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good thing about the heavy duty rugby hoist.when ya press the button to lift,you just know she's reaching for the sky.
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Since wood is your thing, how's this for a load?
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Step on the brake pedal? Was only going about 4 miles on quiet back roads with that load. Actually it's a bit deceiving too, it's a wood we call manitoba maple, it's a soft deciduous, likely about the same weight as a really wet cedar. There was also a fair bit of airspace in around the large piece that you see, it had a bad bend in it that made it hard to get a nice load. In reality I bet there was only around 2-2.5 tons or so on there, 3 at the absolute most.
When you're loading it with a 15 ton excavator, the hardwood stakes won't handle a lot of force loading stuff like this!
I just realized I snapped that pic just a few days before I screwed my hitch.....that is going to be another project in the next couple weeks to rebuild it. I had likely 4-5 tons of fill on the truck, and caught a rock while backing down a slope....bent the centre portion of the hitch ahead about 3-4". To be honest though, I've never really liked the design of this particular hitch, it always seemed like there was too much leverage the way the receiver tube is setup.
When you're loading it with a 15 ton excavator, the hardwood stakes won't handle a lot of force loading stuff like this!
I just realized I snapped that pic just a few days before I screwed my hitch.....that is going to be another project in the next couple weeks to rebuild it. I had likely 4-5 tons of fill on the truck, and caught a rock while backing down a slope....bent the centre portion of the hitch ahead about 3-4". To be honest though, I've never really liked the design of this particular hitch, it always seemed like there was too much leverage the way the receiver tube is setup.
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