What was this?

[riptides]

Slowly recovering parts of our farm, circa 1900, I came across this, buried a few years ago.

This weekend the ground finally gave it up.

I am thinking some kind of gatherer/stacker for hay?

 

[Duffster]

Slowly recovering parts of our farm, circa 1900, I came across this, buried a few years ago.

This weekend the ground finally gave it up.

I am thinking some kind of gatherer/stacker for hay?

It's a hayrake.

 

[bakerg]

I would say its a hay rake also:thumbsup:

 

[riptides]

I just cannot picture it being a rake, maybe there was something moving it into the basket area? The wire portion that look like rake tines is actually a basket. Maybe it is an accumulator?

 

[DJ54]

The part with the tines, or teeth, rotate clockwise, looking at it from the end view, inside the outside wire loops. It's driven off the right front wheel, which appears to have had a rubber tire on it, from the looks of the rim. Power on these rakes to the "basket" was usually transferred by a sprocket on the axle shaft to another sprocket attached to the center shaft of the part with the teeth, by means of a detachable link chain.

Couldn't see up close real well, but this one appears to only rake. I have one that is my back-up rake, in case my 3pt. rake goes down on haymaking day, and it will also ted, or fluff the hay.

 

[SixHoeBob]

Four bar tow type side delivery hay rake. The actual bars that held the rake tines have been removed, probably to be used as repair parts on another rake many years ago. Google "side delivery hay rake" There will probably be a
complete one shown.

 

[steve08]

Befor ya hual that old rake off to the scrapers, There might be a part or two on it somebody needs....

Might bring more then scrap...

 

[riptides]

Thanks for all the help ID'ing this thing. I learned a lot.

Interesting, I have been hauling scrap out of here for over two years. I came across the castor wheel for this, when we moved in on another part of the farm. I almost hauled it off to the dump a day before I got the hay rake out of the ground. The other castor wheel was buried, so I never made the connection.

Now they are reunited, first time probably since what 1920-1930?

Now I don't know if they are getting cut up and going to the scrap dealer together or not.

 

[flusher]

Slowly recovering parts of our farm, circa 1900, I came across this, buried a few years ago.

This weekend the ground finally gave it up.

I am thinking some kind of gatherer/stacker for hay?

Looks a lot like this JD dump rake

JOHN DEERE HAY RAKE | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[Duffster]

Looks a lot like this JD dump rake

JOHN DEERE HAY RAKE | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I don't think that is a dump rake.

This is a dump rake, I believe.

dump hay rake international | Flickr - Photo Sharing!