Friday, October 14, 2011

Pumpkin Chunker

A little compressed air, a target, and the sound of the horn will alert the Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch goers that the Great Pumpkin Chunker is ready to launch another flying pumpkin into the air! Farmer Bob is at the ready!

The next Chunker is in line and rubbing his hands anxiously to get at the control panel, adjust the aim of the target a bit more, increase pressure and the challenge has begun! Who can hit the target first? Who can hit the furthest target away? The Pumpkin Chunker has even entertained, oops, educated high school physics students who tried to calculate the trajectory of the pumpkin!

Here is the impressive control panel with all of the technical information that a Champion Chunker would need to successfully smash a pumpkin into pie on a target.

The large assortment of ammunition for the Pumpkin Chunker is already at the station. There is a highly sophisticated tool used to choose the size of pumpkin for the Chunker. It has something to do with diameter and an old feed bucket!

Another successfully launched pumpkin. Now for the most commonly asked question: Do you really use the Pumpkin Chunker to plant the Pumpkin Patch? Well, come on out to the farm and we will talk about it while we sort the seeds!