“Made-It-Myself” Picker-Upper

“Made-It-Myself” Picker-Upper FARM HOME Miscellaneous “I’ve been using this simple device for a couple of years to pick up fallen apples and walnuts in my yard ” says Phil Whitmoyer Leesport Penn “You can also use it to pick up debris around the yard without bending over ” The device consists of a 3-ft length of hardwood flooring with a 6 by 10-in metal “dust pan” fastened to a hinge at the bottom A long metal strap runs through a pair of I-bolts down to a wood block above the pan “I push apples into the pan with one foot and then lift the pan up over a bucket and pull on the handle to dump it ” says Whitmoyer “It didn’t cost a penny to make because I found everything I needed in my scrap pile ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Phil Whitmoyer 236 Ziegler Road Leesport Penn 19533 ph 610 926-1014; pewhitmo@epix net

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