What is it?
Apr 25, 2016 00:11:41 #
Apr 25, 2016 00:31:39 #
It looks like a Plow to me.
The wheel on the front regulates the depth and the guide on the side regulates the distance between the rows. ....... Coot
The wheel on the front regulates the depth and the guide on the side regulates the distance between the rows. ....... Coot
Hal81 wrote:
What was this used for?
Apr 25, 2016 00:32:10 #
Animal drawn furrowing farm tool. The wheel in front is a fulcrum for lifting the furrow plow out of the ground for turning around and as a support and height positioning for hitching draft animals. The two horizontal wing like a pieces behind the plow are the handles the farmer used to guide the plow (note their shape in the shadows on the wall behind the plow assembly).
Apr 25, 2016 00:37:49 #
Yes it is a plow but I never saw one with all that extra stuff on the back. Thank you Lwiley.
Apr 25, 2016 01:16:51 #
Hal81 wrote:
Yes it is a plow but I never saw one with all that extra stuff on the back. Thank you Lwiley.
I'm not a farmer but the presence of those wire whiskers steered me to think it may have something to do with Potato extraction.....which it turns out I was correct in assuming ! :)
(...after a little Googling :) )
Apr 25, 2016 02:39:57 #
Lazy Old Coot wrote:
It looks like a Plow to me.
The wheel on the front regulates the depth and the guide on the side regulates the distance between the rows. ....... Coot
The wheel on the front regulates the depth and the guide on the side regulates the distance between the rows. ....... Coot
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Apr 25, 2016 09:27:51 #
Hal81 wrote:
Yes it is a plow but I never saw one with all that extra stuff on the back. Thank you Lwiley.
I think the tines on the back of the plow are like an upside down rake to break up any dirt clods that spill over the plow wings and keep the furrow from being to blocked by large dirt clods.
In my very early days I spent some time with one of my older uncles who plowed behind a two mule team. He hated having to break clods in the furrows with his feet.
Hope this sounds right.
Apr 25, 2016 09:41:23 #
Yes we are Settlers, and we plow our fertile land for food. We don't settle for less neighbor........
Apr 26, 2016 05:55:20 #
Apr 26, 2016 07:16:35 #
I wonder if it isn't a potato harvester. The forks hold the potatoes up and deposit them on the top of the ground. The dirt falls between.
Apr 26, 2016 07:33:34 #
Apr 26, 2016 07:41:08 #
Hal81 wrote:
What was this used for?
It's an early attempt at a hydrofoil. Theoretically, it should have worked, but they couldn't get the horses to run fast enough.
Apr 26, 2016 08:23:43 #
zigipha
Loc: north nj
which is the front? the wheel?
if the wheel is the front, shouldn't the tines be pointing towards the wheel (so the tines dig into the dirt)
if the wheel is the front, shouldn't the tines be pointing towards the wheel (so the tines dig into the dirt)
Apr 26, 2016 08:33:09 #
rhadams824
Loc: Arkansas
sb wrote:
I wonder if it isn't a potato harvester. The forks hold the potatoes up and deposit them on the top of the ground. The dirt falls between.
You have identified it correctly.
Apr 26, 2016 08:39:13 #
zigipha
Loc: north nj
ok i got it..the big pointy end digs up the dirt and the tines hold the taters...got it
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