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Please can you tell me what this is, what is was pulled with, the approximate year, what it was used for? Thank you so much.
This is a set of disks. They were pulled by a tractor or work animal, such as horse, mule, or ox. After the initial plowing that ripped a furrow into the ground, these disks were dragged over the plowed area to break up the big clods of soil. Most times, a set of drags were then dragged over the area to further break up the soil and ready the ground for planting. The drags were a set of half-round tines side-by-side, with a lever/handle that could change the depth they went into the soil. Disks are still in use today for readying the land for planting crops. They've been around for a very long time. Hope that answers your question.
I believe this is a vintage Disc Plough (smooth round discs) and was used to break up hard soil and was usually followed by similar type of equipment called Disc Harrow that had notched disc blades.
Quotes from farm equipment sites:
"The Usage Difference: Disc plough is used to till the uncultivated land and disc harrow is used to till the disc plow turned land. If the ground has been turned with a dis plow, the disc harrow can be used."
"In a nutshell; disc plough is used to create wider ridges on the field than a disc Harrow. A disc plough can have up to 6 discs on it at one time, whereas a disc Harrow can have up to 54.
I believe your pictures show disc plough that could have been used with farm animals or a tractor.
Here are some pictures of similar equipment:
they are calling this a 'disc harrow' in error as it is a disc plough but very good pictures.
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This picture is like your pictured equipment but it is a disc harrow and your pics show a disc plough.
www.mclemoreauction.com/
Dates and brand names are difficult to find as these were in use for many years and many are still used on small farms.
You might try asking your question on one of these sites as questions are usually answered by knowledgeable collectors or farm people.
www.yesterdaystractors.com/
www.tractorbynet.com/
Please help me identify this! How old is it and what was this used for? I found it completely buried in my backyard while digging a pond last year. It has (pitch) forks on the back and I believe we have the seat, if it should be attached to a heavy duty metal shaft and hitch point. There are fields attached to my property so I'm sure it was used here! I would love to know more.
This appears to be a type of cultivator that would have been pulled by tractor or draught animal. You can see the chain-drive mechanism attached to the wheel shaft, so as the cultivator was pulled, the wheels moved the chain-drive for the cultivating tines...your "pitchforks", that would dig into the soil and loosen and break up the clods of dirt for planting.
I'm an unemployed, special education teacher and have this in my possession and would like to know if I am correct and believing it to be a hay trolley? I would also like to know the value of it.
Yes, that is what you have there. I looked on Ebay for Louden Hay Trolley Junior. There are several listings for this model, and their asking prices are from $39 to over $300 for the listings I looked at. Hay trolleys hung on overhead rails from the small wheels, with the larger pulley wheel down, and a cable would hang bales or bundles of hay below for transport using a whole system of cables through the barn that were pulled by horses or a tractor.
Thanks for sharing a bit of old farm equipment !!!
There appears to be 2 models - junior & senior models.
I believe yours is the junior model and both models seem to be plentiful but of course, there will also be different models of each based on age.
You might look at eBay listings and see if you can find your exact model (based on the numbers/names shown on your trolley).
You can place a watch on any listing if you'd like to see if it sells.
www.ebay.com/
eBay has a link to their sold listings so check out what people are paying:
www.ebay.com/
It looks like several have sold for about $60.
You might want to think about listing it for sale on sites like Craigslist, USA4Sale or Facebook Marketplace.
You can start your price higher - $75-100 and best offer considered. According to how heavy this is you might want to think about listing it a pick up only.
You can always lower the price if no one makes an offer.
William Louden was born in 1841 and at the age of 23 was very sick and could not work in the fields so instead he created different types of machinery to help work on the farm and make it easier to do the work. He uses to sit and watch people move hay by hand from the wagon to the barn. So he invented a tool he first called a hay carrier. This would move the hay from the wagon to the barn using a system of ropes, pullies, and a trolly. He invented a large number of these and installed them in barns around Lauderdale. Many of the farms refused to pay for these hay carrier so he went broke. Currently, you can find two different sizes of the hay carrier on eBay and they vary in prices. I would take a look to see if any of them have sold recently and checked the selling price. If not you can take an average of the asking price and start yours a bit high to see if anyone would be interested in purchasing this from you.
I found it in the machine shed. I am not sure if I should keep it, or what is does.
