Abstract: In a rotary mixer having a floating ground guard mounted for vertical movement relative to the frame and relative to the rotor, an actuator configured to provide movement in at least a vertical plane relative to the frame, and a ground guard dislodging tool coupled to the floating ground guard. The ground guard dislodging tool and the actuator are disposed such that the actuator engages and exerts a force on the ground guard dislodging tool to move the floating ground guard in a downward direction relative to the frame.

Abstract: A preassembled tree simulation has decor strands (1) with top-simulation ends (2) attached to a roll-on member (9, 10, 11) onto which the decor strands are rolled for storage and from which the decor strands are unrolled to be suspended downwardly and outwardly from a raised attachment to an arrayer (12, 13, 14, 15, 16). Downward and outward suspension of the decor strands can be slanted, spiraled, curved or articulated selectively. The roll-on member can be a center rod, a telescopic rod, a positional rod, a tote handle or other convenient item. The arrayer can be a circular ring, a polygonal ring, a plurality of anchors, a single anchor, a resilient anchor rod, a segmental circular ring, a segmental polygonal ring, a segmental resilient rod or other convenient arrayer.