Strange tractors

[Cliff_Johns]

Here's a cool Brit one.

Brit tractor

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Here's a production farmall with a implement I hadn't seen before.

hay sweep

Cliff

 

[Egon]

Used for picking up hay and putting it into a stack. They were very common untill about 40 years ago. Got displaced by balers and fellows who really liked hard work! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[nobull1]

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Used for picking up hay and putting it into a stack. They were very common untill about 40 years ago. Got displaced by balers and fellows who really liked hard work! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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I would have liked to have one 10 years ago so I could have retired my 2 prong hay fork /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Egon]

I just do not know why this impliment became outdated.

Farmers made small stacks. They used a stack mover to haul the stack to the feed lot. There they had a movable metal rack so the cattle were allowed a certain amount of hay per day. Others reloaded the stacks and used a cutting attachment to lay out rows of hay for feeding.

This was the least labour intensive way of haying and feeding that I have seen. To my mind it also produced the best hay.

The Farmhand also had a very high reach so it was used for any number of other work chores on the farm.

Diatribe is over! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MossRoad]

I like these(scroll down the page on the link) at the marvinbaumann.com website. Be sure to check out all the other neat stuff on his website, too. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

And here's the NASA version of a tractor.

NASA Tractor

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Here's a CUT with a unique look, at least to me.

Unique CUT

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

And this one, which my all time favorite strange looking tractor -- the Allis Chalmers G. Here I'm pointing you off to SoundGuy's thread where he refurbished one and did a beautiful job. Interesting read about a very interesting looking tractor. Lots of pictures too!

Allis G

Cliff

 

[MossRoad]

Those are cool. Soundguy did a real nice job. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif There's one of those sitting behind a house a few miles from me. Been there as long as I can remember.