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Sounds cool, but how do I explain the torch and pitchfork to the TSA at the airport?
Since when do you have to explain checked baggage?
I have friends with horse manure for a old timey lock jaw capable tactical pitchfork. Grandpa told my Dad pitchforks have killed more people than guns when he was a kid and left a fork laying on the ground with the tines pointed upward. Tines always should curve so they point into the dirt if you lay a fork down on the ground for any reason.
A.D.D. moment: Can you get Government subsidy for "Solar Powered" torch?
Look for full length, tight grain that is perpendicular to the line of pitchfork tines.
Makes for a much stronger fork for cleaning out deep manure in steer pens.
When I worked with stock I would have paid double for a handle made like the laminated Ruger Stocks.