Today was the day we’ve long been working towards for months. All of the completed Vala’s Pumpkin Patch features were carefully moved out of the shop and out into the parking lot. Tomorrow, we’ll stage them in the order we require for loading onto the JD Transport truck, which will happen in exactly two weeks from today. And then we’ll get busy on new projects. Stay tuned…
Tater Twisters sign complete
The last details in the Tater Twisters sign were completed today, making it ready to be sent to Vala’s Pumpkin Patch in Nebraska with the rest of the features. Tomorrow afternoon, we’ll begin moving the completed features from the shop. Stay tuned…
3D jigsaw puzzle
Trucking fees for our features aren’t inexpensive, especially these days of high fuel prices. To maximize value for our customers, we must use every square inch of space on the truck trailers. We use step deck trailers to allow us to build the features just under ten feet tall. There is forty-one feet of available deck on the lower section and a further eleven feet on the step deck. The bottom section of the skull rock feature is just under eight feet tall. There is just enough space (as designed) for the log feature and water tower weather vane to be tucked inside. The large feature hangs over the lower deck high enough to allow the shipwreck feature to tuck underneath it about three feet. Other tall features will stack up behind it and fill the deck to the maximum without wasting an inch. It is a bit like assembling a giant 3D jigsaw puzzle. Stay tuned…