This is a antique reel mower with a tiller attachment. On eBay they are ranging from $25 to $95.
The front part of the machine will cut down the weeds in the garden or in the field and the back part is used for turning the ground so that you can now plant in the field. It is a weeder and scraper or earth turner. They use to use this to clean the field and turn the dirt so they can plant in the fields.
This is a hand-pushed cultivator, tiller, weeder. The front part helps dig into the soil and the tines on the back break up the soil further. Then if you flip the whole thing over, the longest blade cuts off weeds below the soil surface. Lehman's, for one, still makes this type of garden tool. You can see a modern one in use if you search on You tube for: Using a Garden Cultivator...it is by Mother Earth News.
Can anyone tell me who manufactured this plow clevis and type of plow; walk/sit behind? Any information would be much appreciated.
This appears to be horse drawn since there is a seat on the front. I'm not sure what it is or what it is used for. Perhaps harvesting?
Does anybody have an idea? I've included a recent picture as well as one from the 1950s. Thanks!
Can anyone tell me what this equipment was used for and its age? My guess is a harrow or plow.
Hello, I just bought a piece of land in this piece of equipment is on it. I don't want it and would like to get rid of it but I would like to know exactly what it is and what is the value is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What is this? It's driving us crazy. I'm guessing a thresher part?
If you take a look at this you can see the two side pieces have spikes on them for digging down and the centerpiece for digging into a hole. This is part of an older gardening tool which by the looks of this piece is not that old that is used to hand turn the soil and dig into the soil to remove roots and things like this. They use to call this a back saving gardening tool.
This looks like a old garden hand cultivator that is missing the the handle to push down in the soil , and using a twist/turning motion to loosen up the soil . This was used when tractors were not affordable.
Does anyone know what this is, it's about 2.5across? It appears to be an emblem, if so what's the brand?
Thanks!
I agree with Ana...it appears to be the outer end of a branding iron. The attachment for the handle is still on the back, but the long handle is obviously gone. Each rancher had their own branding iron "emblem", that was used to burn into the hides of cattle and horses that they owned. It was a definitive way to prove ownership of ranch animals that often grazed on open land with other rancher's animals.
I think this is way too large to be a branding iron. A lot of old farmhouses make their family emblem like this and they hung on the top of the gate when you entered the property. I worked in Texas for a few years and visited a lot of old farms and saw emblems like this posted there.
I recently volunteered at a local museum (Poquoson, VA) to research the origins of some old farm equipment that they received as donations. The equipment is in "as is" condition and may not be complete.
I've taken several photographs of what I think is a harvester (from different angles) and am unable to locate any manufacturing marks or model numbers on the unit due to its condition.
I'd be most appreciative of any assistance that I can get, in regard to identifying this particular piece of equipment:
1. Who manufactured it?
2. When was it manufactured?
3. What did it cost?
4. How was it used?
I believe this may be the easiest piece of farm equipment we've been asked to help identify.
I believe your picture is of a #594 John Deere hay rake but these were also make by other companies so I may be wrong on that; it seems the actual years of production was from 1945 - 1952 (I could not narrow it down any closer since different years were stated on each site).
I have not found anything about original cost as the only ones I found were from those years and just regular people/farmers owned them.
There is a lot of information available online but mostly just from owners asking questions.
I did like this very short YouTube video of a machine in action:
www.youtube.com/
here is an excellent article:
smallfarmersjournal.com/
As to the answers to your questions you may be able to contact the John Deere Museum and let them verify that your pictures are of this model.
www.deere.com/
www.deere.com/
Can anyone identify this farm equipment? It actually has three wheels.
This is part of a larger machine called a combine. The combine or piece you are seeing here was pulled behind the machine to harvest the field. You could harvest wheat wit this machine. They would pull this behind the harvester which had a large stack on it that would dump the harvested wheat into a truck that ran alongside the machine. The rake in the back would plow up the fields and push the grain into the harvester that would process this and shoot the grain out into the back of trucks.
Does anyone know for what this was used? It is about 30 - 40 inches long. The blade part is 17 inches long. There is a sharp edge along only one side.
We would like to know what this piece of machinery is. Could you please help us? No one seems to know what it is. Your assistance would be really helpful.
This is an very old crop harvester used to harvest oats and wheat on the farm. This is a picture of a newer one that is also "old"
I got this and no one here has ever seen one or knows for sure what its purpose was.
