Re: count down to harvest
- Subject: Re: count down to harvest
- From: B* B* <m*@aol.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:48:30 -0400
Thanks Debbie, pretty good ride. I get to MO a couple of times a year. Still
have a house in Springfield. My Grandfather had a farm there. I 've only grown
pumpkins in FL and CT. not Mo yet. Good luck at your weigh-off!
Alan R. AKA Billy Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 9:32 am
Subject: Re: count down to harvest
oh, about 6 or 7 hours. But I did go to university in Rolla.
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rom: Billy Bob <mastrpumkn@aol.com>
o:
umpkins@hort.net
ent: Mon, September 6, 2010 3:35:59 AM
ubject: Re: count
own to harvest
To funny Debbie! How far are you from Springfield, MO?
lan R.
----Original Message-----
rom: Debbie Runkle
yorunk13@att.net>
o: pumpkins@hort.net
ent: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 9:44 pm
ubject: Re: count down to harvest
lmost all of the guys I know are old
arts. I agree that a forklift would
e
eal, however I am unemployed and
enting a pickup truck will be costly
ough.
hm, "see you at the weigh-off"
.. are you coming to IL? I have an
tra room
r anyone out of state and am
pprox. an hour or so away from
e Oct. 3
igh-off in Homer Glen, IL.
ebbie
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om: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@att.net>
:
mpkins@hort.net
nt: Sun, September 5, 2010 10:48:08 AM
bject: Re: count
wn
o harvest
ebbie,
thers may do it differently but here's how we do
rs.
uy
pprox. one case of something cold to drink. No reason to spend
re.
nvite
6-20 of the youngest best-looking guys you know. Get your
sband's
ermission, if necessary and appropriate.
ke pictures of everyone
th the
umpkin to be harvested.
nd-select four guys to tip the pumpkin up
one
ide. Your favorite
nks.
lide a tarp, folded in half, beneath the
uit.
en
oll or otherwise wrestle the fruit back up on its other side and
fold the
arp.
verybody rests and drinks a drink.
hen you have the guys
ch take a
andle of the tarp. Everyone ready?
the count of three,
eryone lifts.
hen
hey do, a short fat elderly lady gets underneath and
oves a
llet beneath
he pumpkin-on-the-tarp. I try to get the pallet
ntered directly beneath the
umpkin and scramble out from underneath
fore the guys lose their grip and
ollapse in exhaustion.
f you followed
ese instructions carefully, you now
ave a kind of
yer cake: pumpkin on
p of a tarp on top of a pallet.
ere's
here the forklift takes over - you
ally need to beg, buy or
rrow one - and
ases the layers into the bed
the waiting truck.
ee you at the weigh-off!
athie in Santa Rosa
On
p 4, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Debbie Runkle wrote:
Ok,
len, Steve and Shazzy.
ll break down and buy beer for all of
our manual
abor during this
ocess. LOL It is amazing how many people
uddenly have
ad
acks
en you ask them to help.
Is a lifting ring the same as tarps?
lso, I
not have a
ignificant incline
nless I first roll it into the
ighbors yard (after taking down
eggies, fence
nd grapes), back the
uck up
nd go for it.
Debbie
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rom: Steve
aberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
o: pumpkins@hort.net
ent: Fri, September 3,
010 2:53:24 PM
ubject:
: count down
Did I hear the word BEER?
Steve
aberman
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rom: owner-pumpkins@hort.net
ailto:owner-pumpkins@hort.net] On
ehalf Of
eters, Glenn - 1170 -
TLL
ent:
riday, September 03, 2010 2:51 PM
o: pumpkins@hort.net
ubject: RE: count
own
Hmmm I didn't see any mention of the most
portant part ---
Make sure
ou buy plenty of beer and pizzas first.
enn
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rom: owner-pumpkins@hort.net
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ehalf Of
hazzyshaz@aol.com
ent:
iday, September 03, 2010 2:38 PM
o:
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ubject: Re:
unt down
debbie,
never used a lifting ring
il last year and we will
ad a 1000
ounder
y hand in a 3 weeks. this is
hat has helped us
er the years.
1. if you have any kind of slope or hill in
he yard that
u can
ack the
ruck up to, use the slope so you do not have to
ift
high.
2. we take two 2"x10" planks of wood about 8 or 10' long and
lace them
ide by side on the tail gait to the ground. this will be the
sting
latform.
3. make sure all trip[ hazards are out of the way. all
nes,
ords,
nything that could blow out a knee or ankle.
4. get 2
ople on tarp
uty. take 2 or 3, 4 how many it takes on
ne side
nd
gin to lift, roll and
alance the pumpkin on the opposite side
f
ifting. the 2 people on tarp dut
osition the tarp under the
umkin with
ne
nd folded like a curtain. slowly
ase the pumpkin back down. now
o the
ame thing with rolling it, then have
he 2 people on tarp duty on
old and
stretch out the tarp. ease back down
ently. have everone
ap
andles of
he tarp and start centering it to the
iddle by
iding and
uilling.
5. take a breath.
6. make sure pallet in
ck
f truck has slots pointed the right way
or
orklift or skidsteer
rks. put
tyrofome on the pallet and
ushions on top
of that. i use
d thick couch
ushions.
7. now the fun part. slowly lift and walk it to
e trcuk. easy. set
t
own when needed. get it to the planks of wood
ading up the tail
ate.
ituate the 2 or 3 strongest shortest pople
the truck. the
thers lift
nd
lowly let it rest on the planks
d keep working it up to the
ailgate.
hen
his is the big lift
me up and ontop of the cushions. the most
angerous
ime to blow a
ee or ankle so do it in unison with one person
iving
rders.
.
ke another breat. laugh pop a cold beer and strap it down...not
o
ghtly.
9. attach some bags or milk containers of water to the vines you
eft
n on
oth sides of the stem if everything is rot free and they are
ill
apable of sucking in water.
10. the next morning enjoy the ride
en people
ee you driving down
he
treet to your weigh off. you will
derstand when it
appens. lol
and i should have said, number one thing
u always say first,
nobody
ouch the stem!" and someone still will and it
ll snap off and you
ill be
pissed, then laugh it off after you
ttle down. save the stem and
ut
t on
the pumpkin at the weigh
f. it still counts. lol. been there done
hat.
nloading is easier
th the planks of wood used again to slide it
lowly
own with your
fting crew.
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