[AT] Question on a hay Rake

[Rupert]

	My opinion on why it has a drivers seat is the rake was originally 
built for pulling with horses. The pole and double tree have been 
replaced with a hitch to pull it with a tractor.
	I have no idea on the make or model.
Rupert

On 4/4/2010 6:11 PM, Larry Goss wrote:
> I'm not an authority on that, Bill, but I recognize it from the 50's.
> There are things about that rake that I have never fully understood.
> It's designed for being towed by a tractor, so why does it have a
> driver's seat on it?  I remember seeing it advertised in Successful
> Farming.  It was red with yellow lettering painted on the steel, and
> it was a brand like Massey-Ferguson.  That's what I remember, but it
> could be all wrong.
>
> Larry
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill
> Thompson<billt at agiftofmaine.com> Date: Sunday, April 4, 2010 18:33
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>> I found an old hay rake out in a field.  Nobody seems to know
>> anything about it.  I looked it all over and I can't see any
>> markings on it.  It would need a little work and some "powder and
>> paint" but all in all I think it might be a nice little project for
>> me.  Anybody got an idea on what make it is and what its worth?
>> The link is below.
>>
>>
>> http://www.agiftofmaine.com/bills_old_hay_rake.htm
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Bill Thompson Sherman Mills, Maine
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