Things found in the field

[jhunt1x]

So. Anyone ever find anything of consequence while out tractorin'?

No, but I bush-hogged a guinea once.

 

[Gamemaster]

Was hogging last weekend at camp. There used to be a farm there long time ago, just
some foundation left here and there. I stopped hogging for a rest, looked back and on top of my brushhog was a piece of steel rod approx. 3/8"-1/2" diam. and 8-10' long, all twisted and bent but laying on top of the hog, nice and peaceful...just the way we like it.....Boy that would have ugly to get caught-up underneath

 

[IslandTractor]

While bush hogging a field from an old abandoned island farm, I bumped into a large metal object with my grapple. Picked it up and discovered it was a gas station pump. Did a little investigating and found out that the old farm had a pump which used to serve the island until about WWII. The area of the field I found it in is actually loaded with old car parts, farm equipment and other large metal junk.

There is also a surviving piece of farm equipment. Check out the photo of the "tractor" used on the farm. I especially love the FEL which if you look closely is just a hydraulic cylinder and an old tire that can be lashed to whatever you want to pick up. I also love the ballast which is literally bolted to the frame. I kinda doubt you'd find this model in any catalog. Pretty ingenious though for island farmers to have cobbled it together.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

It is green. Must be an old John Deere that they won't admit today to having ever built it!

Actually, it is green with red wheels making it a Fendt

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Ran across some bones while brushogging...thought they were Jimmy Hoffa's; turned out to be Jim Morrison's.

Were they still in the bathtub?

 

[MicroPilot]

While looking for a lost mower blade (see thread Todays Seat Time ) found another horse shoe.

 

[podagrower]

There is also a surviving piece of farm equipment. Check out the photo of the "tractor" used on the farm. I especially love the FEL which if you look closely is just a hydraulic cylinder and an old tire that can be lashed to whatever you want to pick up. I also love the ballast which is literally bolted to the frame. I kinda doubt you'd find this model in any catalog. Pretty ingenious though for island farmers to have cobbled it together.[/QUOTE]

Okay, I'm sure it's just the redneck in me, but...Anybody else notice the rear spring setup on this old machine. I've heard of quarter-elliptacle springs (which is half of a leaf spring making good travel, but not as robust), but these are something I've never seen before. Anybody ever see a setup like it??

 

[IslandTractor]

Okay, I'm sure it's just the redneck in me, but...Anybody else notice the rear spring setup on this old machine. I've heard of quarter-elliptacle springs (which is half of a leaf spring making good travel, but not as robust), but these are something I've never seen before. Anybody ever see a setup like it??

Here are a few more photos with a view of the springs. I don't have one of the rear springs directly.

 

[LBrown59]

Actually, it is green with red wheels making it a Fendt

Looks like a Ford to me!

 

[LBrown59]

Check out the photo of the "tractor" used on the farm.

Does this thing run/work?
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...9748083-things-found-field-img_5917_small.jpg
Is the building in the pictures abandoned too?
It looks pretty good for that if it is.