Its a hay fork, suspended from a track in a barn roof, it was dropped into a load of loose hay on a wagon, then as it was lifted by a rope usually pulled by a horse, it was raised up with the load, then when it got up to height, it was run across on the track, then the load was tripped over the mow releasing the load of hay.
A real labour saver back in the day, instead of having to fork the load off the wagon and throw it up into the mow.
Yeah that one was too easy for ya. I was told it was a ice carrier. I was also told it was a hay fork. Since where I got it from was a ice house years ago I think it was a hay fork used in a nice house. Any of the ice tongs I've seen were shorter but looked the same. I should have put something in for scale but it seems you guys got it anyways...damn. Thought it stump you at bit.. On my trip west I'm going to stock up on junk for posts...
-- Edited by JohnnyBgood on Sunday 20th of April 2014 12:40:00 PM
Its a hay fork, suspended from a track in a barn roof, it was dropped into a load of loose hay on a wagon, then as it was lifted by a rope usually pulled by a horse, it was raised up with the load, then when it got up to height, it was run across on the track, then the load was tripped over the mow releasing the load of hay. A real labour saver back in the day, instead of having to fork the load off the wagon and throw it up into the mow.
X2 --they also used straps under the hay load, semi-net thing, and pulled it up and tripped one side of it over the mow on some farms.
Its a hay fork, suspended from a track in a barn roof, it was dropped into a load of loose hay on a wagon, then as it was lifted by a rope usually pulled by a horse, it was raised up with the load, then when it got up to height, it was run across on the track, then the load was tripped over the mow releasing the load of hay. A real labour saver back in the day, instead of having to fork the load off the wagon and throw it up into the mow.
X2 --they also used straps under the hay load, semi-net thing, and pulled it up and tripped one side of it over the mow on some farms.
Positive,have one in my shed from Dad's farm.
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Not much "Itchy" anymore, haying has become a one man operation, with farmers driving around baling in air conditioned cabs, the bales are now all handled mostly by machine hydraulics. The only guys producing small squares now, (which do require some handling,) are guys selling sm. squares for the horse feed market.
