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Cider Digest #1882
Subject: Cider Digest #1882, 25 June 2014
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #1882 25 June 2014
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
RE: Cider Digest #1880, 2 June 2014 (jim pierce)
Re: Cider Digest #1881, 19 June 2014 (Stephen Wood)
Re: Cider Digest #1881, 19 June 2014 (Ray Blockley)
Re: How long is a panking pole? (Claude Jolicoeur)
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Subject: RE: Cider Digest #1880, 2 June 2014
From: jim pierce <piercejim@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 07:00:58 -0500
I used bulk head fittings with a drum faucet from US Supply on a couple of
50 gallon. Has worked fine.
Jim PierceRayville MO
Of The Earth Farm Distillery LLC
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Subject: Re: Cider Digest #1881, 19 June 2014
From: Stephen Wood <swood@farnumhillciders.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:16:26 -0400
PANKING? Don't know the verb, and don't want to go there. We shake trees
with 10' pruning poles, haven't been able to find a source of suitable
longer aluminum tubes, so make our longer poles from the forest as we need
them. Nobody's anxious to pank, here, though we have some >20' trees.
We'll stick with shaking gently -- y''all pank as you please.
Stephen M. Wood
Farnum Hill Ciders
98 Poverty Lane
Lebanon, NH 03766
swood@farnumhillciders.com
Office: (603) 448 1511
Fax: (603) 448 7326
Cell: (603) 252 5696
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Subject: Re: Cider Digest #1881, 19 June 2014
From: Ray Blockley <raymondblockley@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:41:38 +0100
Hi Dick,
I've used one of the extendible fibreglass / GRP poles commonly used for
flying flags / windsocks / etc for some years now. It's a "Brookite" 9.0
metre one; light, flexible and collapses down to about a metre / 3 feet or
so. As we drive from orchard to orchard it's very easy to throw in the back
of the car / trailer.
I took the thinnest end section out & "discarded" it, glued in a strong
metal hook in the end of the next section - and away I went. I've bought
two more since (one for the wife would you believe!) and a back-up as the
original is starting to show it's age and exhibit a few cracks. This
original one we now use as a shorter version as the thick end section was
the one that had seen better days, being the "outer case" when collapsed
means it gets some rough treatment.
The newer models are made by "Spirit of Air" and are also 9 metre versions.
This is a link to a UK site but will give you an idea - I guess they're
even more common in the States...?
http://www.spiritofair.co.uk/poles_stakes_main.htm
No idea if these will be suitable for your needs or even long enough, but
may be worth checking out.
Cheers, Ray.
Nottingham UK
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Subject: Re: How long is a panking pole?
From: Claude Jolicoeur <cjoliprsf@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 22:38:53 -0400
In Cider Digest #1881, 19 June 2014
>Subject: How long is a panking pole?
>From: Dick Dunn <rcd@talisman.com>
>(No, the question is not intended to be akin to "How long is a piece of
>string?":-)
>I know that a panking pole should be kinda tall, especially for pears, but
>kinda-sorta HOW tall before it becomes unwieldy? I've fashioned a couple
>makeshift poles which have worked so far, but my perry pears aren't all
>that tall yet.
Dick, I would tend to ask the other obvious question... How tall are
your trees?
OK, you talk about pear trees - if you let those grow, no pole will
be long enough as they can easily reach 60 ft high. However, you can
keep them short - mine are 25 years old, and I keep the trunks at
about 12 feet - they want to grow like mad, but I cut the shoots
every year to maintain the low height.
What I use is a 8 ft wood stick - it's like a broom stick but longer.
They sell them in hardware stores as extension for paint rollers and
it is threaded on one end. It is quite handy and I have a few
different gadgets that I can screw on the end:
A paint roller... I removed the roller and keep just the frame which
is like a big hook - ideal for panking. I did pad this hook with taped foam.
An apple picker
and a pole pruner.
With this, I can reach about 15 feet high, which is enough for most situations.
Claude
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