[AT] Question on a hay Rake

[charliehill]

Regardless if it is pulled by mules, horses or tractors.  Someone has to 
pull the levers to control the rake and they can't be reached from most 
tractor seats.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Question on a hay Rake


> Indiana Robinson wrote:
>> The seat looks completely out of place for three reasons. One is that
>> it is obviously a late 1940's - early 1050's vintage rake and horses
>> were gone from here by then. Two, is the nosebleed height of the seat
>> which borders on silly and three, is that NONE of the controls are
>> where they can be operated from the seat. That seat spring looks more
>> like one off of a sickle mower. The rake looks more like a farmer
>> conversion from tractor rake to horse rake than a horse rake converted
>> to tractor use. It may also have just been added for a passenger
>> (dangerous).
>> A few things about it look like Co-op, a few like New Idea and a few
>> like David Bradley. Gene must be right. It must be IHC. :-) Everybody
>> copied IHC.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> The seat is in the stowed position. The original tongue would have
> dropped down then the seat flipped up/back into position. Then the
> person driving the horses sits between the control handles.
>
> This how it would look
> http://rjoauction.com/sitebuilderImages/hd%20jd%20hay%20rake.jpg
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