Re: count down to harvest
- Subject: Re: count down to harvest
- From: B* B* <m*@aol.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:35:59 -0400
To funny Debbie! How far are you from Springfield, MO?
Alan R.
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 9:44 pm
Subject: Re: count down to harvest
Almost all of the guys I know are old farts. I agree that a forklift would
be
deal, however I am unemployed and renting a pickup truck will be costly
nough.
Uhm, "see you at the weigh-off" ... are you coming to IL? I have an
xtra room
or anyone out of state and am approx. an hour or so away from
he Oct. 3
eigh-off in Homer Glen, IL.
Debbie
_______________________________
rom: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@att.net>
o:
umpkins@hort.net
ent: Sun, September 5, 2010 10:48:08 AM
ubject: Re: count
own to harvest
Debbie,
Others may do it differently but here's how we do
urs.
Buy approx. one case of something cold to drink. No reason to spend
ore.
Invite 16-20 of the youngest best-looking guys you know. Get your
usband's permission, if necessary and appropriate.
ake pictures of everyone
ith the pumpkin to be harvested.
and-select four guys to tip the pumpkin up
n one side. Your favorite
unks.
Slide a tarp, folded in half, beneath the
ruit.
hen roll or otherwise wrestle the fruit back up on its other side and
nfold the tarp.
Everybody rests and drinks a drink.
Then you have the guys
ach take a handle of the tarp. Everyone ready?
t the count of three,
veryone lifts.
When they do, a short fat elderly lady gets underneath and
hoves a
allet beneath the pumpkin-on-the-tarp. I try to get the pallet
entered directly beneath the pumpkin and scramble out from underneath
efore the guys lose their grip and collapse in exhaustion.
If you followed
hese instructions carefully, you now have a kind of
ayer cake: pumpkin on
op of a tarp on top of a pallet.
Here's where the forklift takes over - you
eally need to beg, buy or
orrow one - and eases the layers into the bed
f the waiting truck.
See you at the weigh-off!
Kathie in Santa Rosa
On
ep 4, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Debbie Runkle wrote:
> Ok, Glen, Steve and Shazzy.
'll break down and buy beer for all of
your manual
labor during this
rocess. LOL It is amazing how many people
suddenly have bad
backs
hen you ask them to help.
Is a lifting ring the same as tarps? Also, I
o not have a
significant incline
unless I first roll it into the
eighbors yard (after taking down
veggies, fence
and grapes), back the
ruck up and go for it.
Debbie
_______________________________
From: Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:53:24 PM
Subject:
E: count down
Did I hear the word BEER?
Steve Haberman
----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net
o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of
Peters, Glenn - 1170 -
ITLL
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 2:51 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
ubject: RE: count down
Hmmm I didn't see any mention of the most
mportant part ---
Make sure you buy plenty of beer and pizzas first.
lenn
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net
o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of
Shazzyshaz@aol.com
Sent:
riday, September 03, 2010 2:38 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re:
ount down
debbie,
i never used a lifting ring til last year and we will
oad a 1000
pounder
by hand in a 3 weeks. this is what has helped us
ver the years.
1. if you have any kind of slope or hill in the yard that
ou can
back the
truck up to, use the slope so you do not have to lift
o high.
2. we take two 2"x10" planks of wood about 8 or 10' long and
place them
side by side on the tail gait to the ground. this will be the
esting
platform.
3. make sure all trip[ hazards are out of the way. all
ines, cords,
anything that could blow out a knee or ankle.
4. get 2
eople on tarp duty. take 2 or 3, 4 how many it takes on
one side
and
egin to lift, roll and balance the pumpkin on the opposite side
of
ifting. the 2 people on tarp dut position the tarp under the
pumkin with
one
end folded like a curtain. slowly ease the pumpkin back down. now
o the
same thing with rolling it, then have the 2 people on tarp duty on
fold and
stretch out the tarp. ease back down gently. have everone
rap
handles of
the tarp and start centering it to the middle by
liding and
puilling.
5. take a breath.
6. make sure pallet in
ack of truck has slots pointed the right way
for
forklift or skidsteer
orks. put styrofome on the pallet and
cushions on top
of that. i use
ld thick couch cushions.
7. now the fun part. slowly lift and walk it to
he trcuk. easy. set
it
down when needed. get it to the planks of wood
eading up the tail
gate.
situate the 2 or 3 strongest shortest pople
n the truck. the
others lift
and
slowly let it rest on the planks
nd keep working it up to the
tailgate.
then
this is the big lift
ime up and ontop of the cushions. the most
dangerous
time to blow a
nee or ankle so do it in unison with one person
giving
orders.
8.
ake another breat. laugh pop a cold beer and strap it down...not
to
ightly.
9. attach some bags or milk containers of water to the vines you
left on on
both sides of the stem if everything is rot free and they are
till
capable of sucking in water.
10. the next morning enjoy the ride
hen people see you driving down
the
street to your weigh off. you will
nderstand when it happens. lol
and i should have said, number one thing
ou always say first, "nobody
touch the stem!" and someone still will and it
ill snap off and you
will be
pissed, then laugh it off after you
ettle down. save the stem and
put it on
the pumpkin at the weigh
ff. it still counts. lol. been there done
that.
unloading is easier
ith the planks of wood used again to slide it
slowly
down with your
ifting crew.
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