Stein Arbor Trolley Reviews

[bonner1040]

I just got one of these and its beyond words. Against a standard a ball cart, there is no comparison. I am working up a full video and detailed review but I wanted to share this little clip, a few stills and some thoughts.

20 something footer - YouTube

Simply the most amazing thing in material handling, other than a diesel engine and a grapple of course.

I was all over the naysaying, leading the pack. I wish I had gotten it last year, when I was "going to just make my own"... I sure could have saved my body a lot in that time. I have used the AT on every job since I got it.

Its unreal. oh and it fits in the chipper tray.
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Both loads can be pulled with one hand.

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Banged out a side job, half of the $ was moving the logs, would have walked away without the Arbor Trolley

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[ChockFull]

Agree with you, I love mine. Expensive but worth it. I can stack loads of brush and move with out leaving a trail of debris to rake up later. More times than not I leave the wheelbarrow and bring the AT instead. With the side bars I can place a tarp that can cinch down and mimic a wheelbarrow with more capacity.

Did yours come with these orange tires?
Nice pics and vid!

 

[woodchuck357]

I do the same thing with a large two wheel dolly. Cost all of 50 bucks.

 

[bonner1040]

Yes it came with the orange tires.

We have 2 of the $400+ Sherrill Ball Carts/Log Dollies, both of which are about 4 times the size of a standard dolly..neither of them even compares to the Arbor Trolley in terms of capacity or ease of use.

 

[Pelorus]

Looks like a worthwhile piece of kit that I'd like to get.
Also looks like you are pushing it to the max, Nick.
Do you think your wheeled camel can sustain this kinda abuse indefinitely?

 

[TimberMcPherson]

Looks like a worthwhile piece of kit that I'd like to get.
Also looks like you are pushing it to the max, Nick.
Do you think your wheeled camel can sustain this kinda abuse indefinitely?

They can comfortably carry up to 1000lbs, made to last

When they can be used, they save ALOT of time on jobs

 

[treevet]

I like mine a lot. Neg is it came with aired tires unlike NIck's but they have remedied that at my request. you can load brush and/or logs up to the sky and with the 2 man handle, you have 2 horse(man)power pulling up a hill, or pull it with the mini etc etc.

 

[bonner1040]

Looks like a worthwhile piece of kit that I'd like to get.
Also looks like you are pushing it to the max, Nick.
Do you think your wheeled camel can sustain this kinda abuse indefinitely?

Its pretty simple, rugged construction Dave. I think as long as I keep the paint up, and the rust down it should last pretty well. Additionally, it seems to me like repairing it, or replacing a section would be pretty straightforward for a full time fabricator.

I am telling ya all, if you move logs regularly, without a big machine, you are crazy not to have one of these. CRAZY.

 

[bonner1040]

Full video

Stein Arbor Trolley : TreeStuff.com Product Detail - YouTube

 

[Pelorus]

I am telling ya all, if you move logs regularly, without a big machine, you are crazy not to have one of these. CRAZY.

I have finally learned why my wife has been calling me crazy all these years! :yoyo:
Youse guys have got me convinced I need one of these, by gum, and if the Canadian price trends towards exorbitantly savage, I'll fabricate one during the winter starvation months.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Reg, you built that? How much are they?

 

[bonner1040]

SGB,

They are $700 at TreeStuff, $665 after the ARBORIST discount code. Compared to a $440 ball cart from Sherrill there is absolutely no question. Get some and watch that man hour rate go up, uP, UP...

https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=2293

 

[bonner1040]

Some more photos.

 

[treevet]

Saw your vid Nick...

Watch out DeNiro and Brad Pitt et al

 

[bonner1040]

It even works Saturday!

 

[futbalfantic]

Looks like that thing would benefit from float tires. How bad does it rut?

 

[bonner1040]

Havent had any rutting issues, Thats a pretty big log there and the tires are compressed hard because its on pavement.

Here is an apples to apples comparison between the Arbor Trolley and a competitor Log Cart (with float tires)

Stein Arbor Trolley vs Competitor Log Cart - TreeStuff.com - YouTube

 

[bonner1040]

Ok, so I have written and posted a lot about the Arbor Trolley, and I would like to share some specific thoughts after having it a while longer.

First let me offer some disclosure. Some of the products I review and produce video content for are provided to me at no cost. The Arbor Trolley is NOT one of these items. I purchased it at full price from TreeStuff (less 5% ARBORIST discount of course). I am in no way, nor have I been compensated by Stein or Reg.

When I first saw the AT I immediately liked the idea of it and decided I would 'make' my own. Well, the truth is I am not a fabricator nor did I ever have the time. A year + passed and I still hadnt 'made' one, so I bit the bullet and bought it. As anyone that has read this and the other threads knows, I immediately fell head over heels for it.

I am and always have been a gear junky, evidenced by the thousands of dollars I spend on random 'stuff' each year. I have bought tons of ropes, pulleys, rigging doodads, cords, tools etc. While many of them make my day to day a little easier, more convenient, or just a bit more stylish, nothing I ever bough compares to the AT. A new rope can be GREAT, a pulley can make my rigging so much BETTER or a little faster. Different things save bits of effort here and there, and there are lots of products that i just LOVE, but none has had measurable an impact like the AT.

When I started doing treework I was on a crew with a 6" chipper, an 80's chip truck and a either a $50 dolly from Harbor Freight or the cheapest wheelbarrow money could buy. Dont get me wrong, cut a 20" oak down in a back yard and wheelbarrow is revolutionary compared to carrying rounds out by hand. Where I work now we have 2 standard ballcarts which are obviously superior to a wheelbarrow or a Harbor Freight dolly. The AT eclipses all of those tools by a power of ten easily.

Nothing, in a similar realm of cost except maybe a chainsaw, offers the same return or has such an impact on production as the AT. After working with one, I literally CANNOT imagine working without it. At the end of the work day my body feels BETTER, because of the AT. Generating and removing tree debris is fundamental to what we do and just like I wouldn't cut a 18" log without a chainsaw, I wouldn't consider moving it without the Arbor Trolley.

There are plenty of jobs where we wouldntt take a traditional ballcart because it is a pain, its heavy, and its huge. The AT fits almost anywhere and goes EVERYWHERE.

I truly regret every day I have done tree work without the AT since first seeing it. It might not be for everyone, if you use a crane everyday maybe the AT isnt for you. BUT, if you regularly move logs or brush of any size without a machine, you are remiss by not having an AT.

The ArborTrolley does not disappoint!

 

[TreeAce]

It even works Saturday!

How do you get a piece like that on your AT?

 

[TreeAce]

Stein arbor-trolley - YouTube

I guess this video answers my question.