"No Sweat" Stake, Post Puller

"No Sweat" Stake, Post Puller FENCING Miscellaneous 32-3-10 "It takes all the work out of pulling up wood stakes, without breaking them," says Nate Gould, Mt. Bethel, Penn., about the patented "Stake Out" puller he came up with to pull both wood and metal tomato stakes. The innovative idea can also be used on T-fence posts. Gould operates an orchard/vegetable farm that grows a lot of tomatoes. He got the idea after he had trouble getting wood stakes out of the ground. "Last year I asked my grandson and his friend to pull about 2,000 tomato stakes from our fields. They broke a lot of them because the ground was hard." The tool consists of a 22-in. length of 1 1/2-in. angle iron with a lever on it. To use, you simply clamp the angle iron onto the stake with one hand and use your other hand to lift up on the lever. As you do so, the lever pinches into the stake and pulls it out of the ground. "The harder you pull up on the lever, the tighter it pinches against the stake. Once there's pressure on the stake you can use just one hand," says Gould. "Most stakes are either 3/4 or 1 in. square, so since the angle iron is 1 1/2 in. wide you can wrap it around the stake from any side. It won't break the stake, either. Last year I pulled out about 1,000 stakes and never broke one." Sells for $29.95 plus S&H. Gould says he's looking for dealers. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nate Gould, Baarda Farms, 1566 River Road, Mt. Bethel, Penn. 18343 (ph 570 897-0135; ngould@siriusradio.com; www.inventionhome.com).

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