Cone collection

peder-d

peder-d

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Aarhus, Denmark
I am about to bid on some cone collection jobs, so anybody out there with some experience in that area, who would like to share some tips and tricks?
What kind of tools do you use? Access setup and so on...
 
It's been done by snipping the tops from a helicopter and dropping them to a crew. They've been shot off by a rifle. There is gypsy crews in eastern europe. What type of job is it?
 
I'd try doing it this way...

http://www.innovativequip.com/autocone130/

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I did a lot of cone/seed collection back when was in high school. We managed a couple white spruce seed orchards for a local paper mill and would do control pollination in the spring and cone collection in the summer. In terms of access we used a tow behind lift and placed tarps under the tree to catch the cones. One tool that was invaluable for getting cone off the tree was a hand rake/comb. It was shaped similar to a ping-pong paddle but made out of 3/4" plywood, the handle was about a foot long and the head 5-6" diameter round. Around the edge of the head opposite the handle we would drive 3-4" nails through space close enough together that the cone wouldn't fit thru it but the branches would. we would just rake the cones off. i don't know if your cones are similar and this would work.

This isn't cone collection but for red maple seed we used a shop-vac and sucked the seed off the tree just as it was getting ripe.

If you want me to draw a picture of the rake i can try but my art is as bad as my handwriting, which was similar to ancient hieroglyphs.
 
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Those road cones are being picked in their peak of viability. They should grow into a nice stand of road signs.

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Or driving targets for ConeHeads.
 
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It's been done by snipping the tops from a helicopter and dropping them to a crew. They've been shot off by a rifle. There is gypsy crews in eastern europe. What type of job is it?

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Cone picking is done a lot in western Europe to replant forests that have been clearcut.

Shooting off cones with a rifle is not how it should be done because the best cones grow at the top of the trees and normaly very hard to hit the target in a tight forrest, also not good for the tree. Cones that grow on the lateral branch will not have seeds that grow as tall and straight as seeds from the tree tops.

A book called "The Golden Spruce" speaks about this..

Here's a tool i think i will use when i head back for some picking, it will give you the extra reach to get the best cones, maybe think about tying a small basket near the cutting head to catch them.

http://www.sherrilltree.com/Professional-Gear/Complete-Systems/Telescoping-Pruner-1404

I believe this is how Bernd Strasser got so good at climbing..
 
Thanks for your feedback.

Yes, I am looking for some nice climbing for us. :-)
Cones are collected using a lift here, as far as I can see in the manual from the national forest agency.
I am sure we can be competative compared with that.
 
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