Anyone Try A Ripcart?

tonyswanson

Has anyone tried a Ripcart? Their site says it has a 30 day money back guarantee, but wanted to get some reviews before I considered.

RandyB1986

That looks like the biggest waste of money I have ever seen!! It may be worth it on 3 layer+ tear off......but I just dont see it. I can tear off 1 or 2 layer roof while they are trying to set up that machine and saw lines. I just dont understand the need....

silvertree

If your doing a lot of walkers might be worth it. For Minnesota 5/12 or greater is more common.

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I think it looks cool. I think every roofer should have one in there arsenal.

RidgeWalker

That is a pretty sweet tool, but it would be very risky to try and use it on an 8 pitch or higher roof.

You do not just walk up and down a 10/12 roof!

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SmartmanTools

The RipCart is our product, but we wanted to chime in and give our opinion on a few topics mentioned here. If anyone has any additional questions or concerns please feel free to post them in this thread.

@tonyswanson - We will be posting some customer testimonials to our site soon. We will let you know when they are live.

@RandyB1986 - The RipCart may be adding a step, but adding one relatively easy step to cut your time in half on the tear off is well worth it. It takes about 15 minutes to cut 15 squares, but in our experience, multi-layer shingle roofs that are cut into manageable sections tear-off and clean up to 50% faster than uncut roofs.

I can assure you, the RipCart is not a marketing gimmick. The RipCart was developed out of necessity by a roofing contractor that has been tearing off shingle roofs for 30 years and cutting up multi-layer shingle roofs for the past 10. He was inspired by commercial roofers who have been cutting up flat roofs for years.

The RipCart will save you time and money. It is also great for cutting ridge vent openings, roof decks for total demolition, and shingle overlays on hips and ridges.

@RidgeWalker - You are correct. We usually recommend a 6 pitch or lower.