AP the ones that I have used had six tines on it, though a lot of them had been made by a local blacksmith, sadly gone now, it also had a different name, but can't put it on the forum
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Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View PostOf course farmers are working on a different scale but even if the muck heap is 9 ft tall, the top 3 ft doesn't get discarded because it has got wet. The wet doesn't take anything away. I'm not sure what point you are trying to make about the weight. The whole heap isn't going to be moved at once. It will be one forkful after another into a barrow and when the barrow is full, the barrow is full but it will still be possible to wheel the load around the garden to where it is needed. If one's muscles can't cope, there are two remedies. The first is to get a smaller barrow and the second and less expensive is not to fill it so full .
I also read a lot of gardening books and I may not agree with a lot of what is written in them but it is easier if up to date books are used as reference .
I'm not trying to dictate how others garden, just saying what I think from about 40 years experience. To my mind the less strain you put on your back when you are young, the less aches and pains you'll have in it when you get old :-)
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Originally posted by rary View PostAP the ones that I have used had six tines on it, though a lot of them had been made by a local blacksmith, sadly gone now, it also had a different name, but can't put it on the forum
I was never fussy about the graip I used but my late uncle discarded a new one bought for him when the tines of his using one had worn down. The tines of the new one were too thick and the tool was too heavy and cumbersome. I inherited it 40 years later. It is heavy and cumbersome but I like it
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Originally posted by nickdub View PostI'm making a couple of points a) if one heap is 3' tall and another 6 then the smaller heap will get roughly twice as wet per forkful because of the surface area to volume ratio b) if you have manure delivered its rarely dumped on your garden, so usually you have to barrow it to where you want it . In my case that means a roughly 100 yd trip for each load, so if each barrow is a third heavier I'd rather keep it dry for a few minutes putting a tarp on it.
I'm not trying to dictate how others garden, just saying what I think from about 40 years experience. To my mind the less strain you put on your back when you are young, the less aches and pains you'll have in it when you get old :-)
She also said. "Hi everyone, I've had a delivery of cow manure which is sitting outside in a heap waiting to be spread" She hasn't said it's waiting outside waiting to be barrowed in to the garden which is a completely different issue.
I have addressed the question she raised whereas you have addressed another hypothetical situation.
I will not be commenting further.
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We used to have a fork with only two, slightly bent tines for gathering up loose hay, and for the bales and they were very light, tines very thin.
We used to call them "tjuga" or "högafflar" (literally means hay forks), but interestingly they can also be called a "grep", similar to greip and similar pronunciation too - I wonder if that's something that came here with the vikings?
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Originally posted by SarrissUK View PostWe used to have a fork with only two, slightly bent tines for gathering up loose hay, and for the bales and they were very light, tines very thin.
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We used to call them "tjuga" or "högafflar" (literally means hay forks), but interestingly they can also be called a "grep", similar to greip and similar pronunciation too - I wonder if that's something that came here with the vikings?
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Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View PostI would have called it a muck graip but that's maybe just down to the local vernacular. But in essence a graip used for working with muck.. Unlike an ordinary garden fork, it will have curved round tapered tines
https://www.fanevalleystores.com/pro...t-handle-graip
Aye it is a much lighter form of fork for Cattle Manure. The 5,6,7 tine forks used for Horses. You also get an almost 90 deg curved fork for pulling muck off the back of a waggon/trailer.
https://equestrianco.com/products/fy...ant=9465992453
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Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View PostRary, I've only used 4 tined ones but since I was a wee lad helping muck out the cattle in the byre of my Gran's farm. To get the beasts to move their feet to clear the soiled straw beneath them, I was taught to carefully place the outside tine gently on the beasts leg just above the hoof. The beast just moved it's foot out of the way. Never ceased to amaze me.
I was never fussy about the graip I used but my late uncle discarded a new one bought for him when the tines of his using one had worn down. The tines of the new one were too thick and the tool was too heavy and cumbersome. I inherited it 40 years later. It is heavy and cumbersome but I like it
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Originally posted by 4Shoes View PostAye it is a much lighter form of fork for Cattle Manure. The 5,6,7 tine forks used for Horses. You also get an almost 90 deg curved fork for pulling muck off the back of a waggon/trailer.
https://equestrianco.com/products/fy...ant=9465992453
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Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View PostI have addressed the question she raised whereas you have addressed another hypothetical situation.
I will not be commenting further.
I thought I was the Tangentiser around here.
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Originally posted by Snadger View PostTattie lifting fork here.Last edited by Aberdeenplotter; 11-12-2018, 07:27 PM.
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