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Christmas Tree Shaker

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Twincreek

12-12-2006 07:20:54




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Would anyone have any plans or ideas on how to build a christmas tree shaker?




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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

12-12-2006 17:59:59




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 Re: Christmas Tree Shaker in reply to Twincreek, 12-12-2006 07:20:54  
I was looking at a commercial one this week. There isn't much to them, but the tree guy said he paid $800 USD for it. It's just a depressed plate on which you set the tree and about a 1hp motor on an eccentric which makes it oscilate on springs.



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Dale in WV

12-12-2006 09:11:21




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 Re: Christmas Tree Shaker in reply to Twincreek, 12-12-2006 07:20:54  
From recent personal experience, there's no better way to remove loose needles than to force that tree through a doorway. Carpeted floors keep the needles all in one place, and with a little luck someone, preferably a wife, not yourself, can walk barefooted and find the ones any normally attentive person cannot find.
From our standpoint at the Christmas Tree farm, there's nothing better than a loosely tied scotch pine atop a mini-van driving 30 mph to remove needles. Any faster than that, they take a chance on losing a tree anyway.
My neighbor tried a leaf blower, too. I think he wanted to impress his wife and justify the purchase....
More seriously, Veldsma dot com has a motorized shaker; we don't have one on our lot. That's what doorways are for...

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Bud in NC

12-12-2006 16:30:19




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 Re: Christmas Tree Shaker in reply to Dale in WV, 12-12-2006 09:11:21  
Bubba....you sound like your mind is as twisted as mine.....



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mark minks

12-12-2006 08:04:29




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 Re: Christmas Tree Shaker in reply to Twincreek, 12-12-2006 07:20:54  
why not just take an old sickle mower, strap the tree to the pitman arm that use to run the blade and have a go. (or something along that line). i guess if the tree is stout enough you might shake the driver off the tractor Just a thought though. the one i saw on tv looked like it just vibrated the tree. they just sat the tree in a stand and the old needles fell out when the turned it on. Just another thought - i bet an old paint shaker would work!

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Bud in NC

12-12-2006 16:33:26




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 Re: Christmas Tree Shaker in reply to mark minks, 12-12-2006 08:04:29  
OK - I shoulda read farther - ain't neither of you guys "right"....I've always admired that trait in a person....welcome to the family!



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