New Heron Cha$er

Jeez Jan, I looked at that and thought, "wow, what a cool idea!" Then my
eyes moved over to the price. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

BEG. April fools in June, huh?

Still, seems a person should be able to Mcgyver something like that.
Hmmmm...
San Diego Joe

I'd think so, I told my hubby I could raise it up and hang windchimes, soxs
& streamers from it, wouldn't my neighbors love that.
Extremely BEG ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:37:35 -0700, San Diego Joe
wrote:

"~ janj JJsPond.us" wrote:

Just got this in an E-mail, the latest in heron scaring:
http://www.pondfiltration.com/heron.html

Think I'll stick with my motion sprinkler. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Jeez Jan, I looked at that and thought, "wow, what a cool idea!" Then my
eyes moved over to the price. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Still, seems a person should be able to Mcgyver something like that.
Hmmmm...


San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo.


I'm thinking of the swinging arm being a fiberglass tent pole, the
motor a rotisserrie motor, and the pondside mount/pole made from EMT
conduit.

Considering the light weight of the swingarm, I'd think you could
cobble up a bracket out of about a 3" length of 1" aluminum angle.

Oddly enough, I have all of those in my basement...hmmmm.

Mike


Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin

"Mike Patterson" wrote in message
...
Considering the light weight of the swingarm, I'd think you could
cobble up a bracket out of about a 3" length of 1" aluminum angle.
Oddly enough, I have all of those in my basement...hmmmm.
=========================
Would something swinging be a danger to small children? As the arm came
around it could clip them... :-(
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

George wrote:


"~ janj JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
Just got this in an E-mail, the latest in heron scaring:
http://www.pondfiltration.com/heron.html

Think I'll stick with my motion sprinkler. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

$500!!! No way!

AND $95 shipping!
--
derek

Reel McKoi wrote:


"Mike Patterson" wrote in message
...
Considering the light weight of the swingarm, I'd think you could
cobble up a bracket out of about a 3" length of 1" aluminum angle.
Oddly enough, I have all of those in my basement...hmmmm.
=========================
Would something swinging be a danger to small children? As the arm came
around it could clip them... :-(

Ponds are a danger to small children... This specifically claims it won't
hurt the heron, so it shouldn't be worse for kids. It looks like there's a
10' arm, and something dangling off the end. If the pointy bit is high
enough to ensure it doesn't poke someone in the eye, and slow enough to not
hurt, it should be OK.

I'm waiting for Mike's experimental results :-)
--
derek

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:

Just got this in an E-mail, the latest in heron scaring:
http://www.pondfiltration.com/heron.html

Think I'll stick with my motion sprinkler. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


Pricey!!

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:

If the replacement arm is $18.00 and the motor is $33.00, what is the
other $500 for?

A



So the maker can stop at all the fast food places on their way, laughing to
the bank? ;o) Even if most of us could afford such a thing, it would kind
of beat the plants to death. Whap, whap, whap...... ;-) ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


There is that, too!
W. Dale

San Diego Joe wrote:

"~ janj JJsPond.us" wrote:



Just got this in an E-mail, the latest in heron scaring:
http://www.pondfiltration.com/heron.html

Think I'll stick with my motion sprinkler. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~



Jeez Jan, I looked at that and thought, "wow, what a cool idea!" Then my
eyes moved over to the price. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Still, seems a person should be able to Mcgyver something like that.
Hmmmm...


San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo.




What I did this year, was purchase 50 lb test fishing line. Put up two
strands that look like a miniature ranch fence. Not bad looking at
all! Used the cheap wooden stakes you get from Lowes (or any store like
that) space them equidistance, install the fish line, and I have not
lost anymore fish this season (so far! :-P ) to herons.
Cost? $1.50 for the fishing line and the stakes were left over from 3
years ago when I put in the pond. :-) :-)
W. Dale

"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
...
Reel McKoi wrote:


"Mike Patterson" wrote in message
...
Considering the light weight of the swingarm, I'd think you could
cobble up a bracket out of about a 3" length of 1" aluminum angle.
Oddly enough, I have all of those in my basement...hmmmm.
=========================
Would something swinging be a danger to small children? As the arm came
around it could clip them... :-(

Ponds are a danger to small children... This specifically claims it won't
hurt the heron, so it shouldn't be worse for kids. It looks like there's a
10' arm, and something dangling off the end. If the pointy bit is high
enough to ensure it doesn't poke someone in the eye, and slow enough to
not
hurt, it should be OK.

I'm waiting for Mike's experimental results :-)
--
derek
==========================
I wish my problem was *only* herons. When we cleaned out the 800 gallon
pond last weekend we found a huge bullfrog in the schlock on the bottom. I
mean this was the mother of all bullfrogs. Although no koi were missing
only about 1/2 the Shubunkins were there. Two of my beautiful butterfly
ginrins had shredded tails. The shredded tails was the tip-off that
something got through the netting. We did find two tears near the ground.
We replaced the birdnetting around the bottom 18" with hardware cloth. Only
the smallest frogs can get through now. We also removed one real smelly
dead snake that commit hari-kari in the net where it ran through some large
Hostas.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

I have to admit that I am a customer of the Pond Filtration folk.
The fellow who owns the place is really a nice friendly person. I'm
very surprised
at the price.... (although the PH 3000 pressurized filter cost upwards
of $300
in '96 - maybe '97) Actually this 'thing' looks very flimsy... and an
eye sore on top of everything else.

I do have some good news though ... Two guys from the pond society are
coming out to redo my
pond and the first thing to go is the Pond Filtration filter. I'm very
very happy about this as I have been rinsing the bags every other day!
No wonder I'm so
exhausted ... j/k

Nedra from Missouri
Zone 6