Where to buy a sheaf?
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Topic: Where to buy a sheaf?
Posted By: RandyM
Subject: Where to buy a sheaf?
Date Posted: 6/22/10 at 5:34am
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Where can I buy a sheaf? or who makes them? Any info on how to make one myself? I'm around the Gainesville, Ga. area.
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Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 6/22/10 at 7:43am
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Randy, click on to the "Links" section (listed on top of the Home page.) You'll find sheaf makers and sources for a bunch of equipment. lf you decide you want to try your hand at making one, go to "search" at the top of this page and enter a search for "sheaf."
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Posted By: RandyM
Date Posted: 6/22/10 at 7:53am
| Thanks so much. |
Posted By: S McCracken
Date Posted: 6/22/10 at 8:45am
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I found a new way to make one if interested? ------------- North American Highlander Ohio Chair www.nahighlander.com |
Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 6/22/10 at 9:51am
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Don't tease us, tell us. TELL US!
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Posted By: West
Date Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:42am
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interested ------------- Drink to the fame of it, honor the name of it, The Tartan. |
Posted By: S McCracken
Date Posted: 6/22/10 at 1:32pm
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rubber playground mulch, sells at Home Depot and Lowes for 15.00 a bag the last one i made i put the hole bag inside 2 burlab bags and folded it up tight and stiched it up. It came out to 24lbs. about the sixe of a 45lb plate and about 4in thick. flyes and no water retention. I wanted it heavy but just need to add less to make it lighter.
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Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 6/22/10 at 8:36pm
That's a great tip! l wouldn't have figured that out!! ------------- 16lb-hammer(at)sshga.org "Try not. Do or do not. There is no 'try!'" Yoda |
S McCracken wrote:Posted By: S McCracken
Date Posted: 6/23/10 at 1:29am
 yes you would have your way smater than me.------------- North American Highlander Ohio Chair www.nahighlander.com |
Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 6/23/10 at 8:21am
No, actually l would have never figured on using rubber mulch!  And l like to think that l'm somewhat inventive. Kind'a, sort'a, more or less! What kind of feed-back do you get from others?
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Posted By: West
Date Posted: 6/23/10 at 8:32am
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Interesting. I might have to try that. Has anyone ever tried using paint tarp (the super thick fabric tarps) instead of burlap? Ive thought about using that and seeing how it holds up. ------------- Drink to the fame of it, honor the name of it, The Tartan. |
Posted By: LanceKeen
Date Posted: 7/04/10 at 5:10pm
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OK, my sheaf sucks, and I need to practice. I have searched through 10 pages using sheaf in a search and come up with: Option 1: Buy one. Nobody has really suggested that anything other than burlap bags work - and I can see issues with finding this in Australia (all hardware is a pain in the arse). Twine for stuffing (or ?artificial grass) - again may be hard to find. So, how many sacks are necessary, what to use to stitch it (twine/string), any practical suggestions? Thanks |
Posted By: LanceKeen
Date Posted: 7/06/10 at 2:53am
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Unexpectedly they actually do sell Hessian sacks in Bunnings - but no 3 tine forks! Going to check the rubber mulch in another place. So then I just need the fork. Exciting. |
Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 7/06/10 at 11:11am
l'm partial to coffee bags (find a coffee grinding place) or burlap cloth (check the web.)
Hint, here in the states, twine is used for bailing hay. You can also use hay for stuffing, you just get a bigger sheaf.
lt's best to use two bags, or two layers of burlap material.
l use nylon string. lt takes a beating! |
Posted By: SRClaymore76
Date Posted: 7/07/10 at 12:17pm
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I'm about ready to make my own rubber mulch sheaf, just have to find the time to make it ------------- Claymore in my blood...We throw heavy stuff... |
Posted By: Killer Rabbit
Date Posted: 7/07/10 at 3:19pm
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Over 8 yrs of throwing the best sheafs(sheaves?) I have used are Clevenger's. Own a 20# for three years now hundreds of throws with only slight wear and bag is still solid. Kris Davis |
Posted By: Old Dude
Date Posted: 7/07/10 at 4:15pm
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Yup, JClev makes some fine sheaves. ------------- Over Fork Over |
Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 7/07/10 at 8:24pm
Make your own. Buy a five (seven) tined manure fork and cut off the outer (two) tines. Buy whatever number of tines fork and lose those tines that you feel that you don't need. Check the web and you should find any combination of tines. ------------- 16lb-hammer(at)sshga.org "Try not. Do or do not. There is no 'try!'" Yoda |
Posted By: weaselking
Date Posted: 7/08/10 at 1:10am
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JClev (board name) also dresses forks in addition to making sheaves. If you do make your own make sure you check the regional rules. Some organizations, such as MASA only allow 3 tine forks as a minimum. Others, like the midwest, stipulate it must start as a factory fork (i.e. no forging/welding your own). ------------- We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. - Ayn Rand |
Posted By: SRClaymore76
Date Posted: 7/08/10 at 3:36am
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I also want a clevenger sheaf but right now my personal economy won't let me ------------- Claymore in my blood...We throw heavy stuff... |
Posted By: bigirish01
Date Posted: 7/09/10 at 4:59am
| I bought a 20 pound Cleavanger sheaf and it is a very good quality! i wasnt aware he dressed forks as well. |
Posted By: LanceKeen
Date Posted: 7/10/10 at 4:12pm
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Wally, thank you, that's very helpful. I had to buy several sacks so should have plenty of material to work with - and now I know to get Nylon string to stitch them (I stitch people back together so I'm sure sack cloth will be easier than that As for the forks - I will try and find a local source. There must be somewhere in Oz that sells them. Cheers. |
).Posted By: Mike Wills
Date Posted: 7/11/10 at 3:26pm
| I have encountered several sheafs over the years where people tried to use some type of poly as the inner bag to keep it from soaking up water in wet conditions. Every one seemed to grab the fork when you put a lot of power to it. I'm curious if the rubber mulch would do the same thing. |
Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 7/11/10 at 6:37pm
How could there not be places? Pitch forks are used for many purposes besides than just tossing hay! You might have to buy a multi-tined fork and just remove those tines that you don't need. ------------- 16lb-hammer(at)sshga.org "Try not. Do or do not. There is no 'try!'" Yoda |
Posted By: weaselking
Date Posted: 7/12/10 at 1:24am
Wait... ppl use pitchforks for hay?!?!?!? ------------- We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. - Ayn Rand |
Posted By: WALLY.OLECIK
Date Posted: 7/12/10 at 8:41am
That's the word on the street! ------------- 16lb-hammer(at)sshga.org "Try not. Do or do not. There is no 'try!'" Yoda |
Posted By: Old Dude
Date Posted: 7/12/10 at 2:21pm
Had the same thought, Mike. Say I remember seeing some photographs of your sheaf standards set up in your backyard a while back...are the photos still on line somewhere? Thanks. ------------- Over Fork Over |
Posted By: Mike Wills
Date Posted: 7/13/10 at 6:37am
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http://www.heavyevents.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=802 - Sheaf setup post. The standards were up for 6 months last year and almost 4 months so far this year without having to change out any parts. The only thing that would make it better would be to find the aluminum camo poles instead of the fiberglass poles. |
Posted By: Old Dude
Date Posted: 7/13/10 at 7:03am
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That's the one! Thanks, Mike. We've been struggling with a 23' tall setup made from telescoping PVC irrigation pipe. Works okay but setting up was a real bear and we didn't use pulleys...I know, what we're we thinking? There is never enough time to do things right the first time but always enough to fix it later. ------------- Over Fork Over |