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Posted by justteen_bonzy z7 VA (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 05 at 15:56
HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU MOVE A 900 LB. PUMPKIN WITHOUT USING A FORKLIFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet a lot of the answers will be 'You dont.', but the place I will be growing them is on the other side of our woods! The only way you can get out of there is if you go up an incline about 40 feet, and then tun left and go another 40 feet to get to my porch! And if I absolutely HAVE to use a forklift, what if I can't get one??????? I might be out of luck, but otherwise....
PLEASE HELP!!
Thaks,
Jason |
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You have a Pumpkin Picking Party 1 person for each 75lbs. Then use a lifting tarp, get the lifting tarp under it. 1,2,3 lift. Grow the 900lber and you will find people to help you get it out of there.
Shannon |
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Just wondering...
In absence of a "lifting tarp", would you be able to use a regular tarp? Or would it just tear??
I found a really cool lifting tarp here, but can't fing it any where else. Thanks. |
Here is a link that might be useful: cool lifting tarp
RE: moving giant pumpkins
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| There are other betters ones out there..P and P seeds, and many of the Gainp pumpkin organizations have them. As the pumpkins get bigger every year lifting rings are the new toy for moving them. It has 8 straps that hang down. Slide them around. Tighten the rope and lift. |
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| Next time you think an Atlantic Giant or Big Max is going to wigh more than 6 men can easily move on a tarp, place a well-padded pallet under the fruit. A forklift may not be able to negotiate the soft soil, but a tractor with a front end loader and some well-placed chains will be your answer. I have just the machine for harvesting any giant pumpkins. Believe it or not, I will use my combine. My machine has a feederhouse crane [for loading/unloading its header] and I can hook the chains to the pallet and haul the big fruit. Beside, I think it will be really cool to employ a combine for harvesting a giant squash! LOL! |
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| I routinely move giant pumpkins across the grass at a farm homestead by placing them on a 4x8 sheet of plywood and towing it with a garden tractor. Make sure you keep the front end of the plywood bent upwards a bit so it doesn't dig into the grass...1/2 inch works good-strong enough and flexible enough to get that "tobboggan front" |
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Sandbagger,
Thanks! I think I'll try that! I'm going to be growing a DAG. Did you get any this year? |
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| Yup...878.8lbs, 765lbs, 663lbs, 661lbs, and a bunch under 500. |
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