My Barn Yard

[sjerden]

Then there's my Gundlach shovel, or hoe drill. Its about as rare as the Dane corn cutter. Got this last October from a farmer in Confidence IL, about 10 miles from me. That's him spraying for wasps after he got it out of the rafters in his barn using his backhoe.

It was his grandfather's drill. Its a walk-behind operation. You would have to manually lift and latch the shovels at each turn, then lower them by hand on the next row.

 

[idaho2]

sjerden,

Is the corn binder a McCormick Deering. Does it have the side seat. I used one of those a couple of years when I was a preteen until dad got a two row JD. Do you have more pics of that corn binder. Sure does bring back memories that I had forgotten. Thank You

Warren

 

[sjerden]

I have two of them. Both are IHC. I think International Harvester Corporation and McCormick used to be the same company back then. One has the side seat with the foot rest. Here's a picture of my second one. Its missing the lower pick-up chains. Both have had the tounge cut off, adapted for a tractor.

 

[idaho2]

sjerden,

Thanks. When I rode the seat I was memerized by the gears when tying the the bundle. Keep posting any new finds. Out here in PNW I have yet to see one in the open.

Again thanks for the pic.

idaho2

 

[sjerden]

My Case Power Binder in front of the barn. Here its on its two wheel cart for pulling down the road.

 

[tcreeley]

I found this piece of hardware in the dirt when I was lowering/leveling my old driveway. I assume there was wood attached at one time. Old iron rusts and stops rusting. The threaded portion could have been hand forged from half round stock, welded and threaded. The collar piece almost looks cast. Does anybody have a clue what this could have come from? There is no wear on the iron that I see. It looks light duty, but utilitarian.

 

[sjerden]

I found this piece of hardware in the dirt when I was lowering/leveling my old driveway. I assume there was wood attached at one time. Old iron rusts and stops rusting. The threaded portion could have been hand forged from half round stock, welded and threaded. The collar piece almost looks cast. Does anybody have a clue what this could have come from? There is no wear on the iron that I see. It looks light duty, but utilitarian.

Looks like some kind of handle with a loop to hang it with. Since it has a nut on the other end, it must have been a short piece of wood. I'd say it was something like a whisk broom.

 

[Western]

Neat post. Love that old stuff. I'm glad you are taking care of it. Too often it gets ruined or junked for scrap up here. And the old barns that nobody takes care of any more, makes me sad...

X's 2 Sad how much of that stuff has no meaning to allot of our population, some nice barns have been destroyed for little to no reason, some for decorative wood and some be cause they don't match the $250,000 house.

 

[hizoot]

Is there anywhere to go on the web..to see how this old machinery functions? I just cant wrap my mind around how some of this works.

 

[sjerden]

Sure, on YouTube: A shock is a tied bundle of corn stalks or wheat stalks. also known as a sheave, as in: "Bringing in the Sheaves"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubG4YVzyzOE&feature=youtube_gdata

‪CRI News Package: Shocking Oats.‬‏ - YouTube

‪Birchmeier Corn Binder Days‬‏ - YouTube