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Nice Pics That looks about like a South Arkansas bottom there. Also looks like you would need a snorkel to find sheds in that area
Now let me show my ignorance, What is the contraption in the 3rd pic. Kind of neat looking. Thanks for sharing
GHog
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Contraption in the third pick was the rotted remains of an old wooden manure spreader. It looks like it might have had a set of homemade tracks--like tank tracks- instead of wheels. Normally, they have two wheels back there.
If it had a set of small front wheels, it was used with horses. If not, it was pulled behind a tractor.
You use a pitch fork and manpower to fill it, then drag it down the field with the horses, or an old tractor.
"Builds character, son. You do this while I go to the courthouse to take care of the taxes!"
Took me 14 years to figure out we hauled manure during tax time so the old man had an excuse.
Theres a set of bars on chains in the flat bottom of the box of the manure spreader, The bars and chains are called an apron chain.
Once full, you drag it to the field. In the field where you want to spread the shi... er, manure, you move a lever that engages the two rear wheels to the chain drive cog.
As you pull it forward, the wheels drive the chain that both moves the apron chain very slowly towards the rear, and starts spinning those beater bars you see at the rear, above and at the back of the box. They spin really fast.
As the apron chain moves the pile of manure slowly into the beater bars, they whack the clods and the y fly in all directions. Including more than a few that will hit you in the back of the head as you drive along. The manure kind of sprays out in all directions.
As a new manure spreader operator, you quickly learn to spread it while driving into the wind. Experience talkin!
If it had a set of small front wheels, it was used with horses. If not, it was pulled behind a tractor.
You use a pitch fork and manpower to fill it, then drag it down the field with the horses, or an old tractor.
"Builds character, son. You do this while I go to the courthouse to take care of the taxes!"
Took me 14 years to figure out we hauled manure during tax time so the old man had an excuse.
Theres a set of bars on chains in the flat bottom of the box of the manure spreader, The bars and chains are called an apron chain.
Once full, you drag it to the field. In the field where you want to spread the shi... er, manure, you move a lever that engages the two rear wheels to the chain drive cog.
As you pull it forward, the wheels drive the chain that both moves the apron chain very slowly towards the rear, and starts spinning those beater bars you see at the rear, above and at the back of the box. They spin really fast.
As the apron chain moves the pile of manure slowly into the beater bars, they whack the clods and the y fly in all directions. Including more than a few that will hit you in the back of the head as you drive along. The manure kind of sprays out in all directions.
As a new manure spreader operator, you quickly learn to spread it while driving into the wind. Experience talkin!
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I forgot I made this thread lol yes it is a manure spreader, we still don't know how it got back there, anyway here's some more photos
the pic above is one of about 4 or 5 old dumps located on my uncles
the water looks deep here, but it's really no deeper than a foot, this hole will be dry in the summer, and will stay like that until the early fall most likely
the last 2 are from earlier in the year, but that's our clover field, I took 2 of my bucks from that field
the pic above is one of about 4 or 5 old dumps located on my uncles
the water looks deep here, but it's really no deeper than a foot, this hole will be dry in the summer, and will stay like that until the early fall most likely
the last 2 are from earlier in the year, but that's our clover field, I took 2 of my bucks from that field
