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Post by smsmith on Mar 4, 2022 13:30:45 GMT -6
I've looked a good number of times. The only orchard ladders I can find somewhat locally are fiberglass from Home Depot (order to store, none kept in stock) about an hour away. I'd probably drive that far for an aluminum one at a reasonable price, but don't want the fiberglass model. Otherwise, I can pay a couple hundred bucks to have a $270ish dollar aluminum one delivered. Any way you could chum up to a local orchard and buy one from them or get in on an order with them? There are no local orchards. That's probably why there are no orchard ladders available locally. There's just about zero demand for them. People who do have a few fruit trees are generally farmers. Most don't prune their trees. If they do, and they need a lift they just jump in the enloader bucket and have a buddy lift them up. There's a few orchards within a 90 minute drive, but they are pretty small. Orcharding here doesn't resemble what happens in the northeast/New England states. Get down to SW WI/SE MN and there's some decent sized orchards. That's about a 4.5-5.5 hour drive.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 4, 2022 16:02:55 GMT -6
Any way you could chum up to a local orchard and buy one from them or get in on an order with them? There are no local orchards. That's probably why there are no orchard ladders available locally. There's just about zero demand for them. People who do have a few fruit trees are generally farmers. Most don't prune their trees. If they do, and they need a lift they just jump in the enloader bucket and have a buddy lift them up. There's a few orchards within a 90 minute drive, but they are pretty small. Orcharding here doesn't resemble what happens in the northeast/New England states. Get down to SW WI/SE MN and there's some decent sized orchards. That's about a 4.5-5.5 hour drive. . You and I have as many apple trees as anyone I know or have seen.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 5, 2022 8:11:16 GMT -6
There are no local orchards. That's probably why there are no orchard ladders available locally. There's just about zero demand for them. People who do have a few fruit trees are generally farmers. Most don't prune their trees. If they do, and they need a lift they just jump in the enloader bucket and have a buddy lift them up. There's a few orchards within a 90 minute drive, but they are pretty small. Orcharding here doesn't resemble what happens in the northeast/New England states. Get down to SW WI/SE MN and there's some decent sized orchards. That's about a 4.5-5.5 hour drive. . You and I have as many apple trees as anyone I know or have seen. I frequently tell Bob when we walk past my orchards that I hope I live long enough to see them become mature, producing trees. At some point, this place is gonna be impressive.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 5, 2022 13:56:22 GMT -6
. You and I have as many apple trees as anyone I know or have seen. I frequently tell Bob when we walk past my orchards that I hope I live long enough to see them become mature, producing trees. At some point, this place is gonna be impressive. i It is impressive all ready.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 14, 2022 13:13:45 GMT -6
Lopper arrived a bit ago. Looks like it should be a functional tool, especially for water sprouts. I'll try it out sometime this week.
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Post by loshonhora on Mar 15, 2022 5:29:25 GMT -6
I'll bet that pruner would be pretty good for clipping out multiflora bushes and other prickly things.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 17, 2022 14:45:48 GMT -6
Used the extension lopper today. It won't replace my other pruning tools, but it certainly makes dealing with vertical growth much easier. You can get nice clean cuts without leaving "stubs" like with the regular extended rope pruner/saw. I'm happy with the purchase (so far, we'll how it holds up)
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