I saw this at our local county fair in the Grange building. Anyone know what it was used for?
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Yes! What a delight! This is a screw-style haymow fork, used for loading bales out of the trucks and into the barn lofts. John F. Pierce designed the screw fork in 1866.
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This is a screw style haymow fork. It was used to lift LOOSE hay from a wagon into the haymow in the upper deck of a barn. The info below is from this website:
This screw-style haymow fork is based on James T. Halls patented improvement of John F. Pierces hay elevator patented in 1866. This model is unusual in that the looped piece of steel seen beneath the devices hook attachment eye (top center) actually forms a pair of pawls that engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel to keep the screw from turning backwards. Once the hay was in position, a small line attached to the pawls and threaded over the small sheaf beneath the eye was pulled, which lifted the pawls from the ratchet and allowed gravity to unscrew the load of hay.
Nice piece of the farming past. Although, some Amish farmers still use these pieces today. Thanks for sharing.
This is a Vintage Screw Style Hay Mow Fork 34" long, 12" Top Wide. ARCH 6 Cast Iron
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