Home-X Fruit Picker Harvester Basket with Cushion to Prevent Bruising (Pole not Included)
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After loosening the metal clamp, you can attach an extendable pole.
It was for my apples that I purchased it. It's possible that the slots with hooks for pulling the fruits are too large for cherries.
It's a little tricky, but if you scoop the fig and twist the basket until it hooks onto the branch, it should work. I hope this information was useful.
Any length of 3/4" or 1" pole will suffice. Make it simple for yourself with PVC, wood, and a painted extension handle.
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This is a picker that can withstand a lot of abuse. There is one major and one minor flaw that prevents it from receiving five stars. The first step is to secure it to the pole with a hose clamp that fits a 3/4" pole thickness. If you have an extensible pole with a threaded pole tip, you'll need cardboard or something to wrap around it to keep the picker snug. It might work, but a threaded socket would be preferable. br>br>The foam pad that comes with the picker to provide cushioning is a large round circle, which is fine because you can stuff it in the bottom of the picker and it will work. It would have been better if a foam piece had been cut to fit through the basket's spokes and stayed in place. br>br>I'm not sure I'd buy this type again if it didn't come with a thread socket to keep the picker secure.
I was disappointed to learn that the picker's neck is too large for a 3/4-sized guitar. a pole with a threaded diameter of one inch It can be used with a rake or a broom handle. Neither of these, however, can reach deep enough into our tall tree. Here's the hack I'm going to try: br>br> Take a cheap paint roller handle with a threaded bottom and put it together. Remove it from the roller frame, screw it onto the threaded pole, and attach the basket to the handle. I'll return the picker if that doesn't work.
$40- One of these with a pole costs around 45 dollars. For a total of $17, I purchased a pole from Lowes and mounted this picker to it.
Due to the lack of a threaded pole connector, this highly rated picker received some surprisingly negative helpful reviews. But I went ahead and ordered it to see what I could come up with. While another reviewer recommended using a roller handle, I already had a three-pronged roller handle. As shown in the photo, part of a painting pole. (A 4' pole can be made by screwing the three pieces together. ) If you need one, you can get one for about $5 at your neighborhood hardware store. ) The orange threaded pole connector is a good fit in the picker's base. I wrapped the connector in duct tape and tightened the hose clamp because it was a little slick. To be extra safe, I drilled a hole in the connector and inserted a cotter pin into it, ensuring that the basket would never come loose. It's fantastic! This picker can now be used with any of my extension poles for painting.
Put it on a long pole or the handle of an old broom. It really works. I've got so many pears that I'm not sure what to do with them right now. br>br>The little tines at the top could be a little longer, but there comes a point where they block the basket opening due to diminishing returns. On the handle that I'm using, the basket is nice and tight. Simply cut the handle off an old paint roller, mount this to the handle, and screw the handle onto the painter's pole if you want to attach to a pole for paint rollers.
This is a must-have item for visiting an orchard; it makes finding the best apples much easier and eliminates the need to climb and jump. This picker has two flaws in my opinion. For starters, the wire basket ends will definitely ruin an apple by poking it, and second, the wire gets caught in the branches and can sometimes harm the trees by bringing down leaves and branches that get caught between the areas that pull the apple down. I wouldn't go to an orchard without it, despite the cost and issues it has.
It takes a little practice to get the hang of it (like making sure the basket doesn't get stuck on a tree branch or the prongs don't spear the apples), but once we figured it out, picking apples was a breeze. We also discovered that wrapping a rubber band around the pole before tightening the basket makes it much more stable to work with. It's extremely effective, and I strongly advise you to use it.
I tried to fit my broom handle into this picker, but it was too big. Then I got a sprinkler coupling and completely tightened it. The broom handle was still pulling away from it. I made a vertical cut in the coupling to give it more flexibility, allowing me to tighten it even more than before. The coupling's extra cut worked perfectly. If you don't want to go through all of these steps, you can simply purchase one factor- The broom handle was used to put it together.
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