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Old 10/29/08, 11:56 PM
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Can you identify the item leaning against the car?

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Old 10/30/08, 12:02 AM
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My guess is a device to pick fruit such as apples, pears, oranges etc... off of trees.
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Old 10/30/08, 12:08 AM
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Fruit picker.
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Old 10/30/08, 05:06 AM
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another vote for fruit picker.
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Old 10/30/08, 06:41 AM
 
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Fruit picker, looks like the Harbor Freight model.
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Looks like a fruit picker to me too.
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Old 10/30/08, 07:18 AM
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new style lacrosse stick!! just let the other team try and take the ball away from you!
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new style lacrosse stick!! just let the other team try and take the ball away from you!
you can always spot the Canuk.

fruit picker

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Old 10/30/08, 07:25 AM
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Whats lacrosse??
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Old 10/30/08, 07:36 AM
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Yup, fruit picker.
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Old 10/30/08, 07:51 AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse
maybe ishould not have clued them into lacrosse eh longshot!? look whats happened to hockey and basketball!
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Old 10/30/08, 07:23 PM
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you guys are good...
It is a fruit picker.
Apples, to be specific.

The owner of our local apple orchard lets customers use them instead of ladders.
(liability concerns)
I found it cumbersome and ended up just stretching reallllly high.

Good job!

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Old 10/30/08, 07:28 PM
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We had one for our orange and lemon trees in Arizona. I really miss those trees.
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Old 10/30/08, 09:32 PM
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boogar picker for the Jolly Green Giant
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Old 10/31/08, 12:22 AM
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We've got one of them. It's a pain to use. I generally end up using it to shake the really high branches and then picking the apples up from the ground.
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Old 10/31/08, 06:21 AM
 
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Porterio,

Here's an old-time method that's even easier:
http://www.backroadhome.com/how-to-pick-apples.html

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Old 10/31/08, 06:53 AM
 
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Djberg... that is a nice site....thank you pat.
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Old 10/31/08, 08:42 AM
 
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yeah Djberg that is a nice site. I think it might be the Green Giant's butt scratcher!
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Old 10/31/08, 09:05 AM
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Here's our preferred method of picking apples.

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Old 10/31/08, 09:11 AM
 
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I once used a fruit picker just like that to pull down a mud wasp nest from the underside of my roof. It didn't work out well.

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