Rustfree litter picker?

[Guest 59]

The lovely chap in my local tool place pointed out that his litter pickers are both quite pricey and likely to rust in places (specifically the pins) if used in a canal...

 

So, looking for an alternative. What do people think of these giant aluminium tongs ? Or perhaps there are plastic/other water-friendly material other options?

 

Purpose is fishing horrid stuff out of canal for proper disposal. Have boat hook already but looking for something for smaller/less hook-able items. Also have fishing magnet, although am somewhat cautious about what I might find... the most likely item, I suspect, being the side of my boat!

Edited February 15 by TheMenagerieAfloat

[frahkn 253]

2 hours ago, Guest said:

The lovely chap in my local tool place pointed out that his litter pickers are both quite pricey and likely to rust in places (specifically the pins) if used in a canal...

 

So, looking for an alternative. What do people think of these giant aluminium tongs ? Or perhaps there are plastic/other water-friendly material other options?

 

Purpose is fishing horrid stuff out of canal for proper disposal. Have boat hook already but looking for something for smaller/less hook-able items. Also have fishing magnet, although am somewhat cautious about what I might find... the most likely item, I suspect, being the side of my boat!

Don't underestimate boat hooks, the guy moored opposite me borrowed ours and fished four solar panels out of the canal between my boat and his own!

[magnetman 351]

I modified a gully grab by cutting teeth into the sides of the bowl so water drains out. 

 

Excellent device for picking up nasties but quite expensive. I found mine in the cut someone must have dropped it and not had a magnet. 

 

These items :

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DRAIN-GULLEY-SILT-GRAB-SCOOP-3-with-1-5-mtr-Handle-GULLY-/153816219050

 

 

[jonesthenuke 59]

Tongs look good but we use a cheap litter picker. They are £5.99 on eBay; at that price I am not too worried about how long they last (nor if I lose them somewhere). 

 

I use them when passing through the Birmingham locks, its easy to fill a sack.

[The Dreamer 80]

9 minutes ago, jonesthenuke said:

I use them when passing through the Birmingham locks, its easy to fill a sack skip.

Altered that for you! 😄

[Mike the Boilerman 6454]

Swerving sharply off-topic, what's happened to TheMenagerieAfloat? 

 

The OP was edited by Menagerie but the thread appears to be by "Guest". Has she had her profile cancelled/deleted? This seems to be the case on attempting to visit her profile.

 

What happened?!!

 

 

 

 

 

[mrsmelly 7273]

2 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

Swerving sharply off-topic, what's happened to TheMenagerieAfloat? 

 

The OP was edited by Menagerie but the thread appears to be by "Guest". Has she had her profile cancelled/deleted? This seems to be the case on attempting to visit her profile.

 

What happened?!!

 

 

 

 

 

I think they had a run in with a couple of posters? I may be wrong which if correct would be a shame. I may well be wrong though, I have been married twice lol. Not everybody is as thick skinned as you and I. 

[Mike the Boilerman 6454]

2 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

I think they had a run in with a couple of posters? I may be wrong which if correct would be a shame. I may well be wrong though, I have been married twice lol. Not everybody is as thick skinned as you and I. 

 

Oh right, another new(ish) poster driven away by boorish behaviour from the old hands, eh?

 

 

[Jen-in-Wellies 1159]

Back on topic. Another option is a fisherman's landing net. A friend bought me one when I first moved on board to retrieve the cat when it fell in. It is very good for that, but also works for floating rubbish too.

 

Jen

[frangar 877]

1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Oh right, another new(ish) poster driven away by boorish behaviour from the old hands, eh?

 

 

I’m not sure you can take the moral high ground!! 

[WotEver 2932]

8 minutes ago, frangar said:

I’m not sure you can take the moral high ground!! 

Besides, said poster is currently active according to the forum software. 

[Mike the Boilerman 6454]

9 minutes ago, frangar said:

I’m not sure you can take the moral high ground!! 

 

I can try!!

 

 

[restlessnomad 285]

12 hours ago, Guest said:

The lovely chap in my local tool place pointed out that his litter pickers are both quite pricey and likely to rust in places (specifically the pins) if used in a canal...

 

So, looking for an alternative. What do people think of these giant aluminium tongs ? Or perhaps there are plastic/other water-friendly material other options?

 

Purpose is fishing horrid stuff out of canal for proper disposal. Have boat hook already but looking for something for smaller/less hook-able items. Also have fishing magnet, although am somewhat cautious about what I might find... the most likely item, I suspect, being the side of my boat!

will a grappling anchor work?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Military-Heavy-Grappling-Anchor-Bushcraft/dp/B006DA8AFI/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=grappling+anchor&qid=1581852370&s=sports&sr=1-3

[Alan de Enfield 5851]

You could always try the tool that has been used on the canals for a couple of centuries - a KEB

You could get one made up with whatever spacing you wanted on the tines.

 

 

 

Or maybe something like this :

 

 

 

[Slim 269]

6 hours ago, jonesthenuke said:

Tongs look good but we use a cheap litter picker. They are £5.99 on eBay; at that price I am not too worried about how long they last (nor if I lose them somewhere). 

 

I use them when passing through the Birmingham locks, its easy to fill a sack.

I bought 4 on Ebay for  12 pounds, (lost the pound key on laptop). At 3 pounds a pop I don't care if they go rusty or break. In fact I'm still on my first one after using it to recover dropped tools etc during a fairly lengthy engine/gearbox repair. Most of the time it sits out in the rain in the cockpit. At one point I was using it to 9 inch lengths of 4 x 2 out of the engine bilge.

[Slim 269]

2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

You could always try the tool that has been used on the canals for a couple of centuries - a KEB

You could get one made up with whatever spacing you wanted on the tines.

 

 

 

Or maybe something like this :

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm intrigued, an 11 foot handle and a body reach of say 6 feet equals 50 feet+ 

 

Edited. Just read the 43 feet of floating rope bit

Edited February 16 by Slim

[David Mack 1180]

30 minutes ago, Slim said:

 

 

 

I'm intrigued, an 11 foot handle and a body reach of say 6 feet equals 50 feet+ 

 

Edited. Just read the 43 feet of floating rope bit

 

So you have to throw the thing 43 feet? Unlikely I would have thought.

[Slim 269]

2 hours ago, David Mack said:

 

So you have to throw the thing 43 feet? Unlikely I would have thought.

Must confess I thought it unlikely too. 

[WotEver 2932]

6 hours ago, David Mack said:

 

So you have to throw the thing 43 feet? Unlikely I would have thought.

Nahhh... you wade out 43 ft, drop the thing, wade back, drag it to shore, realise you missed the garbage you were after, wade out 43 ft...

[Mike the Boilerman 6454]

45 minutes ago, WotEver said:

Nahhh... you wade out 43 ft

OR.... use a boat!

 

[bizzard 2226]

10 hours ago, restlessnomad said:

will a grappling anchor work?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Military-Heavy-Grappling-Anchor-Bushcraft/dp/B006DA8AFI/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=grappling+anchor&qid=1581852370&s=sports&sr=1-3

Very good for hooking out trolley's and bikes, as are the small folding dinghy anchors and easier to stow.

[WotEver 2932]

10 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

OR.... use a boat!

That’s the one!

[restlessnomad 285]

20 hours ago, bizzard said:

Very good for hooking out trolley's and bikes, as are the small folding dinghy anchors and easier to stow.

yeah, I saw two positive review comments from magnet fishermen...