To me it looks like a trenching device that then also closes in the trench. Probably drawn by a tractor, bu it appears to have at least one handle at the back.
BarneyBDB said
07:54 PM Dec 28, 2023
Ice cutter?
Whenarewethere said
09:19 PM Dec 28, 2023
A chain driven 0.001KB hard drive as per >60 year old fossils would be very familiar with in their heyday!
Bicyclecamper said
05:42 AM Dec 29, 2023
Cable layer, maybe for telstra
KJB said
08:28 AM Dec 29, 2023
Maybe a part of a "Planter" for something like potatoes, beet, peanuts etc......
Hendo said
08:54 AM Dec 29, 2023
A seed planter, my uncle had a similar that was pulled by a draught horse, planting corn.
Jaahn said
09:03 AM Dec 29, 2023
KJB wrote:
Maybe a part of a "Planter" for something like potatoes, beet, peanuts etc......
Yes probably, the farmer dropped them down a scute in the middle there somewhere. Even just for large seed. Possibly hand constructed by a handy farmer out of "selected" parts.
Farmers in the bush with little money could be very inventive to improve their productivity.
Jaahn
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woolman said
09:38 AM Dec 29, 2023
Appears to be a dog bait layer. Puts 1080 baits below the ground surface so birds don't pick them up
Neil
Aussie1 said
05:34 PM Dec 29, 2023
looks like scrap metal destined for China to come back as shiny new electric vehicles !
Gundog said
05:47 PM Dec 29, 2023
As my old man would say " its a wigwam for a gooses bridle"
peter67 said
07:46 PM Dec 29, 2023
Or an oo ja kapivee
dogbox said
08:34 PM Dec 29, 2023
Hendo wrote:
A seed planter, my uncle had a similar that was pulled by a draught horse, planting corn.
x2 cut a trench , seeds sorted by wheel on top dropped in trench two plough looking things pushed dirt back in trench to cover seed
jacks said
12:04 PM Dec 31, 2023
Thanks, some good thoughts there.
People were quite creative in the day when they had to be.
jacks said
01:33 PM Jan 2, 2024
Been doing some more research on this item.
It is a horse drawn corn planter.
Probably made in Warrick Qld, circa 1900/1910. In use back then before sheep farming took over.
The blade made the furrow and the wheels closed the furrows over.
-- Edited by jacks on Tuesday 2nd of January 2024 01:34:41 PM
Any ideas?
A chain driven 0.001KB hard drive as per >60 year old fossils would be very familiar with in their heyday!
Maybe a part of a "Planter" for something like potatoes, beet, peanuts etc......
Yes probably, the farmer dropped them down a scute in the middle there somewhere. Even just for large seed. Possibly hand constructed by a handy farmer out of "selected" parts.
Farmers in the bush with little money could be very inventive to improve their productivity.
Jaahn
.
Appears to be a dog bait layer. Puts 1080 baits below the ground surface so birds don't pick them up
Neil
As my old man would say " its a wigwam for a gooses bridle"
x2 cut a trench , seeds sorted by wheel on top dropped in trench two plough looking things pushed dirt back in trench to cover seed
People were quite creative in the day when they had to be.
Been doing some more research on this item.
It is a horse drawn corn planter.
Probably made in Warrick Qld, circa 1900/1910. In use back then before sheep farming took over.
The blade made the furrow and the wheels closed the furrows over.
-- Edited by jacks on Tuesday 2nd of January 2024 01:34:41 PM