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Old 03-23-2012, 11:57 PM   #1
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A friend of mine bought this...thing, and was wondering what it was. I can't find anything else like it online, and can only guess at it's purpose from it's appearance. Anyone else know what this is?

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Old 03-24-2012, 12:01 AM   #2
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Looks like an toy earth driller
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I believe you would call that a butt auger
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Picture of the bigger end? Looks like it possible has some type of hose connection on it. Some type of watering device for trees?
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Hole digging thingamajig?
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Old 03-24-2012, 02:03 AM   #9
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I gotta wonder who would buy something that looks like that, without having a clue what it is?

edit: For the record if you decide, like I just did, to plug random search terms into google in hopes of getting an image match, just ... don't. trust me..

Ok, since I need to sleep, I have put the power of reddit into action on this one.
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Old 03-24-2012, 02:27 AM   #10
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The grey parts have what look like finger grip things, but they are positioned in a way that it looks like it's meant to be grasped with 1 hand only. The ends of the grey handles have semi-circular parts to them that look like they would fit around a hose or a cable of some sort. The shinier, lighter grey parts look like they would lock the handles down. I agree that the red part looks like it has grippy things for threading something into the end.

So basically, it's an I don't know.
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1) Keep it away from bright light,
2) Don't get any water on it,
3) Never, never ever feed it after midnight.
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A friend of mine bought this...thing, and was wondering what it was. I can't find anything else like it online, and can only guess at it's purpose from it's appearance. Anyone else know what this is?

Am I the only one wondering two things!

Why you didn't ask your friend what it's for?
And wasn't it packaged?
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Picture of the bigger end? Looks like it possible has some type of hose connection on it. Some type of watering device for trees?
Thats what I was thinking,only just for lawns. odd that the hose would screw in the top though.
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Old 03-24-2012, 08:26 AM   #15
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Am I the only one wondering two things!

Why you didn't ask your friend what it's for?
And wasn't it packaged?
I did ask him what it was for. He has no idea, either. He got it at a junk store exactly 'as is' (you can see the price tag on the red bit) with no other markings. He got it because it "looked neat" and was only a couple of bucks.
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:11 AM   #16
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:13 AM   #17
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Picture of the bigger end? Looks like it possible has some type of hose connection on it. Some type of watering device for trees?
A tree watering spike? That's kinda what I thought but the hose end looks a larger than a regular hose, almost the size of plastic drains (1" to 1 1/2").
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maybe a fishing rod or umbrella anchor

edit: looks like this http://www.mutualsales.com/Content/P...-36-1-1617.htm

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maybe a fishing rod or umbrella anchor
I am thinking you might be close with this

edit: And we have a winner!

Parasol/Washing Line Base Holder Secure Ground Anchor

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maybe a fishing rod or umbrella anchor

edit: looks like this http://www.mutualsales.com/Content/P...-36-1-1617.htm
I would say that's exactly the same as the OP

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