Humpday Head Scratcher

Alrighty then...hint #1

These were mighty useful for picking hops up high!

Re: Alrighty then...hint #1

Does this have something to do with my favorite beverage(s) (other than coffee)?

Nope

It's about getting a "high" but not via beer. More of a literal high.

Tom

Hmm, something...

That has rungs

Re: Hmm, something...

Heading in the right direction now but not something that conventional. ;-)

T.

Time to guess

I'm curious, are we talking modern day Hop Picking or hand picking from an earlier day? My experience in the Hop yards didn't involve anything made of wood (at least in the actual fields). The guys that worked high(top cutters), worked off of a tractor mounted platform. Funny thing is I just went to a Hop museum last month. I don't remember anything called a Hop Picker (other than the "plant" where the hop vines went to get the hops stripped of. Soooo, I'm going to guess. Hop picker a ladder with hooks at the top end to hook over the hopyard cables, so ya didn't have to have a third leg like an orchard ladder. Probably not what you are looking for, but hey I'm not that old.

glc

Re: Humpday Head Scratcher

You talking about what many kidos including myself had a wooden pair of. My dad built mine out of 1x4 straight grain pine, made me feel 1~2' taller. Made my brother's girls some with adjustable height via the "foot-pads". Of course I probably spend 2-3 days designing the things, trying to make them better, part of the fun of being a woodworker, : ' >. To be honest, I'd never get on pair of s????s the hop dudes managed to work on.

Thanks for the question

STILTS ?????

Ding, Ding, Ding!! Answer

Dale gets the golden Uni. The answer is stilts. "Hop Pickers" were especially tall stilts at that as they were generally 15 feet tall.

Well done Mr Lenz!!

Tom