Bucket Truck Pouch

brendonv

brendonv

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Can anyone recommend some sort of pouch to store odd bits inside the bucket of an aerial lift. Gloves, phone, wedge, cabling parts, etc?
 
I would highly recommend you to purchase two and use both. You will want odd bits in one and blocks and pulleys in the other.

If you combine phones and stuff with other stuff, not so good. You can also hang slings and loopies from the hooks on the inside of the bucket so you wont be stepping on them all the time. Good luck.
 
Those guys turned me on to the canvas lineman's ovular pouch with hooks. It lops over a little and I'm a little uncomfortable rigging in outboard so I've tried it inboard and it's pretty ok. It's crowded but I almost always use 2 chainsaw scabbards so I'm already crowded. lol
I get that we should only use the outboard padeye for life support and not clutter it with other gear so I've experimented with a daisy chain style sling. Girth it to the boom where it can't slide out of reach when verticle (that's something I would do just btw) and clip gear bags to it with carabiners. I have to reach way overboard to get my stuff but it's not at my feet. Sometimes I leave a ropebag at my feet and step on it for a littl reach and for purchase. Shutting up now.
 
Bit of a "backyard mechanic" solution to overcrowding but, if you remove your outboard hydraulic tool quick connects, install 90 degree fittings and put the quick connectors back on, They "look" suspiciously like hooks. Hirangers come like that, and I "hear" they work quite well for hanging rescue rope, drop line, rigging gear, water bottles etc. within reason.
Obvious disclaimer: please consult your local authorized hydraulic service center blah blah blah...
And Whiz, if you keep a foot or so of sawdust packed into the bottom of the bucket, you get so much more reach than standing on a rope bag with the added bonus of making the edge of the bucket accessible for a comfy seat while you work.
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Cool,

I'm going to grab one. It's really tough reaching down to your feet when you drop a cell phone, glove, or anything for that matter, being crowded in that bucket with a chainsaw.
 
When I did tower work we regularly loaded the round Klein bags to the brim with steel parts and such hauling them 300+ feet up the sharp steel towers. The bags never so much as complained.

I cant imagine anyone else making a better version of the same bag.
 
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