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Apple picker

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  • 22-07-2014 10:38pm
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    pwurple
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    Does anyone know a good brand for a telescopic apple picker? Or an irish supplier / shop for fruit picking tools?

    I'm lucky enough to have a very very old, tall apple tree in the garden. Can't get anywhere near the top of it.

    There are some on amazon, but the reviews are a bit mixed, people say they break after two apples etc. postage is a dose with long tools, so If i'm paying for awkward posting, the thing better be worth it.


    Looking at having the tree for a few decades to come hopefully, so would like to get a solid tool for getting these down.

    Any recommendations?


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    Red Hare
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    700_rhs-willow-fruit-picker.jpg

    I reckon its possible to make something like this - some branches for the structureand some rope or twine to weave a basket


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    Souness
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    I couldn't advise on any commercial product but I use a 2L coke bottle with the bottom cut off stuck onto a long pole, works great. Like this one


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    pwurple
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    Thanks guys, it's the height which is the problem rather than the grabber...


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    laoch na mona
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    pwurple wrote: »
    Thanks guys, it's the height which is the problem rather than the grabber...

    get a long length of wood and make one, id say it would be the best thing to do


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    pwurple
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    laoch na mona wrote: »
    get a long length of wood and make one, id say it would be the best thing to do

    I've zero clue how to make a telescopic handle. I would have thought that would be fairly tricky? Unless you mean a whole pile of different length things that I attach the picker too. That's a pain though...

    I think wolfgarten do a telescopic range, but I've only ever seen them for sale in the UK. Must be some orchard supply place somewhere in Ireland.


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    laoch na mona
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    pwurple wrote: »
    I've zero clue how to make a telescopic handle. I would have thought that would be fairly tricky? Unless you mean a whole pile of different length things that I attach the picker too. That's a pain though...

    I think wolfgarten do a telescopic range, but I've only ever seen them for sale in the UK. Must be some orchard supply place somewhere in Ireland.


    you could buy a telescopic handle for painting if you could get one long enough


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    Citizenpain
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    something like this 3.3M??- and attach a grabber

    http://www.clarkedistributors.ie/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=240


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