Outrigger Pads

[lumberjack]

To insure he puts the foot in the correct spot on the pad and to keep it contained in off camber setups.

The only thing rubber pads are good for is keeping the outrigger from slipping or marring a surface, they do very little to destribute the weight and lower the ground bearing pressure.

What are the sand bags for?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Curbs? Uneven ground? I can see it.

 

[lumberjack]

Sand is an exceedingly poor choice for cribbing material.

 

[Al Smith]

I'm thinking those pads we used made from cross arms were about 18 by 24 .Toms' are only about 18" square .I don't know what they are made of but they are heavy as lead, must be oak .

 

[MasterBlaster]

Sandbags have their uses in cribbing.

 

[Newfie]

The only thing rubber pads are good for is keeping the outrigger from slipping or marring a surface, they do very little to destribute the weight and lower the ground bearing pressure.

Certainly haven't had any problems using them on all types of surfaces and soil situations, w/ bucket trucks and the grapple trailer.

 

[TreeDimensional]

Good ideas, I can see issues with Aluminum. They would tend to be slippery on frozen ground for things like the bucket truck, where the terrain in not level. Bucket trucks are usually not as heavy as boom truck by design. With boom trucks and cranes the truck is ballast, while bucket trucks tend to be lighter. Cranes can usually set up on a harder level surface, or have the set-up prep'd (graded level). Not what someone with a dinky sized residential yard would allow.

Money is a bit tight at the moment, scrap wood (poplar) is in abundance. Plywood is expensive here, while redi-rod is cheap and available in town. Thanks for all the advice!