ToolBox Blog

Tool: Thoroughbred Tote-A-Horse sawhorses.

I wish I had more pictures for you to show just how strong these Thoroughbred Tote-A-Horse stands are. I have used them on every job I’ve had for the past ten years. Testing their limits, I’ve put far more weight than is safe on them and they still haven’t quit. Watch your fingers when folding closed.

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Experience:

Too much experience with these horses: Some tools mean work and sawhorses mean I’m processing lumber products. These horses have supported literally thousands of feet of wood on a single job. Last year I prefinished some 5/4″ decking on these, sticking up 1000′ at a time to dry.

How it goes, I guess you know: Show up to jobsite. Set up shop including horses. Some jobs demand a lot of horses on site. I’ve gone through dozens of the folding build-your-own horse tin pieces of crap.. which with good bracing make for easy on-site horses but not the kind you bring home.

It’s hard to say which task this favorite pair of horses might undertake on the job. Framing, Trimming or Siding I like to have at least one 4′x8′ worktable setup. How many tools get onto such a “table” before the end of the day is amazing. It’s a good place to make jigsaw cuts, scribe something, layout, work on tools, sharpen one’s chisels..

Maybe the horses end up supporting a load of lumber. How many sheets of ply you can stack on these steel horses I don’t know. They hold it.

Comments:

Watch your digits and even the skin on your hands. These aren’t gentle. They are heavy and awkward to carry. Mine are so loose the legs flop open easily.. making them more difficult to transport and store. They have loosened up a bit over time and won’t hold as much before leaning but they are still the ones I carry to my jobs.

Links:
5 each: Tote-A-Horse Portable Sawhorse (TS-110S)