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Reechcraft 40003 Bronco Sawhorse with 4-Inch to 68-Inch Plank Height, Single

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Calling this a sawhorse is misleading I think. I delayed buying a set because the price and sawhorse did not go together. These are more like staging. They do an excellent job of supporting both ends of my 12' walkboard and they really shine on uneven ground and as mentioned before, repairing/replacing above roof line siding (the job I bought them for). Custom building a sawhorse to match the roof was an option but manuveuring it around was not an exciting prospect. This does the job and is plenty strong.

Cut & dried, these puppies ROCK!! They'll NEVER wobble on the ground, and are EXCELLENT as staging, as they claim to be. They are SUPER STRONG, and will NOT leave you hoping that they won't collapse. (They are NOT like the picture shows them, the connecting arm to the third leg has obviously been improved since they were first invented, and the frame is NOT square tubing as shown, but round. The adjustments of ALL LEGS is in 1.5" increments, not just one leg). I built a 16' gazebo with them, and used them ON TOP OF SCAFFOLDING PLANKING to reach the top of the roof to complete the shingling, and to affix the cupola. Using ratchet-strapping to hold them down, to insure that they wouldn't budge, I planked from these to the 6/12 pitch roof, in a level fashion. I was ecstatic with the performance of these things. If you can afford them, and have a need for these, then DON'T PASS THEM BY! My personal safety is important enough to me to not skimp on, and these allowed me to do a challenging job safely.

I'll have to admit, I was skeptical. I was considering renting a cherry picker to repair and paint the eave and facia of my house. The entire length of the front is above the roof line with a 6/12 pitch and midlevel dimensional shingles. At $240/day, I knew I would need it for at least two days. When I ran across the Bronco sawhorses, they looked like the trick. I also bought a Werner 7' aluminum walkboard. These things really work!! I started out by lashing them together and then to the house. After relocating them the second time as I worked my way down the length of the house, it was apparent that they were not going to slip. The only improvement I could add, was to number the adjustment holes with a sharpie to make mirror image set-ups quicker. They are so simple to set up and use, they come with only a single page of instructions. They come from a company called Reechcraft located in Fargo, ND... that's right! MADE IN U.S.A.! This is truly an innovative product that I am sure I will find many uses for in the years to come.

I ordered my first pair of Bronco's from the company when I saw them in one of my trade magazine's, when they arived I took them to the job site, we were shingling a ranch house we set them up and put one of oue pics on the Bronco's and were able to install drip edge and the first few rows of shingles,the only problem I found was one pair was not enough, so the next day I ordered my second pair, with their adjustable legs I haven't found a place where I couldn't set them up.You won't go wrong with these.

I bought two of these horses just over a year ago. I stumbled across them by surfing amazon looking for scaffolding. It took me some time to reach the decision to purchase because of their high price. Forget about the cost; they are worth twice what they are asking for them.

I bought them to use on a very difficult section of siding that I was trying to replace (I have a 170-year-old home and I have been slowly replacing all the siding with cedar clapboards). The area of the house that I needed to reach was the gable side of a shed dormer that was 30 ft. from the ground. The dormer is only reachable from an attached shed that has a very steep coragated metal roof on it. I had to come up with a way to scaffold the roof to reach the dormer. I screwed a cleat to the roof and used the Broncos adjustable legs to compensate for the steep angle. Long story short - I don't know how else I could have done it. They made a stable platform on a very dangerous surface. I am currently using them as a base for two legs of contractor scaffolding on a rocky and uneaven bank on the side of a garage. It is difficult to describe, but believe me these horses can pay for themselves with just one use.

I looked at these for over a year before I decided to buy. As soon as I took one out of the box I wondered why I waited so long. Man this is a money making tool. they set up easily and already have a thousand uses. They're rugged too, I feel very safe on them even at the highest setting. If I have one complaint it is that the leg screws used to secure the legs (in addition to easy to use stainless pins) are not quite long enough. After some use I can see that the srew handle will bottom out before the leg screw is sufficiently tight. also the handle on the screw is plastic. Very durable but could have been metal and would have lasted forever. In the end though I'm very pleased. I bought two already and plan to buy a third.

The first time I saw the bronco's was in a trade magazine,they looked like they would be pretty handy so bought a pair, after I received them and used them on the job sight for a day, I ordered the second pair the next day. They just can't be beat, I haven't found anything that I didn't like about them. I only wish that they would make taller ones.

I purchased two of these saw horses. and they are purchased singly. They arrived in good shape. They are a little larger than one might think, measuring 3'1" high when opened 2' 6" 3/4 across the top and 3'6" 3/4 across the bottom. These came with hand tighteners near the base of all the legs, so that once you extend the legs, you can tighten them down and the whole horse becomes very rigid and stable, even when extended all the way.
There's grip tape on top of all the steps.
The only thing I did not like is the way they welded the three steps. They are however very sturdy, and the welds are strong and clean, but they do not go all the way around. They are welded on the top and the bottom on each side of each step yet there are no gaps on the sides and they will never rust.
Usually I kill a regular set of saw horses in about a year I suspect that I will never do these ones in, they are nice and quite sturdy they are rated at 300 pounds each or 600 for the pair of course. And the best thing.. They are adjustable. I have used mine as material supports and as a short ladder on job sites. I'll probbably buy two more in the future and use those as a job site workbench. I have looked around and these are the best ones I have found. All in all a little expensive but you will probbably never need to replace these.

I have been a finish carpenter for 22 years. Recentlly I bought a cutaway van and equipped it with a 10 foot saw table work station. I have every possible shop tool you could find waiting to be used on this vehicle. The only thing needed was a saw horse that could reach a working height of 60 inches for stock that needed to extend beyond the van bed. The bronco saw horse was the answer to this situation. I adjust the horse and clamp a roller mechenism on top and it works grate under any condition. I am going to purchase two more bronco saw horses to use as short scaffold and saw horses. Great product!!!!

I was impressed with a promotional photograph of two of these items supporting a plank on a sloping roof. The reviews were good, so I got a pair. They are very sturdy and easy to adjust. An improvement I would suggest would be to have larger feet for soft soil.