Tractor Supply Boom Pole

[chupacabra]

I bought one Thursday, (the cheapie, $129.00) and got it home and hooked it up. Very, Very poor welding on it. Plus, the holes for the top attachment were catty wampus!! Just looked like it was spray painted on the top. Bottom was barely painted!!! I will attach some pictures when I go out later.

 

[wsp617]

I got the King Kutter pole used with my JD 1070. None of the yellow KK stuff has good paint on it but the pole itself has been good. I've overloaded it and it's worked well.

 

[chupacabra]

I got the countyline boom pole. I will do a little extra welding on and repaint it and use it. I couldn't justify spending any more on a boom pole for no more than I will use it. Plus, I got a little tractor!

 

[bullbreaker]

Heres mine square tubing World Agri Corp or also known as International. Think I gave $150 about 6 years ago. It came red I painted JD green .

Boone

 

[Domush]

I think you may be surprised at just how many uses a boom pole can have. I bought mine thinking it would come in handy once in a great while.. now it's nearly always on my tractor. I use it for tons of stuff. Lifting posts out, moving my table saw, relocated some steel stairs, even used it to load a front end loader on a guy's trailer. These things can hold a serious amount of weight and have a great amount of reach and lift height. You may find this is the best $129 you have ever spent, especially given the back pain you will prevent by using it. Boom poles are definitely :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[waltsp]

Bought one myself some months ago and as it sat, was extremely useful.
With my TC18 (no FEL) was able to move around cut trees, and some very large limestone rocks.
Sometimes the larger rocks would have to connect at the halfway point and still touched the ground to keep the front wheels on the ground.

Recently I added a 2000 Lb winch to it. Using some hook pulleys (sides open up) to route the cable, It has been even more useful. The winch has the power to slide the tractor (with the boom lowered) if the load is too great. Even at that, I have been able to pull cut brush out instead of moving it manually. Now with the addition of log hook, I even move an entire tree that was just cut down (No Trimming) to a better location to remove the limbs and save the log. Also used the winch to move rocks from the hillside cut (for the house foundation) from above.

 

[Domush]

I'd love to see a photo of your winch, pole, log hook setup! I have about 70 trees to cut and move and that setup sounds perfect!

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[deerseeker001]

I got the King Kutter pole used with my JD 1070. None of the yellow KK stuff has good paint on it but the pole itself has been good. I've overloaded it and it's worked well.

i also have one of these ,they are very handy to have around.

 

[Baby Grand]

I have one that I bought to unload my KKII tiller from the trailer when I brought it home - the boom pole was on sale for $99. It's great for moving logs and also brush. I have abused mine mightily and it's still working. Here's a shot of it moving a silver maple from across my driveway (and power lines) after a storm back in August.



Please take note of the rope attaching the drawbar directly to the log. This does 2 things: it prevents a hung up log from applying an aftward load to the top link, reducing the tendency for the front wheels to lift and the tractor flipping over. It also prevents the stick/slip friction action of the log with the ground, which can turn the log into a battering ram on your PTO. I have never used this rig to move large loads down a steep incline - I don't believe it would end well, as the rope won't prevent the battering ram effect in compression.

There's a lot to think about if you intend to move heavy timber with one of these. A better tool would have a blade that covers the butt of the log and that the log rests on when it's being pulled. Logging winches do this as well as a few other attachments.

 

[waltsp]

I'd love to see a photo of your winch, pole, log hook setup! I have about 70 trees to cut and move and that setup sounds perfect!

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Here are the photos of the setup.
The winch setup is still rough, have not had a chance to paint the bracket.

Closeup of the winch. Simple used two angles back to back to provide stiffness and simple bolted them to the boom pole.

The pulleys. I picked them up some time back from Northern. The side opens up allowing insertion/removal.
Have two hooked up, one at the end and the second about halfway. If something is too heavy, can go halfway and have less leverage.

The Northern Logging hook. had to use a shackle since the hook came with a grab type hook.