[or-roots] more Fresno

[Aileen Itzen]

I remember my dad 'operating' the fresno exactly as you described.    I 
don't recall any wheels on it, at least not the one we had.  Aileen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "Oregon List" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 8:59 PM
Subject: [or-roots] more Fresno


>I have been corrected a couple of times for calling the device that worked
> in a similar fashion to the previous description of a Fresno by that name 
> by
> my Aunt Nell; she informed me that a "Fresno" had wheels or some such, I
> really don't remember the exact distinction. I have however a bit of 
> advice
> for anyone wishing to try it, grasp the handle(s our similar tool had two
> handles) in a manner that will easily allow you to let go of it, I was
> running it while dad drove once and was grasping the handles in such a
> manner that when the front hit a root and the back flew up I was thrown 
> over
> the top of and in front of it. Not a pleasant experience.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_Scraper
>
> gives a fairly good history of the invention, but I was unable to find a
> picture to give a URL for. I probably have a picture of ours around
> somewhere, and possibly one of them being used on the road out of Safford.
> Okay, that triggered an idea and while I didn't actually get what I 
> thought
> I would get, I did find a picture of a Fresno, or what is called a Fresno
> and if the caption is correct my memory or Auntie's is defective. It has 
> no
> wheels, but IS different from the tool I worked with on our ranch, ours 
> was
> shallower, about two thirds as wide and I would say at least twice as long
> as the one shown here;
>
> http://www.jtraintours.com/articles.htm
>
> Les Chapman
>
>
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