I picked one up at Rolex on sale and I love it. My wife does not. So far, after a month of fairly hard use, it’s holding up great. I love it’s light weight, big basket and reach. Anyone else love this thing?
[QUOTE=riderboy;8681419]
I picked one up at Rolex on sale and I love it. My wife does not. So far, after a month of fairly hard use, it’s holding up great. [/QUOTE]
It sounds like your wife should be quite happy with it 
assuming that you are the one using it!
I’m not sure I could love any $75 pitchfork… unless it cleaned stalls on its own!
Interesting design, though. I’d be willing to give it a try for about half the price.
It seems that they have designed the handle so that you can twist the fork when the basket is loaded unevenly. That works better for a more muscled operator !
Looks way too heavy and big to be practical. I think my wrists would give out trying to use it. And ya I wouldn’t pay $75 for it.
No way would I like to use that. Forks with baskets are so cumbersome…and this one looks especially so!
But, hey…I’d spend the dough if it got my husband cleaning stalls
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It seems that they have designed the handle so that you can twist the fork when the basket is loaded unevenly. That works better for a more muscled operator ![/QUOTE]
What that also does is allows you to loosen your grip. Straight handles have no way to keep it from twisting other than grip it harder. Lighter grip = less work and strain.
I cut the shaft off of my regular fork and put a put a plastic shovel handle on it. Lifesaver for my hands and arms! Before this I was vet wrapping the shaft so it would be sticky.
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What that also does is allows you to loosen your grip. Straight handles have no way to keep it from twisting other than grip it harder. Lighter grip = less work and strain.[/QUOTE]
These work the best for me; http://www.walmart.com/ip/Little-Giant-Farm-PDFERED-Red-Easy-Lift-Ergonomic-Dura-Fork/24774352
The handle centres itself and you cannot unbalance the fork like you can with a basket type fork.
[QUOTE=LibertyRun;8681526]
I cut the shaft off of my regular fork and put a put a plastic shovel handle on it. Lifesaver for my hands and arms! Before this I was vet wrapping the shaft so it would be sticky.[/QUOTE]
As I was writing that, exactly the same thing crossed my mind.
[QUOTE=riderboy;8681419]
I picked one up at Rolex on sale and I love it. My wife does not. So far, after a month of fairly hard use, it’s holding up great. I love it’s light weight, big basket and reach. Anyone else love this thing?
https://www.ilovemyhorse.biz/index.php/swedish-fork[/QUOTE]
I also got one at Rolex for $50. I have terrible wrists and I love this fork. It’s very light compared to the many other forks I have tried.
[QUOTE=LibertyRun;8681526]
I cut the shaft off of my regular fork and put a put a plastic shovel handle on it. Lifesaver for my hands and arms! Before this I was vet wrapping the shaft so it would be sticky.[/QUOTE]
I did the same thing. I customized all my forks with a D-handle. So much easier on the body.
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I did the same thing. I customized all my forks with a D-handle. So much easier on the body.[/QUOTE]
You folks are Genii. I have such sore elbows after cleaning stalls nowadays. I’m going to give that a try.
Yeah it is shorter and works more like a shovel with leverage. I used to get sore shoulders. Sifting is easier too. I actually use a really small fork too yet I am quite fast with it because it is so light.
I brought one of those Swedish forks home from the first wholesale trade show the owners attended in the US. Kind of funny putting it in the overhead bin on the plane…
The two girls who had them at the show were really fun; they had a box of shavings with faux poops of some sort (I can’t remember but maybe they were Lindt chocolate truffles?) and they demonstrated the forks all day long. Great fun ladies who completely believed in their product.
My ‘professional’ ranch hands were not impressed with the fork, but they are purists who really only like their one kind (which is in a link above from Walmart of all places.)
However, I think this is a chick fork, not a guy fork, so if their marketing points make sense, I’d sure try one. We all spend so much time using simple tools like this that is seems a grand idea to me to try ‘new and improved’ when they come along, even if most of them don’t work out.
And know that the makers of these forks in Sweden are real horse girls who truly did try to create a better mousetrap item for stable chores.
Wouldn’t it be great if horses really did poop Lindt chocolate?
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I don’t like basket forks, but I do really like the new “Wave” fork.
I’d give it a try if I were mucking stalls on a regular basis.
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I don’t like basket forks, but I do really like the new “Wave” fork.
I’d give it a try if I were mucking stalls on a regular basis.[/QUOTE]
This I love my wave fork - it’s been the best I’ve used so far.
[QUOTE=TeresaA;8681960]
This I love my wave fork - it’s been the best I’ve used so far.[/QUOTE]
If it works for you, then that is great, but Amazon reviews on those are terrible.
If someone wants to try those, read thru reviews first.
I wonder if they are great for shavings, not so good for other, why so many had problems.
We clean our large dirt pens with ours and still use the old wire ones and a few plastic ones also, but don’t clean that often, unless a horse is bad about not using the designated spot.
Our horses right now thankfully don’t go in their stalls or under the overhang, but out in designated far off spots in a corner of the pens.
We clean those spots with the tractor and bucket regularly, but not every day.
Is the shaft adjustable? If not, my guess is that if you are the right height with the right length arms it’s awesome. And if it doesn’t fit you, then you are not going to love it
