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Sacramento, Ca USA

Does anyone have any advice as to where to get a lifting tarp or any other peice of equipment to get my punpkin out of the patch. I am currently at 450LB and hope to be at 600 by seasons end.

8/21/2004 6:05:14 PM

Canada

Heres another good question

Say you live in the city and your entire yard is fenced in
and you ONLY have about a 3 ft walking space on eaither side of the house and you have grown a 500 + lb pumpkin
how do you get that one out of the yard?

HA HA

Dave

8/21/2004 7:44:48 PM

Md/ Usa

simple you take down part of the fence

8/21/2004 7:45:57 PM

[email protected]

You can get lifting tarps right ftom the man himself at:

http://www.howarddill.com/tarp.html

Be careful & always have 2 more people handy than you think you'll need. One pair of hands per 80 lbs is good. But take the terrain into consideration. Make sure to have a plan & everyone must understand there is one person calling the shots & everyone else keeps quiet.

8/21/2004 8:29:26 PM

Whidbey Island

Offer them chili and beer, but only after they have moved it. That has always worked for me. People enjoy it so much they ask when the next "pumpkin moving party" is.

8/21/2004 10:10:24 PM

Enumclaw WA

Some backyard gardeners higher a crane/boom truck to lift the fruit over the fence/roof if necessary. Being a backyard gardener, I use the tarp method with a lot of friends. Additionally, I have found it necessary to remove a couple of fence sections to get good maneuvering room. Figuring out how to get the thing out of the backyard is half the fun.

8/21/2004 10:17:21 PM

Key West, FL

get a lifting ring..........

8/21/2004 10:36:18 PM

Ohio

I forget who gave me this idea on here but I like the idea of going to a carpet store and getting the old carpet they have ready to thow away. Dig one out of their dumpster and cut about handles on the sides.
Brooks

8/21/2004 11:27:38 PM

Ohio

and throw too ;-)

8/21/2004 11:28:25 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

Might be faster to get it from P&P seed,it's from NY and would be faster....order on line too!!

8/21/2004 11:32:39 PM

White Plains, NY

I wanted to move my 500 pounder to the front yard, 150' away.

I rolled out a lenght of 3'x 50' 4mil black plastic from the pumpkin to where we were going. A blanket was placed on the plastic and the "P" rolled onto the blanket. My friend and I then pulled the blanket with the fruit. It slide very nicely on the plastic. I did recruit my wife to stand on the plastic as we slide the pumpkin. Leap frog the plastic thru the flower bed and driveway to its Halloween position.

Add to the for what its worth folder.

Capt

8/22/2004 8:44:56 AM

Commack, NY

I know a bunch of use are using tarps that we bought from Alan Reynolds. I believe they are rated at something ridiculous like 1000 lbs per square inch. They are made from the same material the military uses to cover there tanks with. Im not sure if he 's still selling them though.

8/22/2004 9:07:57 AM

Sacramento, Ca USA

hOW DO i GET HOLD OD ALAN REYNOLDS

8/22/2004 1:41:29 PM