45 degree leaner

[rentachimp]

Do i win, then?

 

[Lumberjack]

I would have used my man lift as a material handler, or cut from it, depending on how I was feeling.

Typically I feel like cutting from the basket.

RSC is starting to rent them out, I believe they charge under 300 a day, and you'd be hard pressed to put 8 hours on one in a day as the hour meter only spins when you're operating the lift.

 

[Colin]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

I wouldn't use a lift as a material handler. Did you ever get the blessing of the manufacturer to use it like that?

 

[damage_inc]

Nice job! how come on the last cut you made it so high? What would you do or the better question is how do yoo pic such a small flush cut. Wouldnt it worked better just to cut at grade so theres no small round to handle?

 

[Zac]

Here's why we cut it high.


The lift and operator weren't that much 250-300 bucks or so for an hour.

I wouldn't use a geenie lift for lifting wood, especially if I ever planned on riding in it again.

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

I have a difficult time trusting Box Elder. It is in my top 3 of trees I don't like to climb.

 

[Lumberjack]

Yes MB, they sell a material lifting hook for it.

Any reason for that Zac, aside from ignorance?


Cranes are used for heavy lifts, and yet they are trusted to lift humans.

500lbs of humans or 500lbs of wood, the lift couldn't care less.

 

[Zac]

What was the equipment designed/rated for?

Cranes are made for lifting stuff, man-lifts are pretty much for lifting men and women.

 

[Colin]

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Yes MB, they sell a material lifting hook for it.

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Then you have their blessing! Go with God, son!

 

[JesseHuffman]

I have to agree with zac...especial with that dinky looking lift....
not in the face please!

 

[familytree]

id have to agree with most of the posters here, 12-14 inch length cuts and the good old shove to the drop zone, think of ex's here for that extra umph or the jerk boss who hasnt climbed in years that is yelling at you to finish by the end of the day and doesnt understand why your using something called a rigging paw. i hate my boss, thats what gets me through the day, i need some savin

 

[Lumberjack]

It's designed as a 2 man lift, or a material handler.

It's rated for 500lbs, unrestricted. It weighs 4500lbs, max load on an outrigger is 2830lbs (30psi). It offers a working height of 56', 22' up and over, and just under 30' of side reach.

 

[rentachimp]

Gotta love the US regs. No 'Man lifts' here can be used for carrying anything but people and tools. How we manage to keep to the 200k weight limit when we're cutting, snapping off and throwing big chunks with two of us in there and 30kilogrammes left to play with, I'm not so sure...

[edit: I do win, yeah?]

 

[Mark Chisholm]

LJ's lift is no different than a material handling bucket used to set transformers and lights on a pole. As long as the loads are kept within the limits including any spikes, why couldn't you lift with it?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

The material handler loaders work nice! The long snorkle lift will pick big loads in hard to get to places. The jib is a nice option too.

 

[Tmannsclimber]

On your first picture it looked like there was another tree nearby. if this is so set a retrieveable pully double rope the the wood by tighing the pully rope high and butt jump the lower rope. Have a GRCS on the high rope and have him cranke over the piece working with the guy on the lower rope to move the piece over. This system works great.

 

[Zac]

We did that for a lot of the brush that was over the neighbor's house and fence. The other tree was a little further away than we were comfortable with to crank wood into.

I find we use driftlines a lot in our rigging.