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[sjc <indexer AT fairpoint.net>]

Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> From: "sjc" <indexer AT fairpoint.net>
>   
> > I've been thinking hay, anyway, lately, as I have been repairing webs
> > for a hay loader.  MOFGA is having a workshop soon on how to repair
> > loose-hay loaders, so my basement if full of webbing everywhere, getting
> > ready for that.
> >     
>
> Susan Jane; I'm curious about this. We bought and repaired an old loose hay 
> loader. I love working with loose hay. What's webbing?
>   
Most of the loaders around here have webbing with hooks in it; the 
webbing goes around on a diagonal slant and the hooks pick up from the 
windrow as they clear the bottom of the machine, then as they go over 
the top, drop the hay onto a following wagon, where someone forks it to 
the back of the wagon.  I'll see if I can find a picture of one.

A lot of that old gear is still in use here and MOFGA has several 
workshops every year having to do with rehabbing/repairing/using old 
farm implements/tools.

SJ