Thoughts?

https://rvtrailertractor.com/produc...stem?_pos=1&_sid=cb033c7f8&_ss=r

350 is a bit of money , I would assess what I was trying to lift , how often and think about other ways to do it.

loading a deer with an ice fishing sled is much easier and that sled gets it out of the woods easier as well , and has a hundred uses and not much cost.
a basic ramp with some 2/3 and plywood can run that sled up easy. especially if you put a pully in the bed

Thats cheap compared to getting hurt loading truck.

It is a bit of money. But I ain't getting any younger and a recent fall screwing up my right shoulder for awhile has convinced me I need to rethink some of the ways I do things. My twenties were fifty years ago but my brain doesn't believe it.

Wonder what the Beav would do . . .

I don't see much difference between using that or hitch mounted skinning machine. Plenty of people here seem ok with that.
Muskrat you know how messed up I'am now. I could use something like this just to get the cooler in and out of the truck or tote full traps. Feel myself I'm not to many days away from needing something like that. We all talk about working smarter not harder.
Go for it if makes life easier.

Mac

Seems a little high for what it is, but everything has gone up big time... I've seen and considered that lift before for loading the truck, but I still need to scramble up to move stuff around,,,but...if that was electrified, you can lift the load and you together, lol....

Comments appreciated. I'm still in the "hmmmm . . . " stage.

Already had one rupture.

Going to give it some thought.

Thanks

They just made it easier to pull the trigger . . . veterans get a 20% discount if ordered in the next 48 hours.

But . . . what's the difference between their product and this one?

At home I use the traactor bucket.

If I was out in the woode with a critter I'd use a rope, a tree limb, with some knots and ingenuity.

Looks handy though. I haven't figured out how it spins yet. Kinda a neat idea for a wolfie project maybe.

The older I get, the better something like that looks. I think it's a great idea if you need one. $350 is not that much by today's standards

The first one was five star reviews, and it looks like the second one is 2.5

The Viking looks the same, probably the same Chinese builder, but different vendor....when you look on flea bay for stuff, it's all identical, maybe the color changes but the prices are all over depending on the seller,

Only 2 reviews... who knows, maybe the box was ugly, some people ding heavy on stuff like that....and not the actual product...

I think the principal is a great idea, but that looks a little wimpy

There's about ~$60 in materials to build that thing including the winch, if you don't have any of it laying around.

Guy build that himself with Harbor freight atv winch be nice. Plug it in to rear power port maybe even could run it off larger trailer light plug.

Mike your not that far from the welder couple builds the rocket stoves. Chiasson Smoke. He fabricates things. Maybe run over there see what kinda deal can do with them. Seem like might be people you like.

Mac

That’s a great idea someone had..I would never pay that much but I would stick $600 in time and materials in it lol.Can anyone tell where or how it swivels? Video plays so fast I can’t really tell.


I just googled Viking swivel game lift and it shows a guy taking it apart after using it.There is a round pipe coming up off horizontal tube that slides in receiver.

That's a darn good idea, buddy.

Thanks!

https://www.chiassonsmoke.com/

I haven't lifted a deer and any big game in 45 years. Quarter it and chunk the animal up right on the spot it drops. Pack it out is way easier for me then drag and take it home. I can field process that deer and no lifting or hard work dragging or pulling it out.

I do see a great benefit for you to buy a lift kit if that is the method you use.