So, i didn’t find any buyers for the old farm machinery i found on one of my farms last fall, so i put it on display! Crazy, i know, but it’s either that, or they go to scrap iron for 4 cents a pound.
The two smaller pieces were fairly simple to wrangle into place, but the riding one bottom plough required the use of tractor and front end loader to lift into place. Son, Dallas, took care of that. He also was the muscle behind getting the shaft on the big wheel rotated so that it would set level. I applied liberal amounts of rust buster stuff as well as loosened the rust around the opening with maul and punch. Thankfully, the set screw came loose easily. Using an old wagon jack, i lifted the low side up, then we started with the big pipe wrench, then as the shaft moved closer into place, i switched to a smaller wrench and a cheater bar. Like i said, Dallas put all the grunt into the actual move.
There is one more piece i plan to move into my antique garden – maybe i’ll have time next week.
Life on the Farm!
tauna
From the time he revolutionized the plow in
1837, John Deere continually looked for ways
to improve equipment to make life easier for
farmers. While steam engine tractors began
to appear in the 1880s, when Deere died in
1886, the world was still using the walking
plow as its main means of turning the soil.” The Plowshare
Antique cultivator
I LOVE old farm implements, etc… glad you saved. Beautiful display in regal rusty patina!!
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thank you for the encouragement. Many others also appreciated my efforts, so now it doesn’t seem so silly to salvage them from the ditch and display them in a ‘garden.’ ‘regal rusty patina’ well said. i like that. That would have made a better title to my blog entry!
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Beautifully done – thanks so much for sharing! I, too, love old farm machinery. It makes me think of the wonderful, hard-working people who built our nation. I consider your lovely presentation as a tribute to them. Thanks!
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just added a seated grinding wheel last night.
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That’s some beautiful old farm equipment right there. Rust and all.
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thanks! it was a lot of work to get that sulky plough set right, but i think it was worth it now.
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