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Paradise Mountain, New York

What is the best thing to put under your pumpkin when your traveling to a weigh off that is like 300 miles away from your home? Do you just put the pumpkin on a pallet and that's it? Should you put something betwen the pumpkin and the pallet? Need some help on this one

4/27/2002 8:44:12 AM

Long Island,New York

You want AT LEAST 3 inches of foam under the fruit...between the pallet and the fruit. I use the foam padding found under carpets and things like that....make a nice layer of 4-5-6 pieces. I also put a couple layers between the pallet and the trailer or the bed of the truck. This year the squash will be so large I wont need the foam....i figure the helicopter lift will be smooth enough to not need anything but the PGPGA pumpkin-lifing device....G

4/27/2002 8:58:41 AM

Brat: I use 2" strofoam between pallet & fruit, I travel about same distance, seems to work for me, done it twice so far without problems. Last one was 945 & the trip before was 751 & 862, mine & wifes.

4/27/2002 11:00:27 PM

walton n.y.

glad to hear that you're getting ready to show off what you've grown already glenn,bill, and i all do pretty close to the same thing a few inches of foam on the pallet and some soft material placed around it to keep it from moving around on the pallet

4/28/2002 11:12:43 AM