Makeshift Rain Water Harvesting Tool With A Pitchfork And Tea Pot

When the bilge pump failed, after I was starting to feel extreme cramping in my legs from crouching to rescue rain water with a metal bowl. My first attempt to use a makeshift water harvesting pole was a crude and risky one. I chose to use paracord to tie a tea pot to the prongs of a pitch fork. This was an accident waiting to happen as the rain water catchment ponds were lined with plastic tarps. Of course I oriented the angle of the fork upward so as I dropped the tea pot in the water the sharp ends would not dig into and puncture the tarp, though it seemed that inevitably there's be a mishap.

Ironically, I suffered a debilitating injury that forced me on my back for two months so I had to stop using this tool before I resulted in a catastrophe. Months later after recovering and trying different water rescue methods, I created a much safer new design with a bamboo pole and a pail. It was this prototype that led to that innovation so I appreciate it's role in the iterative process, and even more appreciate that I didn't do any harm, while just the slightest accidental movement could have completely rendered useless a whole tarp. I suppose it's good to know that such an implement is possible to make in the absence of anything else. Though it would be a last resort.