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Nj

Any plans for this sort of thing? I would prefer it to be forklift free, because I can't rent a forklift every time I need to move a pumpkin. Also, how are strap lifters used? Can you do it yourself? Is it easy? I don't think I can get 5-10 people to come over here to lift a pumpkin :~)

Thank you!
John

3/8/2004 4:02:15 PM

Montoursville, PA

There are three common ways to get a truck or trailer under one of these monsters.

You can build a four by four by fourteen feet tripod. The lifting harness can be seen on the PGPGA site. The harness goes under the pumpkin and enables one person to raise it using a one ton block and tackle.

You can use two rises of scaffold as used by contractors. Place a piece of four by four across the top and haul it up with a block and tackle. You can back under this same as the tripod. If you want the fruit up by the cab you remove the two bottom "X" bars. Four blocks of wood for the legs is a must have deal or you bury the legs lifting the weight .

More fun.....get the pumpkin committee bringing you grass, elements of compost and coffee grounds all summer. Build up to a pumpkin party whereupon ten to twelve of you use a lifting tarp.

Someone will have pictures if you need them to understand the tripod.

3/8/2004 4:36:42 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

I tried the tripod last year and due to a mishap(error on my part almost killed 2 of the only pumpkins i had...14ft - 16ft 4x4 can be tricky to move around with out enough help..)So i had to do it the old fashion way..roll it to one side,put the tarp under and roll the other way and pull the tarp thru...
This year i'am doing it the scaffolding way..i know the tripod works,i seen pic's of it..but it's not for me

billy

3/8/2004 5:08:22 PM

Webster, NY

Billy, what's the scaffolding way???

Dave

3/8/2004 5:24:47 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

e-mail me, I got pics

3/8/2004 6:02:50 PM

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Be safe. Tractor & a webbed strap lifting ring.

3/8/2004 6:13:31 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

Dave..go to kilrpumpkin photo gallery he has a pic of it...also saw in Don's book#3 Bill Bobier was using it also..
Steve i dont have a tractor and it's low on the wish list too...there's a Buick Grandnational,69 -72 chevelle ss in the way..lol

3/8/2004 6:39:27 PM

Commack, NY

screw the grand national, just go for the GNX !

3/8/2004 8:59:57 PM

Western Pa.

Bb,

I have found that with a lifting ring with straps, a 1 1/2 ton come-along, and a two buck scaffold ,I can load and unload all of my pumpkins single-handedly!

3/8/2004 9:01:30 PM

Indiana

I have a 1987 Buick GN with 35000 miles on it.
Steve

3/8/2004 9:30:39 PM

Webster, NY

Billy, I checked out book #3. Thanks, I hadn't seen that before.

Dave

3/9/2004 7:02:02 AM

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

I purchased one of those hydraulic Cranes from Northern Magazine a few years ago and mounted it in the back of my old Toyota pickup. With the aid of a lifting harness it is easy to get it up high enough to place on our trailer. I have even cranked a 500 pound pumpkin high enough to swing in the back of the truck. I think there is a picture of us moving one out of the patch in my 2002 diary.

3/9/2004 4:56:59 PM

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I think Ned's crane is pretty slick.

3/9/2004 5:18:37 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

John ....you got one that big ....I'll be down and help!!!
chuck

3/9/2004 7:05:04 PM

Nj

LOL People around here are weak. I am hoping to get a 600 pounder :)

John

3/9/2004 9:46:15 PM