Rattle wedge

[JDT3120]

anyone ever use one of these? comments?

 

[countryboypa31]

Didn't come up, your link said search not found

 

[JDT3120]

works for me. anyway sherrill sells em, screws in like a ratchet. looks kinda cool

 

[speelyei]

are you talking about that thing that looks like a stainless steel ice cream cone, with oversize coarse threads, and a steel-wire handle where the ice cream should be? It's like a ratcheting cone that you can crank into a back-cut. The price tag was like $300 as I recall... looked bizarre...

 

[Paul Biester]

I got a blank pic too bro?!

 

[brendonv]

It's silly, and heavy, looked at it at Vermeer. Just another thing for gear nuts to hang off their crowded saddle.

You've already got plenty of ropes on the truck, put a rope and pull it over, or use a wedge.

 

[JDT3120]

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It's silly, and heavy, looked at it at Vermeer. Just another thing for gear nuts to hang off their crowded saddle.

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yea thats what I thought. Just makin sure I wasn't missin out on somethin

 

[Paul Biester]

looks like an S&M gadget of some sort!!? kinda scary

 

[jerseywild]

I think that on large removals it would come in handy but I would like to try one before I paid 300 for it. I am for anything that makes my job better.

 

[Roger_Barnett]

That toy's been discussed before. The lever/wedging (lifting while turning) angle is too severe. How's it gonna work on big wood? And who the heck needs it for small work? For that matter, any work. Wedges, or pull lines, presto.

 

[Paul Biester]

Roger that!!

 

[Roger_Barnett]

Roger.......?


Wabit.....?


can have da Wattle Wedge..

 

[Loam_Gnome]

Just tried out the rattle wedge last week on a cook pine removal. The spar had a mild lean, given the access, I needed to rig and coax the blocks into falling on the backside. The device worked as intended, and the ratcheting action was slick, but in that situation I'd take a rope and a groundsmen anyday. In my book it is cost prohibitive considering what you get out of it.

Here's my R & D, Make it out of hard plastic, double the size, and cut the price. the cost could be severely diminished by ditching the ratcheting action, which is a convenience but by no means a necessity. If that where to happen I would think this would be a product I would invest in

 

[treehumper]

I've used a device similar to what you describe made of aluminum. Just a big conical wedge. Nice but not much if you can put a pull rope on it with some MA.