whadja do today?

[dbl612]

Hard to tell how good your weld is when you grind half of it off. I won't be placing an order anytime soon.

don't think powder coating any type of device that relies on friction to work. powder coat is basically a form of plastic that will melt and tear from rope friction and cause an uneven surface. may also cause probs with rope passing smoothly. items like a porty work best naked or with a plated surface. (industrial nickel plate works best,even friction surface, no rust, inexpensive).

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I wanted a Porty to slide into Reese receivers , so I made my own and had it powder coated. It works on the tree like regular, or pinned into a receiver for friction lowering or anchor point for a speed-line. I made a smaller plain one also. They are made of steel. View attachment 302453
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Wheres the hole for the receiver pin? Thoses welds would make me nervious.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Wheres the hole for the receiver pin? Thoses welds would make me nervious.

And how does the rope feed through? You'd either have to pull it off the hitch everytime you want to take a bight or get creative with the wrapping. Looks like you got about 5 thumbs down on that design bandit.

 

[sgreanbeans]

We assisted in getting him out of tree,harness and to get the bleeding stopped with my belt. Surprisingly enough when this happend we were less than a block away taking out stumps. His ground guys came running over to get us. It would be a long story for right now but later on after we are done with the local parades i might be able to elaborate.

Ya gotta lay it out for us man!

 

[sgreanbeans]

" I wont leave until I instruct my crew"

Is that an attempt at humour?

I never joined in all the crap that went on between AA and a lot of the regulars here....seemed well over the top that what I did read. But after seeing that video, he's just in a whole different world....not so much the fact that he got cut, but the video itself is fukcn bizzare!

Bizzare is right, I was watching him try to get in position and was wondering what the hell he was doing, but I don't think he knew either. Then I thought for sure he was going to dump that pole pruner, sounded like he was so tired from getting there, that he could barley work. Fatigue is a beyatch and most likely, that booboo on his leg is a direct result of it.

Doug, I know that your reading this, dude, stay out of the tree. If your ballin' like you say you are, you can hire someone. If not, the next time we hear about you, I'm afraid it will be for the last time.

 

[sgreanbeans]

I wanted a Porty to slide into Reese receivers , so I made my own and had it powder coated. It works on the tree like regular, or pinned into a receiver for friction lowering or anchor point for a speed-line. I made a smaller plain one also. They are made of steel. View attachment 302453
View attachment 302454

I dunno man, be careful.

 

[Bandit Man]

I'd be interested in seeing how you are using it. I am still trying to picture it.

I understand what you mean about the floating anchor point. But I made this specifically like I wanted it. I will get a few more pics. This is not a modified "Port a Wrap". This is schedule 80 steel pipe. The pins are 5/8ths steel bar and pass through the pipe, welded inside and out. The transition from round pipe to 1/4" square tube has a welded insert, not just butt welded. I left the top hoop off, not needed when used girth hitched to a sling on tree, and you can pin it into the receiver in all four directions. The receiver pin holes were placed after these pics and are 5/8ths. I have noticed very minimal wear to the powder coating from rope friction, and no rope damage. The aluminum Porty hasn't left the truck since I made this.

 

[treeclimber101]

This weekend we went camping , had a great time

 

[treeclimber101]

He probably got to close to it with a saw in his hand.

I think when he told the medics to stop .... To instruct his crew ..... If I was carrying his ass I woulda dropped his ass on the ground , did ya see the guy on the left smirk as he looked at the big black dude ...... Yea they were thinking the same thing

 

[mckeetree]

This weekend we went camping , had a great time

Is that a State Park?

 

[treeclimber101]

Is that a State Park?

Parvin state park Elmer NJ

 

[treeclimber101]

Dad and son birthday party for my son and the little guy in the spidey suit !!! Half the kids have never been camping , and a few of the dads ,

I did the whole thing for less then 300 bucks !

 

[treeclimber101]

I loaded the canoe took this pic , and lit a cigarette and walked around the truck and slammed my face right into the canoe ! I got hot ash in my eye aswell

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I understand what you mean about the floating anchor point. But I made this specifically like I wanted it. I will get a few more pics. This is not a modified "Port a Wrap". This is schedule 80 steel pipe. The pins are 5/8ths steel bar and pass through the pipe, welded inside and out. The transition from round pipe to 1/4" square tube has a welded insert, not just butt welded. I left the top hoop off, not needed when used girth hitched to a sling on tree, and you can pin it into the receiver in all four directions. The receiver pin holes were placed after these pics and are 5/8ths. I have noticed very minimal wear to the powder coating from rope friction, and no rope damage. The aluminum Porty hasn't left the truck since I made this.

Those 1/4" thick wall tubes are not as strong as you think. I would limit that porty to a max of 500 lb working load. Solid 2" square stock would have been a better choice.

I know this because i have a perma green sprayer. The truck carrier that goes into the receiver tube was 1/4" wall square tube. The perma green weighs around 1100 lbs fully loaded. The manufacture sent out a recall notice because the 1/4" tubing was snaping because of the weight carried on it, and actually there was a few peoples machines that fell off the back of the trucks while driving. They sent out solid 2" square stock that had to be welded on after you cut off the old tube.

 

[mattfr12]

I called that some time ago. In fact I might had even said that one day you would have to go get him out of a tree and stop the bleeding.

You did and it did end up happening the cut was bad from middle ankle to a little behind the knee and is still not healing right to this day it was about a 5-7 day hospital stay for him with returns to a wound clinic to try and get it to heal.

 

[dbl612]

Those 1/4" thick wall tubes are not as strong as you think. I would limit that porty to a max of 500 lb working load. Solid 2" square stock would have been a better choice.

I know this because i have a perma green sprayer. The truck carrier that goes into the receiver tube was 1/4" wall square tube. The perma green weighs around 1100 lbs fully loaded. The manufacture sent out a recall notice because the 1/4" tubing was snaping because of the weight carried on it, and actually there was a few peoples machines that fell off the back of the trucks while driving. They sent out solid 2" square stock that had to be welded on after you cut off the old tube.

the rbm of the 2x2x1/4 wall tube far exceeds the strength of the round tube welded to it or the weakest link in the whole show-the shock loading applied to the rope.

 

[mattfr12]

Ya gotta lay it out for us man!

Alright beans im uploading some personal never before seen photos from my iphone so children gather around for the tale of grandpa cuts himself.

 

[treeclimber101]

Alright beans im uploading some personal never before seen photos from my iphone so children gather around for the tale of grandpa cuts himself.

You gotta find yourself some new friends , you saving his old ass in a tree is also dangerous to you , if he's to dumb to know he's outta his league , maybe he needs to be stuck in a few more trees . But anyway he's owes you alot

 

[mattfr12]

 

[mattfr12]

If you look in the one photo where im holding the leg i lost my lucky shirt but after that i wasnt taking it back. i got some good reports from the paramedics about having the bleeding stoped we used a belt right below the knee and i just held it as tight as i could untill they got there.