Swedish muck fork; Love it or Hate it?

[riderboy]

[QUOTE=Hilary;8681988]
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[/QUOTE]

Only if you cut it shorter, which actually would not be too hard to do. We have three horses at home; Slob, Major Slob and Total Slob. Their stalls are open to turnout paddocks 24/7 except in extreme weather so the rain gets the shavings. I don’t so much sift a lot of the time, as shovel. For me, this thing works great for that, picking the paddocks and sifting.

[Hermein]

I have/had a fork from Fox with an ergonomic handle. One of the barn guys thought it was bent and therefore: unbent it. :eek::mad::eek:

[js]

I use the Forever Fork from Dover, its super light weight. I really like it, the handle and weight is the best I’ve every had. I also tried the “wave”, didn’t like anything about it. Mine sits collecting dust as a backup.

http://www.doversaddlery.com/forever-fork/p/X1-27989/?ids=yi5t5kyynxkmqpjgmoybpmil

[SugarCubes]

Not to hijack, but I have awful carpal tunnel and tennis elbow from mucking stalls…they say this fork is less wear and tear on the body. Any others that are easier on you than the regular old forks?

[Jarpur]

We’ve been using the ergonomic fork linked above by Equibrit for years (on our second one). There’s a foot of difference in our heights, yet it works well for both of us, and we are pretty fast pickers.

I couldn’t stand any basket fork I ever tried, as the balance was off; the basket made the end too heavy for easy use.

I bought one of those add-on handles that slips onto the shaft to provide a hold for the forward hand (imagine a D to grip with the forward hand, instead of holding the shaft alone, sorta like on a string-trimmer), but it didn’t improve the grip enough to bother with it. Might make more sense for heavier loads on a shovel, as opposed to poop picked from pelleted bedding with a fork.

[TrueColours]

I LOVE!!! my Wave Fork!

http://www.nobleoutfitters.com/products/wave-fork

Probably the best fork Ive ever used. That Swedish one just looks … ODD! … I cant see even being interested in trying it out

[enjoytheride]

I love the basket forks but we use sawdust and it really cuts your cleaning time in half. There’s a lighter one that is usually red and a really heavy black one with fine tines which is horrible even with sawdust.

I looked at the swedish one at Rolex and thought it was heavy and very long. I looked at the WAVE as well, and way way too much money to spend on pooper scooper.

[jen-s]

I thought the Wave pitchforks were pure gimmick. Until I started farm sitting somewhere that I was doing stalls twice a day. I promptly went out and bought one for a friend as a Christmas gift from her two geldings. I’m farm sitting somewhere else this weekend and they have a regular pitchfork and one of those what vibrates. I miss the Wave. I may have to start toting my own pitchfork from farm to farm!

FWIW, I don’t think the Wave would work well with large flake shavings. But for fine or sawdust, it works great. IMHO.

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=Hermein;8682267]
I have/had a fork from Fox with an ergonomic handle. One of the barn guys thought it was bent and therefore: unbent it. :eek::mad::eek:[/QUOTE]

Oh, my! :lol:

I have to say I bought one of those and short me didn’t get along with it at all.
It has been sitting there all these years now, as a spare.

[Mukluk]

Wow is that expensive. I would only buy one if I could use it first to see if it’s all that great. And the price would need to be significantly lower. Also the stall that guy was cleaning ridiculously not realistic. Maybe 10 little poops- My horses make great big piles!!!

[enjoytheride]

[QUOTE=Hermein;8682267]
I have/had a fork from Fox with an ergonomic handle. One of the barn guys thought it was bent and therefore: unbent it. :eek::mad::eek:[/QUOTE]

I gotta admit I laughed out loud at this.

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=enjoytheride;8683474]
I gotta admit I laughed out loud at this.[/QUOTE]

Me too, but got me to eyeball mine, see if it may work for me if I unbend it.

[Scarlet_Gilia]

[QUOTE=SugarCubes;8682333]
Not to hijack, but I have awful carpal tunnel and tennis elbow from mucking stalls…they say this fork is less wear and tear on the body. Any others that are easier on you than the regular old forks?[/QUOTE]
I like the Flex’n Fork from Equi-Tee. It has good balance, it is light weight, and the tines last very well. FWIW, I gave one to a friend who has carpal tunnel; it is all she uses anymore.

[stb]

[QUOTE=Scarlet Gilia;8683508]
I like the Flex’n Fork from Equi-Tee. It has good balance, it is light weight, and the tines last very well. FWIW, I gave one to a friend who has carpal tunnel; it is all she uses anymore.[/QUOTE]

Me too.

[Simkie]

Those of you who use the Equi-tee fork–do you have the fine tine version? Do intact bedding pellets fall through the fork, or get stuck in it?

I’ve been very, very tempted, but I’ve read reports of other fine-tine forks being too fine tine to sift pellets and that’s kept me from trying it.

[riderboy]

They have motorized muck forks?? Holy Cow! Honestly, I think it’s because we have large flake shavings, tenderly blended with just the right amount of poop, urine, and the finest hay that generally, I don’t do a lot of sifting.

[enjoytheride]

Yes, I saw a motorized one at Equine Affaire one year. It was slightly ridiculous and a novelty. I’ve never seen them again!

We had a fine tine basket fork which sounded like a great idea until you realize one, it’s heavy, and two, it takes about 5 minutes of shaking to clear everything out but the poop. It does a great job but it doubles stall cleaning time. Even with sawdust and pellets, and yes, it captures the intact pellets