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[davec]

Makes sense - Thanks. And that is some impressive OF cutting. Mine looks more like the lava that comes from a volcano...

[Joegreen02]

Makes sense - Thanks. And that is some impressive OF cutting. Mine looks more like the lava that comes from a volcano...

Thank you ! Practice practice practice.


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[Willie B]

Ah! I gotcha. I know exactly what you’re talking about now. That’s a great idea but with the springs that are going on the hinge I’m not sure it would work out. For what it’s worth the ramps will land nice and flat when on the Albert’s truck.


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Yes, & I prefer feet on the hinge end of the ramp. Start far enough from the hinge to clear & come down perpendicular to the top of the ramp. Running a heavy wheeled machine up, those ramps will try to lift the ground end as the front tires hit the hinge. You want the feet under the trailer. I've had the ramp lift, placing the weight on the rear of the trailer. It lifts the rear wheels of the truck.

Lots of bad things can happen when the truck's rear wheels are off the ground!
I no longer own that trailer!

[bead-boy]

Yes, & I prefer feet on the hinge end of the ramp. Start far enough from the hinge to clear & come down perpendicular to the top of the ramp. Running a heavy wheeled machine up, those ramps will try to lift the ground end as the front tires hit the hinge. You want the feet under the trailer. I've had the ramp lift, placing the weight on the rear of the trailer. It lifts the rear wheels of the truck.

Lots of bad things can happen when the truck's rear wheels are off the ground!
I no longer own that trailer!

[Willie B]

Never done anything as dramatic as those examples, but ramps lifting while loading and or the rear wheels lifting while loading on a downhill get real spooky fast!

I had a three axle trailer with poorly designed ramps. The pavement in front of my home is a 6% pitch downhill. To do that, you need as many chocks as you have tires!

[AgDawg15]

Made a simple portable hay feeder out of scrap today. Wanted to see if I could make something that would help waste less hay. Seems to be working real well the first couple days. Already has saved me a day of not putting out hay.



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[Joegreen02]

Made a simple portable hay feeder out of scrap today. Wanted to see if I could make something that would help waste less hay. Seems to be working real well the first couple days. Already has saved me a day of not putting out hay.



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Sweet! I like that.


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[Joegreen02]

The sum of my day. Bastard thing. I fixed it, found some new nuts, tightened them up and tacked them in place. Aggravating thing.


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[12V71]

The sum of my day. Bastard thing. I fixed it, found some new nuts, tightened them up and tacked them in place. Aggravating thing.


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"Tacking nuts" "aggravating thing"... I think I have 2 of them in a milk crate somewhere, leftovers from the processing plant turn-arounds. 20' lift half ton capacity, it never failed when you were 3" from home plate the stupid thing would jump the hand chain and get bound up.

[Joegreen02]

"Tacking nuts" "aggravating thing"... I think I have 2 of them in a milk crate somewhere, leftovers from the processing plant turn-arounds. 20' lift half ton capacity, it never failed when you were 3" from home plate the stupid thing would jump the hand chain and get bound up.

1 ton capacity this thing... Reese model, but I have never used a single one of these things that didn’t piss me right the hell off. From the jets to harbor freights. Absolutely never fails to jump a link. Especially once you get in a good groove up or down.


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[Willie B]

1 ton capacity this thing... Reese model, but I have never used a single one of these things that didn’t piss me right the hell off. From the jets to harbor freights. Absolutely never fails to jump a link. Especially once you get in a good groove up or down.


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Gee, farmers all had them rigged to a track & hopper rig. manure corn or sawdust was put in a hopper, toted around the barn. These were used in pretty adverse conditions. I've never known one to fail. Every repair garage in the world had them for engines or lifting one end of a car.

The Cold Storage, a business that supplied ferns to florists had a big elevator to move pallets of ferns to the second floor. They used one.

The mortuary, never in business in my lifetime, still has one.

Of course, those were all good quality American made machines.

I've always wanted one.

[Munkul]

1 ton capacity this thing... Reese model, but I have never used a single one of these things that didn’t piss me right the hell off. From the jets to harbor freights. Absolutely never fails to jump a link. Especially once you get in a good groove up or down.


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We have Yale, Trifor, Tractel and a few other good brands in our workshop... worth it. Never a problem with jumping chains. The Yale blocks are particularly good, as the control chainwheel has a swivelling guide/shroud on it, so the only way you can get it wrong is if you tangle the chains yourself.

Then again, this stuff is all inspected 6 monthly, so anything dodgy would go straight in the bin.

[hvw]

IDK if we're all talking about the same thing, but a guy I knew here in town was killed when the tractor he was driving onto his trailer raised the rear wheels of his truck causing the trailer and truck to travel backwards down his drive way. He had no way to stop it and the tractor ultimately fell on him when the trailer jackknifed throwing the tractor off. He was still on the tractor which landed on him. He would be alive today had he not tried to load on a slant and if he had legs under the pivot points on the ramps. He had done it this way at least a hundred times.

[Joegreen02]

Gee, farmers all had them rigged to a track & hopper rig. manure corn or sawdust was put in a hopper, toted around the barn. These were used in pretty adverse conditions. I've never known one to fail. Every repair garage in the world had them for engines or lifting one end of a car.

The Cold Storage, a business that supplied ferns to florists had a big elevator to move pallets of ferns to the second floor. They used one.

The mortuary, never in business in my lifetime, still has one.

Of course, those were all good quality American made machines.

I've always wanted one.

Just to be clear they are quite reliable at lifting. I’ve never had one fail and drop an object. It’s just the drive chain that is problematic. I agree. I had one at a time that was older than me and never had a single issue. I’m sure if I spent a little more coin on one I could alleviate my frustration


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[Willie B]

Just to be clear they are quite reliable at lifting. I’ve never had one fail and drop an object. It’s just the drive chain that is problematic. I agree. I had one at a time that was older than me and never had a single issue. I’m sure if I spent a little more coin on one I could alleviate my frustration


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I don't know if they are available these days. Never had enough loose cash to go searching. A very good come along is $300. While it is not as nice for lifting, it is more versatile. I've made do with come along. I do find it impossible having so many sons. These days I hide one for my use. I think I own four very nice ones, & one nobody would borrow.
Last time the world came to an end, I needed a come along, all had been "borrowed", Mrs B took action.

I can't say what MINE cost. It is nice! Several months the boys didn't know I had it. Now it takes extra effort keeping it hidden.

[12V71]

Just to be clear they are quite reliable at lifting. I’ve never had one fail and drop an object. It’s just the drive chain that is problematic. I agree. I had one at a time that was older than me and never had a single issue. I’m sure if I spent a little more coin on one I could alleviate my frustration


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That's been my experience too, the cheap sheetmetal guide for the hand chain comes loose and lets the chain jump, the nuts that hold it on have to be tacked to the studs. I've even had the same issue with a "budget" model CM hoist.

[IAMsteelworker]

We use CM and Yale's at work. Never had an issue so far.

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[farmersammm]

Made a simple portable hay feeder out of scrap today. Wanted to see if I could make something that would help waste less hay. Seems to be working real well the first couple days. Already has saved me a day of not putting out hay.



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I'm not bein' an azzhole, but I think that feeder won't survive the Winter. Cows tear up just about anything. I make my feeders out of channel, and square tubing......weigh about 400ish pounds. We have seven of them, and the oldest dates back around 17 years. The other two, set up for loaderless use, are in the 5-600lb range.

I know portability is an issue with a lot of folks, but it costs you dearly in the long run.

I'm not trying to be mean about it, just pragmatic.