[AT] OT - using pitchfork

[Larry D. Goss]

What I'm finding also is that the new pitchforks are coming from China.
I guess they don't know that the tines have to be tapered or you will
work yourself to death trying to get a pitchfork to release right.  I
think Farmer had a few comments and started a thread about this topic a
year or so ago.  That also may by why Walt is having trouble finding
handles that are small enough to grip.

Larry

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Larry D. Goss wrote:
> You should be able to find a replacement handle at your local ACE
> hardware, Mike.  They're pretty good about stocking that sort of
thing.
I live in yuppie heaven, Larry - the yuppies don't replace the handles; 
they just toss the old pieces out and buy new. That is how I ended up 
with half a dozen shovels - previously I dealt with an old time hardware

store who stocked every kind of handle for any tool you could imagine. 
But the owner died, and the new store is an Ace that has the nails and 
screws in plastic "bubble pack" at 6 nails for a dollar. Old Mr. Hoxie 
used to be able to reach into a keg of 10d nails and pick a pound right 
on the money the first time. And if you dug deep enough into the bin of 
ax handles, you might find one at the bottom that was priced out at 50 
cents - and that is what he charged for it. :-) You don't find places 
like that around here any more. :-(
> 
> If I remember right, the tang on a pitchfork is just a friction fit,
> just like the handle on a flat file.  I think I remember being able to
> knock off the stump of a broken handle by just working on it with a
> hammer.
> 
> What have you got? Hay fork, straw fork, manure fork, beet fork, don't
> know?
I am going to look at them right now and maybe put an image up for you 
to tell me!

Mike
> 


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