Plywood Under Bucket Truck

[medic2397]

Anyone ever drive a bucket over the plywood with leech lines buried 48" deep? Have to do a job in a back yard around primaries but the only access means I have to drive over the leech lines. I always use the 3/4 plywood on a yard, I'm thinking I'll be OK. Thoughts?

 

[TreeClimber57]

I use the 24" rips as well, good for going over sidewalks and such. I had a set of mats, ripped off when I was called back in. Like using the full sheets better, PITA to move around, but they do a good job, when needed, they are a handy bombing pad.
I throw some brush on top of them to help with bouncing and to keep from puncturing the plywood, also great to slid under yur out riggers on driveways when you close to an edge. I made my own out rigger pads out of cut offs, using the cargo strap handle trick, works really good!

Yep pads are good.. cargo straps for handles. I used pressure treated 2 X 10's side by side.. two thick. One layer one way and the second layer crossed.. and nailed together.

For the plywood.. how do you carry on truck. That has always been the issue in past. Course depends on what you have for a truck.. if forestry package with chip box.. where do you put the sheets for easy storage and access.

 

[Oak Savanna]

Yep pads are good.. cargo straps for handles. I used pressure treated 2 X 10's side by side.. two thick. One layer one way and the second layer crossed.. and nailed together.

For the plywood.. how do you carry on truck. That has always been the issue in past. Course depends on what you have for a truck.. if forestry package with chip box.. where do you put the sheets for easy storage and access.[/QUOTE

I use the exact same set up for out rigger pads. I have also used 4"x4" cut about 20" inches long or so, line them all up and sandwich them between plywood and put the screws to er. My bucket truck is a rear mount with a flat deck, so my mats ride up on the deck strapped down beside the tool boxes. Not sure how they would ride home in a forestry truck with a full load of chips?! Might be able to rig up some sort of brackets on the out side of the dump box?!

 

[Labman]

My boss had me build a rack for the plywood just behind the cab.