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I’m curious to hear what others say, but on something like a coil that can’t/shouldn’t move I don’t worry about the chains touching where they cross, because I’ve never seen evidence that the chains “rub” on each other.
On a piece of wheeled equipment that can and will bounce/jiggle, I like something between the chains where they cross.

 

My wife and I were in the town they are manufactured in this past summer.

 

What is the concept behind chains rubbing together? I have never put anything between 2 chains... but I am constantly amazed how big of an idiot I can be.. is this just a dot thing or is there a reason to put something to keep them from rubbing

 

The only law about securement that could maybe apply would be 393.104(b). They could maybe argue that 2 chains rubbing together could cause some kind of abrasion but I'd imagine they'd have a hell of a time trying to prove it in court.

Would be one of those things where a driver pisses them off and they have to really stretch to find a problem to cite. It's right up there with "chafing" brake lines because they are resting against a piece of flat steel with 0 visible damage.

 

Interesting thanks for the info.

 

Can’t hide money!

 

I was curious why you didn’t get the Moffet brand since they’re already red, but that reach across feature will be very handy. Also I thought it was brand new. I think you got a really good deal on that one.

 

Nothing some red paint can’t fix.
I buy Princeton‘s because of the way the mounting set up works. I feel it’s a lot more secure. Moffett uses a front and a bottom resting pad for the tires, and the chains remain taut for securement. Princeton only uses the front pad, they have big hooks on the machine that mount to attached bars on the back of the trailer, which are then pinned, and the chains remain slack.
If the chains came loose, a moffett theoretically, could walk off/ out the back of the unit its hooked to.
A princeton mount; the hydraulics would have to fail completely, the machine in its entirety would have to bounce up 3” and back at least 3” in the same motion to remove itself from the hangers to walk out; which is prevented by the pins on top of the mounting hangers: as well as the chains having to fall off to dismount the machine from the vehicle towing it.


Outside of that, the machines are essentially the same.

The reach across feature is available on both brands, as well as a whole bunch of other options. Crab walking, where the front tires rotate 90° to move the machine sideways, ie for driving up and down peoples 9’ wide driveways with 20 foot long units; they have barrel rotators for pouring drums, multiple fork attachments, stabilizer pads that prevent forward tipping when picking from the opposing side (which would be nice but beggars can’t be choosers) as well as features like ground unloading of the machine and from my understanding, completely electric powered units. Those are all available options, but the one that I think makes the most impact on my operation at this point is the ability to unload both sides from one/ this machine has the same load capacity at 5000 pounds that All the other machines I’ve had could handle when the load is centered at the face of the mast protection cage- the reach across feature limits the lift capacity to 2k which isn’t as useful but ought to be enough to drag a unit back across the truck bed or trailer.

 

If it any point, you have the opportunity to run one you’ll probably see all the shortcomings they have pretty quickly in comparison to a warehouse style Forklift or a “zoom boom” style lift depending on the scenario.

It is way better than hand unloading, yes.
It’s one of those tools that can do a lot, but not a lot especially well in my opinion.

but I’m never gonna have to hand unload a trailer load of shingles, or lumber or bagged portland cement ever again!

 

Unless they were loaded by hand on the deck.
Yet another firm I worked for ran their wagons as a sideline, their main business was roofing tiles and drainage stuff, all on the deck. An absolute nightmare to unload. As you can imagine, we often tried to avoid loading ourselves back to anywhere near home.