Anybody seen one of these before?

[monkeylove]

@Tobe_Sherrill , the guy says it is one of yours from years ago.

 

[southsoundtree]

Looks like. Karl Kummerling ratcheting bollard.

 

[oldoakman]

That or a Forest City Ratcheting Bollard. Poor man's Hobbs. Worked well.

 

[monkeylove]

The guy wants $300 bucks for the thing, might have to go get it just for the heck of it.

 

[GregManning]

The guy wants $300 bucks for the thing, might have to go get it just for the heck of it.

Eventually, I'm going to have to buy a ticket to see your museum collection. ;-)

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I remember seeing those at Expo years ago. The welding didn't give me much confidence.

 

[monkeylove]

I remember seeing those at Expo years ago. The welding didn't give me much confidence.

Me either Tom.

 

[Jeff]

I'm not sure that is a ratcheting one, is it? The KK version I worked with for several years wasn't, but it still did a lot of work. Just a bit harder setting up for trim jobs when you don't want to scuff the bark.

 

[Magnum783]

I built my own KK version. My pref is the bollard I built for myself.

 

[Magnum783]

I built my own KK version. I love it large is just an understatement and heavy accompanies the large part. My pref is the bollard I built for myself. Much smaller and less impact.

 

[oldoakman]

The guy wants $300 bucks for the thing, might have to go get it just for the heck of it.

That's what they were new! Pretty good ROI if you ask me.

 

[oldoakman]

I remember seeing those at Expo years ago. The welding didn't give me much confidence.

I pounded mine with no mercy and it just grinned and took the next shot. I actually sold mine to a guy on here a while back and from what I know he is still using it.

 

[Hoowasat]

Monkey - Is this the same unit?
http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/Products.asp?mi=17081&itemnum=27335&redir=Y

 

[monkeylove]

Monkey - Is this the same unit?
http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/Products.asp?mi=17081&itemnum=27335&redir=Y

Certainly looks like it. Nice find.

 

[Hoowasat]

Certainly looks like it. Nice find.

I don't know how I got on their mailing list, but just this week, I saw that device in their 2017 catalog and recognized it from this thread. Being that its working limit is 4,000#, I'll just stay with my port-a-wrap.

 

[Bucknut]

Pretty cool. (At first glance I thought it was a bottle jack!)

 

[Kris Anderson]

Pretty cool. (At first glance I thought it was a bottle jack!)

That was my first thought, some kind of old tree jack of sorts...

 

[bonner1040]

That is a kummerling bollard for sure


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[Jehinten]

I found this item online the other day and then searched here and found this thread. I may try one out just for the price. Does anyone know the weight of it? I asked on the website linked above but have yet to receive a response.

 

[treebilly]

Heavy is all I can say. I own the las one to come out of KK. It's one heavy sob.