I have looked at these in Bailey's catalog, seen similar items online and looked at the Youtube videos of these and a bunch of similar ideas. I don't have an extra $120 but the idea is something I'd like to try. Does anyone here use one of these and how do you like it? I am probably going to fabricate one as I have steel and welding skill and not the money to buy one.
Bailey's Smart-Holder, LOGOSOL log holder or equivalent
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Craig21901
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Spend the $120 on something else
I've had one of those and used it a grand total of 4 times at most. Don't get me wrong, it is a good quality product but in my opinion has too many limitations. Can handle logs up to about 12 inches in diameter if they are not too long. Does make very quick work of long, thin branches though. I find it just as easy to prop logs/branches up when I'm cutting rather than lugging the log holder around. I'd sell you my gently used one for $50 if you lived close by. You'll be better off crafting something yourself and spending the money elsewhere. Just my two cents. Good luck whatever you decide to do!
I've had one of those and used it a grand total of 4 times at most. Don't get me wrong, it is a good quality product but in my opinion has too many limitations. Can handle logs up to about 12 inches in diameter if they are not too long. Does make very quick work of long, thin branches though. I find it just as easy to prop logs/branches up when I'm cutting rather than lugging the log holder around. I'd sell you my gently used one for $50 if you lived close by. You'll be better off crafting something yourself and spending the money elsewhere. Just my two cents. Good luck whatever you decide to do!
Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to be cutting mostly branchwood with it. A lot of 8-16 ft long stuff, mostly less than 4" diameter. Anything larger gets cut up right on the ground. I also like to bring the branchwood out of the woods on a trailer, so I would have a large pile of it and not need to tote the holder around.
If you do want to sell it, though, I will be on the NJ/DE border, on I-295, next Sunday. How far from there are you?
If you do want to sell it, though, I will be on the NJ/DE border, on I-295, next Sunday. How far from there are you?
Craig21901
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That's not too far from where I am, about 40 minutes or less traffic permitting.
MTimT
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Craig, if you'd still like to be relieved of yours for $50, I'll take it off your hands. I am near Frederick MD and could pick it up for cash.
Craig, if you'd still like to be relieved of yours for $50, I'll take it off your hands. I am near Frederick MD and could pick it up for cash.
MTimT
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Craig, if Jon E does not buy it, I'd be interested. I am near Frederick MD, so not too far from you and could pick it up at your convenience.
Craig, if Jon E does not buy it, I'd be interested. I am near Frederick MD, so not too far from you and could pick it up at your convenience.
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I bought one shortly after Bailey's start offering them. My work truck topper by Fibre Body has an 8' sliding drawer beneath the floor that is a dream for storing & carrying long flat tools so the Smart Holder stored there just fine. We would use it for work with long hardwood limbs up to the max diameter for the cantilever jaw.
One day in 2014 we worked on sloped land behind a house to prune large limbs. The holder has to be set parallel to the slope line and facing downhill. Shucks! This time it was too close to target tree and dumb old me dropped a limb on it bending the frame out of square. No fix...scrap metal...tool wasted. When I have the extra bucks Ill replace it and we have missed having it. Dat's my two sense worth.
Since my old thread has been dredged up - here's my take on the Smart Holder, since I did buy one and I've had it now for a couple of years. The bottom line is, don't bother wasting the money unless you like working slowly. There are designs for various sawbucks out there that hold a big pile of branchwood, where you can saw it all at once. Do that instead. If you have an extra person helping you, it goes faster, as one person can simply stand there and cut and the other person can pick up the branchwood and set it in the holder. There's still going to be a lot of standing around and bending over to collect the wood off the ground.
One thing that could improve this? Eliminate the ground stand and mount the upright section to the side of a tractor bucket or a trailer. That way the cut pieces fall right into the hauler and you don't have to handle them again. A wheelbarrow won't be stable enough except for very short pieces.
What would work much better for me is a system where the saw was stationary and the wood was moved through the saw. The obvious choice is a circular cordwood saw. I have also seen some interesting setups using the top of a chainsaw bar, set into a holder with a throttle control bar, activated by the piece of wood dropping onto the bar. There's a few videos of this on Youtube. Not exactly OSHA approved, I'll bet. A basic 12" miter saw would work well, as would a large bandsaw.
One thing that could improve this? Eliminate the ground stand and mount the upright section to the side of a tractor bucket or a trailer. That way the cut pieces fall right into the hauler and you don't have to handle them again. A wheelbarrow won't be stable enough except for very short pieces.
What would work much better for me is a system where the saw was stationary and the wood was moved through the saw. The obvious choice is a circular cordwood saw. I have also seen some interesting setups using the top of a chainsaw bar, set into a holder with a throttle control bar, activated by the piece of wood dropping onto the bar. There's a few videos of this on Youtube. Not exactly OSHA approved, I'll bet. A basic 12" miter saw would work well, as would a large bandsaw.
The problem with those things is they only hold one stick at a time. I made a 'sawbuck' for that job , been seen here many times, but here it is again for what its worth.
It folds flat when not in use.
Takes longer to load it up than to buck it. This was version two, I lost a couple of the "U"'s for other purposes.
I like Turnkey4099's design.
Someone made one of the holders mentioned in the first post out of wood:
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/my-little-bucker.229224/
Philbert
Someone made one of the holders mentioned in the first post out of wood:
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/my-little-bucker.229224/
Philbert
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