Cold toys

[BIGNASTY]

COLD TOYS left outside

 

[NIsaacs]

I might as well try and name those cold toys



The first one is kind of hard to see with all the snow, maybe a cultivator or corn planter?



The bottom one I have spent time on, Sulky Rake.



Nick

 

[BIGNASTY]

I have no idea what they are or for what but I now have them in my shop. All I know is that they go behind a 4 legged beast of burden with a seat for ME If anyone knows please enlighten me so I can tell people that I use them for this :-laf My guess on the bottom one is for uprooting a root crop like potatos or carrots so they can be picked up. Its not fair for the top one its coverd with snow but it has some kind of hitch on the rear so as to pull different tools

 

[GHarman]

One looks like a drag harrow and the other looks like a cultivator. Our hay rake had an angled and rotating apparatus with tines that rolled the hay up into "windrows". Its been years since I've seen one. With less snow I could tell more. GregH

 

[mrtrombley]

Not sure on the top one, can't see if it has a mowing bar laying under the snow. If so, it would be a mowing machine for cutting hay.

The bottom definitely looks like a rake for putting hay into windrows. It should have a hand lever beside the seat for lifting the tines up and down.

Brings back memories, my grandfather farmed with horses until 1955!

 

[BIGNASTY]

Greg your the metal man I have them in my shop and trying to get them dry and then do something to prevent as much rust as I can (good luck) these things have been outside for who knows how long. The guy that owned them didnt even know that they were out in his field and said you want them take them ( lucky me) the wheels didnt turn and we had to hook up the boys and pull the sled over and 4 guys to pick them up and on to the sled. THEY ARE NOT MADE IN CHINA they are super heavy and my guess is because of good metal. Question what if anything should be done to stave off the rust?

 

[GHarman]

Our mower bar stuck out to the side. It wasnt between the wheels and the wheels had a more narrow footprint and provided the power to operate the cutters. There was a cutter bar with a sliding shaft that fit inside the bar guide. The cutter blades were triangular teeth that bolted to that shaft. A drive unit was gear driven off the axle. When in transport mode, it was folded up on one side.
Same time frame as what you are talking about, mrtrombly. GregH

 

[BIGNASTY]

Not sure on the top one, can't see if it has a mowing bar laying under the snow. If so, it would be a mowing machine for cutting hay.



The bottom definitely looks like a rake for putting hay into windrows. It should have a hand lever beside the seat for lifting the tines up and down.



Brings back memories, my grandfather farmed with horses until 1955!

The tines are on some kind of bar that runs the width from wheel to wheel but no handle to move it. It could be missing parts who knows I dont. Im going to town and talk to a shop that sells and buys old farm tools in the AM and see what he thinks. I would like to have it work if im going to have it.

 

[NIsaacs]

One looks like a drag harrow and the other looks like a cultivator. Our hay rake had an angled and rotating apparatus with tines that rolled the hay up into "windrows".



Ya need to go back further, the rotating riggin was sorta modern, the one in the picture is originally a horse drawn one. The one in the picture will rake mown grass till its full, then you dump it (by hand) and start a windrow continuing to add to the windrow on every pass. When you are finished with the field, you now rake in the direction of the windrow until the rake is again full, then dump it. You will have a bunch of piles, then you come along with another outfit and gather those piles into bigger ones and transport to a hay stack.



Trust me, seems like I always ended up on the stack with a pitch fork and me with hay fever There is an art to building a loose hay stack that won't ever sluff off. I was anal about it looking like a baled hay stack from a short distance. I think that is why I was always volunteered. I was also picky with baled hay and could make a stack look like a house, I miss those days. It's all mostly machines and big bales now.



Nick

 

[GHarman]

Yes, I did some of that to, but at a smaller fellers ability. I was still quite young! I dont believe I remember a dump rake. The one we used was horse drawn and ran a continuous windrow. We still had to fork the hay up into the wagon, by hand!

GregH

 

[GHarman]

BIG, I would not consider them toys! Thats hard, butt bustin' work! GregH

 

[BIGNASTY]

Both of these are definitely horse drawn (I have to put Mule drawn) they have a yoke bar for the mule harness to attach to it is a 2 horse hitch thats why I thought that what ever it did would be HEAVY work because 1 mule could pull these with no problem. Good hard work is something that im not afraid of pard sound sleep is something I enjoy

 

[GHarman]

Hard work is good, I just found out that I ain't a mule! Worked like one when I was younger. Now I pay the price:-laf!

You do have the collars and Hames? GregH

 

[BIGNASTY]

Hard work is good, I just found out that I ain't a mule! Worked like one when I was younger. Now I pay the price:-laf!

You do have the collars and Hames? GregH

Oh ya the boys Jacob and Earl are the only ones broke to harrnes im working with the others but for now they are the go to guys. We plow snow alot and would like to get a wagon for the summer time to mess around with.



We pull a sled with hay bales and grain to feed the FIL's BIL's beef just about everyday. I have told him to take a spin with the driving part but . He throws the hay and grain but is reluctant to drive



They are very easy to drive if they dont understand what you want they just stand there untill you make a commitment one way or the other and then off they go. Most of the time plowing snow they know what to do and I tie off the controls and drink coffee and eat my muffin and they go to the end of the drive turn and go to the other side of the drive I switch the blade angle and yell head up Jacob/Earl and away they go. I'm amazed how smart of a beast they are easily as smart as a dog.



We had to replace one of the set ups we go to a guy in ID I would like to get another but the price ain't cheap and he has a waiting list a mile long. We got lucky on this one someone backed out on it and it fit Earl so what the heck got a good deal on it.



I like the old style collars but ya got to do what ya got to do

 

[jhenderson]

Those are a horse drawn dump rake and a sickle bar mower. When I was a boy, my neighbor used to keep me out of trouble by having me ride them, while he towed them with his 1/2 ton pick up. The sickle bar is ground driven, and when it would plug, it would lock up the drive wheel, spin around sideways, and high side me before I could holler. After mowing and raking, we put the hay up loose. First into a C30 Chevy, with a homemade box, and then in a pile in the barnyard, with a frame and canvas cover. I still hate pitchforks.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Those are a horse drawn dump rake and a sickle bar mower. When I was a boy, my neighbor used to keep me out of trouble by having me ride them, while he towed them with his 1/2 ton pick up. The sickle bar is ground driven, and when it would plug, it would lock up the drive wheel, spin around sideways, and high side me before I could holler. After mowing and raking, we put the hay up loose. First into a C30 Chevy, with a homemade box, and then in a pile in the barnyard, with a frame and canvas cover. I still hate pitchforks.

My tool of disgust is a rake and flat blade shovel. With as many animals as we have im sure you can figure why the hate. Seems like I shovel more I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER than they could possibly manufacture. At times I thought that my FIL/BIL were playing games on me and bringing I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER to throw in my barn :-laf I asked them if they were but they said thats a good idea

 

[Nyoest]

Big there is an Amish harness shop a not too far from me. If you could tell a greenhorn what to ask for i could see if they have what harness you like, if not, i'm sure they could make it. These folks use nothing but drawn equip for transportation and farming. I get some boots there, a very neat shop.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Big there is an Amish harness shop a not too far from me. If you could tell a greenhorn what to ask for i could see if they have what harness you like, if not, i'm sure they could make it. These folks use nothing but drawn equip for transportation and farming. I get some boots there, a very neat shop.

Thanks for the offer and I will keep that in mind. We are good right now. But around stock things wear out at an incredible rate.