What exactly is this JD Machine called?

[sweettractors]

This is a John Deere Model 2 serial # 8351. It looks like a type of hay tool to me. This is the first one that I have ever seen and I bought it. Does anyone know what it is called and some history on how they were used? I am stumped.--Ken Sweet

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Ken, I have no clue, are the tines driven (by gears or chains) from the wheels, which way do they rotate when the thing is pulled along behing a tractor?

 

[JazzDad]

I had to giggle, Ken. You don't know what it is, but you bought it. That is really a bad case of Tractoritis. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Nasty135]

Ok I'll bite, Maybe a major league dethatcher /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Flinggerhymer /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Peanut rake? Seems it could pull or shake something from its bush or lift something out of loose soil, I DUNNO but it is interesting to think about /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[JackIL]

Ken,

It is called a Hay Tedder. This one is quite old. Used to "fluff" cut hay in order to speed up the drying process.

JackIL

 

[sweettractors]

Bob, Here is a better picture that shows chain drive off 1 wheel. I was told by a old timer that it wa sused to "Fluff" the hay after it was cut. If this is the case? It could not be very agressive /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *New and Used Sickle Bar Mowers in Stock*

 

[sweettractors]

<font color="blue"> I had to giggle, Ken. You don't know what it is, but you bought it. </font>

You are right, I have got it bad. If I have not seen the machine in my business dealings and it looks old and authentic, I try to buy it. I have a love of older equipment and am facinated by the way implements and tractors have evolved /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *Real Nice Used Farmall C with 2 Row Cultivators $1750*

 

[sweettractors]

Thanks, Did Deere actually market it as a Hay Tedder or Hay Fluffer?--Ken Sweet

 

[kensfarm]

I have an old cultivator that mounts to the front of a tractor.. the "C" tines are set on each side of the tractor.

 

[boustany]

Looks to me like a honking big 'dethatcher'. Now, I have seen many a dethatcher, which are used, curriously enough, to dethatch, which I presume means untangle the grass after the winter.

Why, exactly, anybody would find it necessary to untangle the grass after the winter is unclear to me.

I do my best to prevent my lawn from growing, not encourage it.