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  • From: sjc <indexer AT fairpoint.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] Hayloaders was Re: Buying a Scythe
  • Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:19:14 -0400

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




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