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Interested to hear about this. Do you have any more info?

Thanks to those who reached out.

We're going to donate the pole to a local chapter.

Thanks Seth.

Birds are coming! Anyone interested?

I’m all set for this year, but I’m building 2 more poles out of some heavy duty posts I got off a pile. The other poles I built I did the typical “cut a notch” in the top of pole to drop the pulley into and bolt through. That works fine, but with these poles being round it makes putting spacers arou...

Anyone interested?

Great news!

Hi David,

I’m excited for your opportunity to present. Sorry I don’t remember any examples off hand, but I recall a university or 2 having pretty substantial papers on Martins.

Best of luck finding some info!

Greetings, Would anyone local to Wisconsin be interested in a complete Troyer Super Deluxe 12 2” pole? I bought it used along with Supergourds. I modified the Supergourds and plan to use them, but I’ve already built gourd racks and poles so the Troyer pole could go to someone else who could use it. ...

Anyone heard updates on pooper snoopers?

Hi LCM,

They have Supergourds in the PMCA store on this site.

https://www.purplemartin.org/shop/175/s ... cessories/

They are probably for sale on other sites also, haven’t looked. I try to support the PMCA whenever possible.

Thanks!

Here’s a couple pictures while I was working on them tonight.

I cut out the front of the gourd to mirror the back side of the tunnel if that makes sense. Just left a little extra material along the sides and for the tabs to sit on and screw into. Then I’ll do a couple rounds of some heavy duty white caulk to hold it in place. The SuperGourd was rounded and the...

Hi Group, I ran across a local gentleman selling a complete Troyer pole with 12 round hole Supergourds for a fair price so I grabbed it. Looked at options for putting tunnels on the Supergourds, and while Troyer had a solution it was pretty expensive to do them all. I ended up grabbing some Conley 2...

Hi Laura, Lots of different options for venting. One thing I do like about the S&K gourds vs. other brands are the cooling caps they offer. They are a little pricey, but I believe they work well and by design are as water tight as if you didn’t have the cooling cap on. If your son can 3d print, ...

The octagons are quite heavy, but I’m not concerned because of how heavy the poles are. I probably wouldn’t build something like this with a normal aluminum pole.

I ended up building a 2 level octagon. Gonna build another one also because I acquired two very heavy duty 3.5 poles which were leftovers from a construction project. Gonna go worm gear winches and everything this time around. Have to wait some time before painting the gourd racks because it’s crazy...

This isn’t the best picture of one of our gourd racks, but it gives you an idea what 22” on the pin looks like. It feels like a lot compared to something like a Gemini, but maybe not.

Hi Folks, I’m building a couple new Martin poles and gourd racks. The first ones I built the bolts to hold the gourds were 22” apart. How close have people put gourds next to each other without issue? The closer I can put the gourds together the smaller and lighter the rack can be, but I want it to ...

So exciting!

Score!!