Re: Shading
Wayne,
Here's how we do it:
Contact Howard Dill or someone else reliable for a tarp. Ours came from Alan
Reynolds, the tarp man, but he may have run out.
Then I list the twenty best looking guys I know. We invite them for the
world's shortest party.
Our tarp has 16 handles, 4 each side.
First we let two or three guys roll the pumpkin up on one side, and we lay
the folded tarp where the pumpkin will be. It settles back down and the same
two or three guys roll it up on the other side so the tarp can be spread
out.
Sixteen rugged guys each take a handle and at a given signal each man lifts
with all his might. Then a plump little elderly lady scrambles underneath
lugging a pallet modified according to Brett Hester's instructions and
therefore weighing over 70 pounds. I shove that pallet beneath the pumpkin
just as the men lose their grip and the pumpkin subsides heavily onto the
pallet.
A forklift lifts the pumpkin up to illustrate that it's too wide for David's
truck, alas! Mr Ray Barenchi lends us his truck ... and the rest is history.
I hope your harvest party is as much fun as ours was last year. And ours
wasn't even a thousand pounder!
Kathie
-----Original Message-----
From: WSMPEACE@aol.com [W*@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:17 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Shading
Are there steps needed to be taken now to make the lifting of a 1000# (I can
dream ya know) pumpkin possible. Probably many methods used, so all ideas
will be appreciated.
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