sawdust_maker
Bronze Member
BobRip said:Almost all of the force will go to the foot on the tree puller, not the PT.
Sigh. It is not the PT that I'm expecting to tip over. Assuming that the PT mini-hoe arm is truly a thin walled box beam, it is not designed for significant transverse loads along the beam. Say, as some have suggested, that you will be able to apply a load of 8000 pounds of lift to a tree. Then you must also apply an 8000 pound load at that point on the beam, even though the pt itself will not tip over, since it only feels an 800 pound load. If the arm is not capable of supporting this load, then it will likely fail. The failure, when it occurs, will be rather unpredictable - buckling is often so.
It is your equiptment of course.
John