Posted by downsouth on March 15, 2012 at 18:56:38 from (205.188.116.74):
In Reply to: Boom Pole Users posted by 8Nr--WI on March 15, 2012 at 11:34:41:
My first thought is get the heavier of the two. That being said, I bought the light duty cheapy at TSC a few years back assuming I would bend it the first time I used it, and then I would beef it up to my liking. What I like about it: It's light and easy to move around by hand. I usually just store it on top of the well house shed which is about 4 1/2 feet tall and I have no trouble setting it up there by myself. One day we had a large tree fall near the house. I was in the middle of taking the tractor apart when this happened, but I fired up it's half naked body and hung the pole on the back so I could try to move the tree. Tree was more than could be moved, so I chained it and lifted it until the front wheels were off the ground and proceeded cutting off sections of the tree. Each section the tractors nose would drop some and the tree would get higher. Safe? No. But my point is, the pole didn't bend and to this day I still have not bent it. I guess you just never know.
And in this pic I had it tied a ways forward on the pole, as I recall it was a bit light in front and I had to haul these pieces a pretty good ways to the burn pile far from the house. This is a Ford 3000 diesel by the way, no front weights. (I doubt the lack of sheet metal had much effect) This would have been a lot easier with a FEL, but hey...you use what you have and be darn grateful you have what you have!
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