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Three Foot Johnson

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I'm 6'4", on the north side of 60, my back hurts, my hips hurt, my knees & ankles hurt, etc., and with a gunbelt cinched up around my waist and holsters tied down, it's clumsy to bend down and pick up the Texas Star plates when re-setting a stage, so...

The 3"/90 lb magnet is less than five bucks at Harbor Freight, a 3/8" eye bolt I had laying around, a short length of nylon rope, and *presto*, no more bending over.

I can't possibly be the first one to come up with something like this, but I've never seen anyone use such a thing.

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Go back to Harbor Freight. They sell for a few dollars a magnet mounted on the end of a fiberglass rod with a release handle. Just pull the handle and the magnet lets go.All the clubs around here use them.

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Grog never use such thing.

Grog pick up heavy plate even when back hurt. :D

 

Thanks J-Bar and Major Walker. Good ideas. :)

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Never had metal plates in Grog's day. Probly no plates at all!;)

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3 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:

Never had metal plates in Grog's day. Probly no plates at all!;)

Okay....Mongo had metal plate though...:D

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27 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

Okay....Mongo had metal plate though...:D

 

To be sure about that claim...you'd better verify it with Shooting Bull. Mongo was ONE of his alter ego's.:lol:

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Ah yes, I thinks Mongo had wheel too:D

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