On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:00:18 -0700
"Bob La Londe" wrote:

"Leon Fisk" wrote in message
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or maybe better yet, a "Picking Platform":

http://www.philbrownwelding.com/inde...52&It emid=66

of course I think he's hoping to retire someday soon and those machines
sure won't help his savings ;-)

The local date harvesters use a specialized scaffold that goes 3/4 of the
way around the tree and then drops down to close the gap. They move them
with a forklift.

There was an article about it (picking platform) in our local paper
recently. See:

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-m...an_invent.html

I think there is a video there too besides some photos. Don't have
enough computer oomph to view it though...

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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