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

[Jonny]

I got a Petzl Caritool on Toni’s Ergovation. Looks similar to the Porter. She’s just rec climbing, not carrying a saw, so I don’t have to worry about trusting the plastic to not break.
It’s nice and fast for stowing loop runners, carabiners, and whatever miscellaneous gear.

 

[ruel]

Large Shembiner works nicely for me. Easy on-off, saw is on a lanyard so no worries about dropping. Being open it is easy to unhook if snagging a branch, but doesn't really happen tons Anyways

 

[SkwerI]

Picked up my baby trailer this morning. 10K capacity, 6x12 box. Small enough to pull with my F150. My Avant 528 gets delivered Monday.

 

[treesmith]

Were your other trailers straight cylinder or scissor hoists, Brian?

 

[SkwerI]

Were your other trailers straight cylinder or scissor hoists, Brian?

My 14K trailer was a scissor hoist and my 20K beast was dual straight cylinders. This is strictly for hauling my machine and OCCASIONAL hauling of a couple yards of stump grindings or dirt, very light duty. The loader weighs 3100 lbs and maybe 800 lbs for attachments. My tow vehicle is a very nice F150 and I'm not looking to beat it up.

 

[treesmith]

How do the scissor and dual-cylinder compare in your experience? All three of mine are scissor hoists. I looked at some straight cylinder trailers, but on all the ones I saw, the cylinder cleat hung down beneath the trailer and I sometimes dump in not-so-smooth places and didn’t want it hanging stuff.

 

[SkwerI]

The Texas Pride I had was dual straight cylinder and would dump anything I loaded no matter what. But it was slow. The scissor lift was a lot faster but you couldn't load the trailer all the way up in the front or it wouldn't dump.

 

[treesmith]

I always load lighter up front anyway so chunks don’t slam down while dumping and beat the floor up. Still happens sometimes. My 20’ is way slower than my 16’, but it has a 30k# hoist...fat cylinder/skinny hoses.

 

[cory]

Shiny af new trailer

 

[Tree09]

The big ones are all straight, often multistage.

Very nice trailer man!

 

[SeanKroll]

The big ones are all straight, often multistage.

Very nice trailer man!

I wonder why scissors, single or dual straight rams are used on small/ mid dumps.

 

[treesmith]

I prefer scissor, but that’s all I’ve ever had. I suppose there may be advantages to each.

 

[Tree09]

You can get by with less ground clearance with a scissor

 

[SeanKroll]

a 4 way wedge
4 pack of vented masks with replaceable filters
Titan root grapple as a compliment to my BMG.
2511t
New router and modern

 

[Burnham]

Life is good, Sean .

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Picked up my baby trailer this morning. 10K capacity, 6x12 box.

I lolled at baby trailer.
Mine is 0.86K capacity and 3.25 x 5 box.
But I have my father's one too, much bigger at 4 x 6.6 box (0.83K though ,stupid legislation.).
Comparatively, it looks like they are made just to go shopping.

 

[Tree09]

Yeah baby has a different connotation on this side of the pond.

 

[Mick!]

Verdict on thé rake, we love it! Takes some careful handling and angling, but we raked up the remains of a crispy dead oak dismantle in minutes, effortlessly.
Just a quick run over with the plastic rake and a blow and we’re done.View attachment IMG_1750.MP4

 

[Mellow]

Does that machine have the "float" option and would that work with the rake?

 

[SkwerI]

Mick, that looks great. I see Avant offers a very similar rake on their website. Front rake - https://www.avanttecno.com/us/attachments/frontrake
Did the Avant version not work or was it just too expensive?

 

[Mick!]

Yes it does, but I do it by eye.
It’s important to have the rake at a backward angle to bring the ‘spring’ into play.
Not for perfect lawns but a brilliant labour saver for a few quid.
Easy to transport as well, just throw it in the van.

 

[Mick!]

Mick, that looks great. I see Avant offers a very similar rake on their website. Front rake - https://www.avanttecno.com/us/attachments/frontrake
Did the Avant version not work or was it just too expensive?

Not too expensive, but why pay for something as low tech as that?

 

[SkwerI]

Looks like it would be perfect for spreading tree mulch on driveways as well. Definitely looks like a good tool to have!

 

[SeanKroll]

How would you make it better?

I think of having something fabbed to attach to a grapple or hitch-receiver coupler plate.

 

[lxskllr]

This came today...