Design student developing new forestry product

[wills-mill]

What about having a chest rig set up on the front?

 

The load is better balanced and you can separate personal kit from mucky felling tools. Even just a satchel sort of bag or a couple of big pouches would be handy.

 

 

[Hodge]

You might want to look into what these people use, I'd say in that job, once you are out of the door there is no nipping back to get anything.

Smokejumpers.com :. Home

 

Those guys are mental.

[Recceboy]

Have you looked at Fishing boxes? These have various compartments and a seat and are either made from a solid material or collapsible material. Some have wheels like a pull along trolly or straps to put on your back as well if the wheels don't warrant the terrain. This might be a good basis to work from.

 

Fishing trollies

[Joy Yeomans]

What about having a chest rig set up on the front?

 

The load is better balanced and you can separate personal kit from mucky felling tools. Even just a satchel sort of bag or a couple of big pouches would be handy.

 

 

 

does that come in a DD cup?

[b101uk]

Forestry Suppliers, Inc. 800-647-5368 sell these.. doesnt look like they have a seat though.. Ed

 

Forestry fire fighters the world over have similar equipment especially ones that parachute in (once on the ground)

[Lewuk]

Hey guys,

 

Thanks for all your input so far, I can't tell you how essential your comments have been for my research and in developing the product itself! After narrowing the specification of the product in line with the target market, it would be have a rigid plastic body, be carried on backpack straps or pulled on rugged wheels (depending on terrain), used as a seat, have a vise mounting, have lockable latches, have divided compartments including a watertight valuables box; and carry first aid, tongs and tape, waterproofs, tools, spares, lunch and flask, sledgehammer, wedges, and felling lever. It will measure approx. 800x450x350mm. Saw and fuel cans will most likely be carried in the hands due to weight/size and contamination.

 

Recceboy your comment was particularly great as I began to look at a device to be carried on the back or wheeled depending on terrain. I found scubadiving bags were a good point of reference but fishing trollies were a useful start. So thanks a lot!

 

Please advise on possible improvements. This product may not suit the tasks that many of the posts have suggested but will cater for small-scale woodland management companies. Suggestions about lightweight bags or ATV mounted boxes are completely valid but unfortunately do not quite cover the features and functionality that has been developed in my specification.

 

Thanks,

 

Lewis

[Andy Collins]

Any chance of you putting up a rough sketch diagram so we can see how the idea looks, when you get that far? May be easier for us to appraise it.

[Lewuk]

All this information is quite sensitive so I have to be careful about what details I post. But it would be useful for you to see some images

[Andy Collins]

Wow that was quick!! I'd have the wheels on the exterior for 2 reasons, a) build up of mud will soon clog them and b) will be slightly more stable when being dragged on uneven ground. But looks promising

Oh and the vice mount would need to be on the lid, not between the straps, would be a pita to sharpen the saw where you located it.

Edited March 2, 2010 by Andy Collins

[redmoosefaction]

Hard plastic things sometimes have a habit of breaking or getting squashed. Over the years i have used a dustbin, shopping trolly, old ladies type shopping box on wheels, airhostess suitcase and a TD 1 (transportation device) which we made for getting brash through buildings while working in European cities. Admitidley, the first few didn't look too proffesional!

I also used my Mountain bike and an army bergan for a couple of weeks on one job.

 

Still use the bergan now but something to fit the fuel can and felling levers in would be ace, very cold hands at the moment carrying them in to the woods.

 

What's a TD 1 Transportation device?