O.C.G.D. Thread, part two

[Jonseredbred]

My father's truck has 6 of those wheels.

 

[brendonv]

What's the advantage of all 6 aluminum? I know where to get 2 more but if I don't need 'em I don't want em.

 

[lumberjack]

You don't have 2 steel wheels. Granted it'd be hard to notice, but it looks chinzy.

You're need for two more is equal to the need for the first 4, IMO. It's all a want.

 

[Jonseredbred]

Nothing but tire rotation I would think.

 

[SkwerI]

Mainly to allow for tire rotation, Brendon. Although it is common to never rotate the tires on a dually.

 

[stehansen]

I ordered some slings from Wesspur today.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Getting my list together also.. I have a good sized white oak to TD soon and I figure it should pay for some more gear

 

[stehansen]

This is because of talking to you yesterday you know.

 

[Dave Shepard]

They are steel on the inside for a reason. Apparently putting two aluminum rims together is a bad idea. I guess they can work loose. At least that's what the Ford dealer says.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Yeah Yeah.. Sure.. It's all my fault now.:roll: Wait till you come up here and play on the Wraptor in that big oak or sumtin

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Just got off the phone with Sean and UPS showed up with some goodies from WesSpur...

 

[brendonv]

Saweeet.

I got some new ramps, 3000lb capacity for loading the mini.

No more butt puckering. It was always the most dangerous time of the day, unloading and loading.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Most excellent Brendon
Less stress bro

 

[arborworks1]

Where did you get the ramps from, Brendon?

 

[brendonv]

Mackie Enterprises.

Check discountramps.com too. They had some good prices, although nothing in the 3k lb range, just 5k so I went with Mackie.

 

[sotc]

I dig my 5.8k ramps, burly and light

 

[arborworks1]

I still don't know if I want to build ramps or just buy. I haven't had a need for them yet. We always have loaded the mini on the landscape truck and roll Like that.

 

[brendonv]

I dig my 5.8k ramps, burly and light

I wanted 10' 5k ones at first. I just really didn't want to drop 600$ + on them. Plus the 10' would poke out of the truck bed too much.

 

[treesmith]

Just got off the phone with Sean and UPS showed up with some goodies from WesSpur...

That's what I call FAST SHIPPING!!!

 

[sotc]

Hahaha

Brendan, I ordered the 10 footers too but they sent me 8'. Been very happy with them

 

[rangerdanger]

Not tree gear related, but I'm picking up one of these tomorrow, an Apple iPad, the 32GB version, just wi-fi, no 3G. I've been messing around with it for awhile, and after visiting the new Apple Store here in town, I'm sold on one. There are so many things I can do with it. Going to try and sell Dad on one for doing bids. Heard of one guy using it for that application and he said it works pretty good, since he can pull up a video or power point about something on the spot for the customer to see. Plus, he can transfer all his bids he does with it to his main computer, or even email the bid to the customer on the spot if the customer so desires it.

 

[lumberjack]

How much do they cost, Adrian?

 

[SkwerI]

Carl, I think they're about 20% of a Wraptor.

 

[rangerdanger]

Around $600 Carl, for the version I'm buying.

I'll admit, I'm an Apple tech Geek at heart. It even trumps my Tree Gear Geek side, to an extent.

 

[lumberjack]

It's basically a big I Phone?