What implement is this?

Tractorrr · Oct 13, 2013

I have an old rusted out implement that my grandfather had. Not sure what it is. Looks like you could attach it to a trailer ball. It has semicircular spikes on the back. I tried moving it and the semicircular things do move but then they stop and the left wheel stops rolling as well. Not sure if it is working properly though as it is so old. Definitely would not be able to adjust some things such as pins do to the rust. Any ideas would be appreciated.

I took 2 photos one from front and one from behind

texas42 · Oct 13, 2013

I think that is what is known as a "buck rake"
I think it was used to gather stem type crops (hay, wheat, etc) in to bunches

Tractorrr · Oct 13, 2013

Ok cool, I just googled it and found one just like it, it says vintage buck rake or dump rake.

Tractorrr · Oct 13, 2013

Do you know if both wheels are supposed to keep spinning? The left wheel stops spinning when the semicircular rake get to the top or the bottom.

smstonypoint · Oct 13, 2013

texas42 said:
I think that is what is known as a "buck rake"
I think it was used to gather stem type crops (hay, wheat, etc) in to bunches

:thumbsup: AKA dump rake.

Steve

dave1949 · Oct 13, 2013

I've found 4 or 5 of those rake tines on my lot. Now I know what they came from. :laughing: Always wondered.

Ken · Oct 13, 2013

Tractorrr said:
Do you know if both wheels are supposed to keep spinning? The left wheel stops spinning when the semicircular rake get to the top or the bottom.

From age 5 or there about rode the hay rake to bunch alfalfa so parents could load onto a flat bed sled with a sling to keep contained then attached to hook that when cable was pulled into the hay mow of the barn. or onto a hay stack beside the barn.
The wheel spinning would latch onto a lever to raise the tines to dump when a pedal was stepped on in front of the seat. Some also had a lever to adjust how close to the ground the tines would sit.

No seat belt, steel seat and the horses would wipe the sweat off your face with there tails.

ken

Tractorrr · Oct 13, 2013

Thanks for replies it is definitely a dump rake. Hopefully I can figure out why the left wheel would quit spinning. Maybe you have to lock the rake in place or something.

smstonypoint · Oct 13, 2013

Ken said:
From age 5 or there about rode the hay rake to bunch alfalfa so parents could load onto a flat bed sled with a sling to keep contained then attached to hook that when cable was pulled into the hay mow of the barn. or onto a hay stack beside the barn.
The wheel spinning would latch onto a lever to raise the tines to dump when a pedal was stepped on in front of the seat. Some also had a lever to adjust how close to the ground the tines would sit.

No seat belt, steel seat and the horses would wipe the sweat off your face with there tails.

ken

I rode one as a kid, but it was being towed by Dad driving an AC G as we raked leaves in the fall.

The farmstead had numerous oaks and red maples that produced a prodigious number of leaves. Dad experimented by attaching some sheet metal to the tines of the rake in order to keep the leaves from slipping through as we attempted to rake them in to piles. I don't remember the experiment going that well -- I still had to do a lot of raking.

Steve