MasterBlaster
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I'm curious - how can a tire be a good trailer tire, yet not good for a car?
Labor-Saving Techniques and Tools
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HolmenTree
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It appears West Lake has found their niche building heavy duty 10 ply tires for trailers and RV's.
Car tires are a different animal seeing they are more complicated in design with steering and drive propulsion characteristics.
Car tires are a different animal seeing they are more complicated in design with steering and drive propulsion characteristics.
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Here is a pic of my Hand Donkey
For many moons before Sancho this was the main machine used to move wood. Good sized tires 14"x 6" ish, 1000lbs capacity, and $120.
For many moons before Sancho this was the main machine used to move wood. Good sized tires 14"x 6" ish, 1000lbs capacity, and $120.
SouthSoundTree
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Little horns on the blade and up top make a big big big difference!
A rope with jam cleat may be a good strap down tool.
A rope with jam cleat may be a good strap down tool.
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I like the horn idea and if I get time maybe a tube for a rod to hold brush, similar to the trolley but not as slick.
SouthSoundTree
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I just got a picture on my phone of the last little tweek, but it doesn't want to connect ATM to post. Its NIGHT and DAY. I've chokered piles of straight conifer limbs, slid the hand truck under the balance point, and levered them up and on, and out for a long roll, right up the ramps into the trailer. This is nice when its a little pruning job that doesn't warrant rolling out everything, or if it means running around town, not lumbering around in a chip truck and chipper.
The horns allow you to roll a long log by keeping it from sliding off the blade of the hand truck.
The horns allow you to roll a long log by keeping it from sliding off the blade of the hand truck.
SouthSoundTree
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Mick!
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Looks like someone reversed in a hurry with the trailer attached!
SouthSoundTree
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Many moons ago. A hit and run in traffic in the same rear corner last summer. Rattle can it.
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Cute trailer!
benhughey
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Lack of tools + log needing to be turned + loop runner girth hitched around log + a little mechanical advantage = ... turned log.
benhughey
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As to trailer tires... it has to do with how they handle loads. And tread pattern... in a nutshell the real reason is so you have to go through the heartache of a tire place for some reason not carrying "trailer tires"... what?
SouthSoundTree
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Do you mean rolled over, or spun. If you can roll a log, on its balance point, up on a pivot point, like the right shaped branch or face-cut knock-out, you can spin a very big log. I first did this when loading 20' logs in a tight space. I had to get the butt toward the truck before winching it in. Easy. I've used this so many times since then.
SouthSoundTree
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I had a laurel hedge job, recently. My repeat custy asked if I knew anybody needing a trailer. 6 lug, 5'x8'. $400 straight trade. Titled. Hard to find titled trailer around here much cheaper.
I had the ramps from my pick-up and stump grinder. Had them cut down and re-inforced, and put stake pockets on it. It'll work for the moment, until I get a tandem axle flatbed or dump trailer.
I had the ramps from my pick-up and stump grinder. Had them cut down and re-inforced, and put stake pockets on it. It'll work for the moment, until I get a tandem axle flatbed or dump trailer.
benhughey
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Yea I meant rolled. I see what your saying though. Noice
Mick!
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Here's what was supposed to be a labour saver, turned into a bit of a nightmare.
Mini loader in kit form, you buy all the profiles, weld them together, paint it, fit all the hydraulics, easy.
Nearly two years later and with the help of the new lad (engineery sort) we are on the home straight.
Now I have the Kubota +loader it's a bit superfluous.
Mini loader in kit form, you buy all the profiles, weld them together, paint it, fit all the hydraulics, easy.
Nearly two years later and with the help of the new lad (engineery sort) we are on the home straight.
Now I have the Kubota +loader it's a bit superfluous.
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Yes, there is a hand truck under this pile, that I could no way pick up, and would much rather roll than drag across frictiony grass (I was reminded how much easier dragging on pavement is, recently) <a href="http://s658.photobucket.com/user/southsoundtree/media/Holiday%20Valley%20SRT%20Pruning%20and%20Removals/P1060327.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu303/southsoundtree/Holiday%20Valley%20SRT%20Pruning%20and%20Removals/P1060327.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo P1060327.jpg"/></a>.
One person, one easy rolling trip, 1/2" rope in there provides scale. You can barely see the black tire and silver lugs.
Burnham
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I've said it before in other contexts, but here's a good place to soapbox it again...one of the very most effective labor saving changes any climber can make is to slow down a smidge, and think about the moves you are about to be making. Conservation of energy is not just for old guys like me who don't have much reserve to call on, though that's a good thing later in a climber's career, too.
In my 50's I could still put experienced climbers in the shade, though they might have a couple of decades youth on me, just because I had learned to not waste motion in the tree.
Any older climber will tell you the same...think a moment before you move, anticipate consequences, and plan accordingly. I promise, you'll go home at the end of the day both more productive and less tired.
That old saying, "Slow is smooth and smooth is fast", really is true.
In my 50's I could still put experienced climbers in the shade, though they might have a couple of decades youth on me, just because I had learned to not waste motion in the tree.
Any older climber will tell you the same...think a moment before you move, anticipate consequences, and plan accordingly. I promise, you'll go home at the end of the day both more productive and less tired.
That old saying, "Slow is smooth and smooth is fast", really is true.
CurSedVoyce
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ruel
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Not tree work related, but definitely a labor saving technique. If you are clearing a lot of heavy snow off roofs, instead of doing it one shovel full at a time, you can use a piece of wire (or throwline) to cut under the bulk of the snow. Even if you can't clear the whole roof in one shot like in the video, it makes it way easier to slide giant blocks off the roof. Very satisfying, and way easier.
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MasterBlaster
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That is definitely the last thing I will ever have to worry about, lol.
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