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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

That's a different design than mine. My hay loader had vertical 2x4s with 
metal 'fingers' on them instead of the webbing. The 2x4s were on a shaft 
that moved them up and down...the lower fingers grabbed the hay from the 
windrow and moved it up and over the top. My ex drove the tractor; my  job 
was to fork it to the back (front, actually) of the wagon.

I enjoyed it, but I don't have a hay field or anyone to work with anymore, 
so I sold it. There is a Mennonite man around here who buys horse equipment 
for the Amish community. I was glad that it would be used.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sjc" <indexer AT fairpoint.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 12:19 PM
Subject: [Homestead] Hayloaders was Re: Buying a Scythe


> 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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