[AT] Pitchforks - new vs. old.

[Bill Brueck]

Although I must confess to not having handled a bale for 10 years and no 
quantity of them for 40, I'd be curious what that hook looks like, Walt. 
Got a picture you'd be willing to share?

B²
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, MN, USA

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> Farmer,
> I know what you mean by  that I always try to find older tools at the 
> garage
> sales I look at some of the  junk they sell and just wonder who designed 
> them.
> I make my own hay hooks on the  forge and have given quite a few to close
> friends who just love them. Those new  things in the store are not much 
> better
> than a long thin hammer. I did notice  though that someone has taken my 
> design
> and I see them in the feed stores now. I  got my design from an old one 
> that
> was here on the farm when I bought it. Simple  thing made from a piece of 
> thin
> tapered steel with a half inch pipe for a  handle. Its the curl on the tip 
> that
> makes its pull right into a bail of hay  when you pull it forward. No 
> banging
> it into the bail or slapping it hard like  with those new fangled things.
>
> Walt Davies
> Cooper Hollow  Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460
>
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