still at it though. +luck.
 
1 shot of a shoe in this video. Other great footage as well

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Found 1 good board so far!
 

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On the way down, just before impacting, they might have.
 
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