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NILES , CALIF

Is there other ways ,to pick up your pumpkin;
other than a tripod or a tarp to get it in
the back of your truck?

9/8/2010 8:13:56 AM

El Paso TX.

Depending on the size and how many friends you can round up - there's always the old fashioned way - (Just make sure the pumpkin is loaded before the beer cooler is raided !)

9/8/2010 9:13:46 AM

Honeoye Falls New York

whats the old fashion way. I have 4 large straps so I can get 8 people around ours and just lift. My pumpkin is around 700 lbs.

9/8/2010 12:49:19 PM

Georgetown, Ontario

Last year I loaded a 682 pounder with two people. Tipped it on its side, got a pallet beside and let it down. Then got a pallet jack (hand truck) and pulled the pumpkin on the pallet using a couple sheets of plywood, up to our driveway where I could back up the van and pushed it right into a cargo van.

9/8/2010 1:15:16 PM

Lexington, Ky

I used a bed mounted hydraulic lift for a couple of years. I think Brooks used a cherry picker (engine hoist) once! LOL

9/8/2010 1:45:13 PM

Westford, MA

I use that Tractor Beam they're working on.
You know, the 1 they use to move Minute Items, like bacteria, protoza, and klancy's pumpkins.

9/8/2010 3:33:56 PM

South Hero, VT

Find someone with a forklift or bucket loader on the front of their tractor.

Got me out a bad spot last October.

9/8/2010 4:24:32 PM

Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

Got a friend with a wrecker truck? Works great if you have the straps!

9/8/2010 6:17:14 PM

British Columbia

I'm hoping my son comes over with his excavator. But if that doesn't happen I have six guys lined up to do the manual thing. But with the guys I'm afraid the beer will cost more than the fuel for the excavator would cost!

9/8/2010 6:18:56 PM

Sloughhouse, CA

We have used the front loader on the tractor. We've also rolled it up on 2 boards.

9/15/2010 3:07:13 AM