- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Anyone happen know who makes them?
aluminum climber pads
- Thread starter Kevin
- Start date
- Location
- Portland, Oregon
Klein and Buckingham, I'm not sure who else.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Location
- Enid, Ok
If apparentley buckingham makes them, call them direcly. they wont sell them to you but could answer some questions and then direct you to the nearest bucky dealer.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Thanks Mike.
I thought the name might be Mallory but I couldn't see it well enough to say for sure.
I thought the name might be Mallory but I couldn't see it well enough to say for sure.
Brooks spurs
Another brand of climbing spurs, made by Brooks, was also taken over by a different manufacturer. Dean Stringer took over production, and it became known as the Stringer-Brooks climber.
Everything about the tool seems the same, except for the name stamped on the side. It's the climber with the gaff that has a tang that crosses all the way under the foot.
There is an optional long slider available to adjust additional mounting height to the shin pad. I have been taking advantage of this option for years, being tall. The extra two inches of steel does make the unit a tad heavier.
The way Brooks spurs use a very small, t-shaped piece of steel for the adjustment, is unique. It's how these spurs were sewn into the side of high topped boots. The old time loggers didn't even bother with an upper spur pad. The bracket was simply sewed onto the inner shin area of the boot upper and worn permanently. When it was time to climb a tree, they just slid the spur into the boot-mount on the calf, and then buckled the lower strap around the ankle.
Every once in a while we'll run into someone with the lower spur buckle back by the heel. This is because the left spur is mounted on the right pad slider.
The folks that use their spurs this way feel quite comfortable. They are convinced that this is the way these things were designed to be used.
One fellow was quite adamant when we pointed this out. I asked him to take his right spur off and look at the underside, and read what was stamped into the metal. He said, "An arrow." I asked him what was stamped on the underside of the other spur. He took it off, looked and sheepishly said, "An R." The 'arrow' is an 'L', which stands for Left.
Another common point of obstinancy is mismounting a polesaw blade with the teeth facing toward the limb hook. No amount of convincing can help some people who have always used it the wrong way. Especially tree people. Amazing.
Another brand of climbing spurs, made by Brooks, was also taken over by a different manufacturer. Dean Stringer took over production, and it became known as the Stringer-Brooks climber.
Everything about the tool seems the same, except for the name stamped on the side. It's the climber with the gaff that has a tang that crosses all the way under the foot.
There is an optional long slider available to adjust additional mounting height to the shin pad. I have been taking advantage of this option for years, being tall. The extra two inches of steel does make the unit a tad heavier.
The way Brooks spurs use a very small, t-shaped piece of steel for the adjustment, is unique. It's how these spurs were sewn into the side of high topped boots. The old time loggers didn't even bother with an upper spur pad. The bracket was simply sewed onto the inner shin area of the boot upper and worn permanently. When it was time to climb a tree, they just slid the spur into the boot-mount on the calf, and then buckled the lower strap around the ankle.
Every once in a while we'll run into someone with the lower spur buckle back by the heel. This is because the left spur is mounted on the right pad slider.
The folks that use their spurs this way feel quite comfortable. They are convinced that this is the way these things were designed to be used.
One fellow was quite adamant when we pointed this out. I asked him to take his right spur off and look at the underside, and read what was stamped into the metal. He said, "An arrow." I asked him what was stamped on the underside of the other spur. He took it off, looked and sheepishly said, "An R." The 'arrow' is an 'L', which stands for Left.
Another common point of obstinancy is mismounting a polesaw blade with the teeth facing toward the limb hook. No amount of convincing can help some people who have always used it the wrong way. Especially tree people. Amazing.
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