Tractor Supply Boom Pole

[mustangnut98]

wait if it looked that crappy why did you buy it

 

[chupacabra]

I bought it because I needed it and I needed it that day. It worked for what I needed it to do that day. I didn't have the luxury of waiting. Does it bother you?

 

[Baby Grand]

I bought it because I needed it and I needed it that day. It worked for what I needed it to do that day. I didn't have the luxury of waiting. Does it bother you?

I bought my KK under the same constraints.
It has performed beyond my wildest expectations.

 

[Domush]

I bought it because I needed it and I needed it that day. It worked for what I needed it to do that day. I didn't have the luxury of waiting. Does it bother you?

I think the question was fair, obvious even, considering your original post was complaining about something you decided to buy anyway, yet gave no hint as to why you bought it anyway. Do obvious questions bother you?

 

[chupacabra]

Why should I give a reason for why I bought it in my original post? It was a statement of fact. But, as I see from your other posts, you are in the habit of stirring the ****.

To clarify why and how I bought it, I needed it, I saw the boom poles outside of Tractor Supply Company stacked together, one on top of the other,(spooned together). I went inside and bought one, two guys came out, unlocked the stacked boom poles, got the top one and loaded it into the back of my truck. I got home, took it out and as I was hooking it up I noticed how really cheap and shoddy the welding work was. Also how crummy the paint job was. I then decided to post on here. I wasn't expecting a King Kutter, but I also was not expecting something this County Line to be this bad. I had read all the reviews, as I usually do before purchasing something, as I am sure a lot of you do. So.............Thar she is. What say you now?

 

[Domush]

What's with the insta-hostility? As for other threads, I post facts without fluff. If people get offended there isn't much I can do about it. Look at those who get all irrational over simple questions if you want to find the stirrers.

My apologies for understanding why mustangnut asked his question. Your thread doesn't appear to be a review, so why you started it became a question. It isn't as though you asked a question, so..? You didn't list a pro/con list, just a bunch of things wrong with the specific one you bought. So, if it wasn't a review, what were you expecting for replies?

Cheap is cheaply made. It's how it works. Me, I'd rather buy a cheapy one and fix a weld (the paint wouldn't matter to me) than pay an extra $80-$100 on a nice one. It's just the trade-off we all make when we buy something. Better costs more, but cheap gets you by for as long as possible. So, you could even think of it as they had the cheap one in stock, and you didn't have to buy the expensive one just because it was the only one. I mean, my boom pole looks like crap, too. I don't think this is one of those things a manufacturer spends a whole lot of time on. Mine even has an iron pipe fortifying it in two places so it won't collapse, like it has already done a couple of times (only to the previous owner, luckily). They're cheap, but effective.

 

[Mudfarmer]

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.

I did the same thing except rather than mounting the winch I mounted a two inch receiver from harbor freight to the bottom of the boom. Thus I can use my winch mounted on a 2 inch reciver winch plate and move it onto my truck from the boom when I need it. Use the same set up as you have with a snatch block at the top of the boom. Works very well to help spool the winch in evenly. However, I am using a nine thousand pound winch. My country line boom doesn't notice two 15 foot logs being reeled in.
Mf

 

[chupacabra]

Good idea. Can you post a picture of your set up?

 

[Bob77064]

That boom pole looks like a good thing to have especially with a winch. Have to add that to my list of things that I "need"

 

[chupacabra]

Sorry, it just struck me the wrong way at the time. No bad intentions! Hug!!!

What's with the insta-hostility? As for other threads, I post facts without fluff. If people get offended there isn't much I can do about it. Look at those who get all irrational over simple questions if you want to find the stirrers.

My apologies for understanding why mustangnut asked his question. Your thread doesn't appear to be a review, so why you started it became a question. It isn't as though you asked a question, so..? You didn't list a pro/con list, just a bunch of things wrong with the specific one you bought. So, if it wasn't a review, what were you expecting for replies?

Cheap is cheaply made. It's how it works. Me, I'd rather buy a cheapy one and fix a weld (the paint wouldn't matter to me) than pay an extra $80-$100 on a nice one. It's just the trade-off we all make when we buy something. Better costs more, but cheap gets you by for as long as possible. So, you could even think of it as they had the cheap one in stock, and you didn't have to buy the expensive one just because it was the only one. I mean, my boom pole looks like crap, too. I don't think this is one of those things a manufacturer spends a whole lot of time on. Mine even has an iron pipe fortifying it in two places so it won't collapse, like it has already done a couple of times (only to the previous owner, luckily). They're cheap, but effective.