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Serf Life
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Or disconnect and back the truck up at an angle so the chute is in the chip box. Need space to do it but helpful if you have a large volume of brush.
Bendroctanus
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He pruning and cutting and sweating of course,
Hes climbing and tying and working like a horse…
Hes climbing and tying and working like a horse…
Another little one. With my new chip truck, I was totally unable to see my chipper when towing because it's about 2' wider than my F350. That both felt weird when driving, and made backing almost impossible since by the time you see it in the mirrors, it's turning too sharp and too late to correct.
Went to the hardware store, bought about $10 of pex pipe and t-fittings, a $6 roll of red tape, a $5 flag, $5 of cam-straps and made an easily removable visual aid. Initial testing around the property this evening seems promising. I have a job in two days where I need to back down a long tight driveway with the chip truck, so I threw this together and will see how well it works. I had some ideas that would be a little cleaner but involved drilling some holes in the chipper and quick-release items I didn't have. I didn't glue the parts together because I want to play with a few other ideas before making it permanent, and I'm on the search for quicker/easier mounts as well.
Went to the hardware store, bought about $10 of pex pipe and t-fittings, a $6 roll of red tape, a $5 flag, $5 of cam-straps and made an easily removable visual aid. Initial testing around the property this evening seems promising. I have a job in two days where I need to back down a long tight driveway with the chip truck, so I threw this together and will see how well it works. I had some ideas that would be a little cleaner but involved drilling some holes in the chipper and quick-release items I didn't have. I didn't glue the parts together because I want to play with a few other ideas before making it permanent, and I'm on the search for quicker/easier mounts as well.
Reach
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- Atglen, PA
Snowplow markers work great for that, mount them permanently and they’ll last about forever.
Serf Life
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- Maine Island
Thats what I use too. If not available you can slide a piece of conduit pipe (3-4”) over firm/flexible plastic pipe, crush it and drill holes through to bolt onto fender.
Knowing nothing about snowplows I hadn't thought about that option, not something I'd have found in my area in June though
Thing is I'll only want the flags on maybe 15% of the time since I don't use the truck all that often. Some kind of mount like that (now that I've looked up what that is!) with a cotter pin to easily attach/detach was kind of what I had in mind for my ideal solution, I was just on a time crunch. Obviously open to suggestions, but honestly I have a feeling what I threw together here will be 'good enough' for the amount it will be used.
southsoundtree
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Coupons for HAUL-MASTER Magnetic Trailer Alignment Kit – Item 69778 / 95684
<p>The magnetic trailer alignment kit includes two separate telescoping rods that you magnetically attach to your vehicle's hitch and the trailer's coupler. Then simply raise the bright yellow mark…
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I have one on my other truck and one sitting in my shop to install on the chip truck, but with the wide angle lense it's kind of disorienting. Good for seeing the big picture, but even with it I do most of the backing and all fine movements using the mirrors.
Stumpsprouts
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Been wanting to do something like this for a while. Thought of this while in a neighbors pool Saturday. Just dropped by Ace and I think I have a $2.59 pool noodle solution. It friction fits onto the handle of the yoke lift and can pop on and off as needed, honestly I think it would ride on the highway as is.
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dmonn
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- Port Washington Wisconsin
I love this kind of simple, inexpensive, "elegant" solution.
Stumpsprouts
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- Asheville
Thanks! It worked like a charm, and was fine on the highway. The diameters worked out perfectly.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Moves to work on every steel truck and trailer, and had a handy magnetic pickup tool feature.Coupons for HAUL-MASTER Magnetic Trailer Alignment Kit – Item 69778 / 95684
<p>The magnetic trailer alignment kit includes two separate telescoping rods that you magnetically attach to your vehicle's hitch and the trailer's coupler. Then simply raise the bright yellow mark…
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chiselbit
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I use the little landscaper flags on a wire. Bend the end around a bolt on the fender and leave them until the flags are too small to see. Usually get many months out of them.
I like using screw links (aka quick links) for rigging since they're cheap and robust. I had one 1/2" oval that became hard to turn. Being frugal, I hated the thought of just tossing it. I put a dab of lapping compound of the threads and ran the collar back and forth for a while. Now, it's better than new.
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- Retired in Minneapolis
My ropes get flaked into bags, buckets or suitcases...pink are the best
I tie a figure eight stopper about 6-8’ up from the end of the rope and start flaking. Another F8 goes in the top end so that it’s easy to see in the tucks and coils.
I tie a figure eight stopper about 6-8’ up from the end of the rope and start flaking. Another F8 goes in the top end so that it’s easy to see in the tucks and coils.
To avoid getting the wrong throwline, as well as keeping track of throwlines that are shorter than when new, I put labels on miniature screw links and attached them to the cubes/bags. If I change which line is in which container, I can just swap the labels around. I like little things that keep me from relying on memory.
Serf Life
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Ive had one of these for over a year now and worth a bump. One of the most used small tools we have. Very impressed with the quality.Not really a "tip and trick", more of a "tool you didn't know you needed" but feel it's worth mentioning here; if you're not carying a 5" Knipex plier-wrench (the smallest size) you're really doing yourself a disservice. Because of how the Jaws move parallel they're not like any other pliers out there, they don't round off bolt heads and unlike a wrench you can open your hand and "ratchet" them. They can be used for anything from tightening 21mm hydro line fittings to plucking tiny splinters from your finger and everything in between. I have these and the matching 5" regular knipex lock-jaws in my lunch bag every day. Yes we have hand tools on every truck but these two 5" pairs of pliers are always with me and handle 75% of the stuff we need a hand tool for every day!
flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
Also a hard screw gate can mean the link was over loaded and stretched causing binding.
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