Springboard cleats

[cory]

old Irish done done it all, me thinks.

 

[Burnham]

Us old guys have the secrets you youngsters wish for...

No, really...we do...I swear...

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Ohhhh they do.. I know they do... I swear they do... They do ... I mean it.. they really really do...

 

[Burnham]

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?

 

[flushcut]

Well I for one wanna hear more stories of old about the big timber!

 

[HolmenTree]

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.

 

[old irish]

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.

 

[HolmenTree]

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.

 

[old irish]

Sorry for the confusion Holmen I was referring to the staging that spans the two springboards.

 

[HolmenTree]

Gotcha, just having my first coffee of the day.

 

[Burnham]

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 ...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.

 

[old irish]

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.

 

[sotc]

1 shot of a shoe in this video. Other great footage as well

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[sotc]

Found 1 good board so far!

 

[woodworkingboy]

I wonder if any of those old timers chopping tops, ever thought of two tie ins, just for the heck of it.

 

[stig]

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

 

[sotc]

Ow

 

[SeanKroll]

Bump for Raj