I'm thinking everyone should have a gin pole setup, you can even go old school with chain falls, super simple and cheap. They're just stupid handy to have, and since they aren't hydraulic they won't bleed off, very handy when working on stuff. The height and capacity make it a handy tool to have...
Trailer mount is a viable option as well. Yeah i would definitely go with longer poles. Here's a nice chart to help with sizing them, machinery handbook for the win. I think these are with a 3:1 safety factor, i would go 5:1, so basically multiply the acceptable load by 3/5 to give you the 5:1...
A mini is sweet, there's no arguing that. They're so handy owning one makes sense even if you aren't doing trees, they're that handy. However with poles on his big truck, i bet his capacity is wayyyyyyy better, likely over 10k pounds on his deuce. He also already owns the truck and poles, so...
Have you tried simply dropping the trailer and then loading it with the truck poles, basically like how hot shot truckers use their poles to load stuff on their trailer? Back truck up to log so it'll pick it up sideways, lift, back up to trailer side, then lower? You're grabbing huge pieces...
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