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Went to the farm this morning, pulled some old junk and boards out of the woods near the house, pushed them into the barn out of site. Then opened the garage to check on Thunder and there is my ZTR sitting at a 33% lean, back tire is flat on the right side, dang it... back to the house for my hydraulic jack, then back to the shop, then no wrench in my tool box that fit the lug nuts... opened the Camaro trunk and got my trusty 4way out, removed the wheel and back into town to tire store, they find a small wire type thingy in it, patched and then back to the farm, lugnuts back on, then off to the woods where I noticed something last time I mowed, more implements in the tall grass. Got my tow rope out and yanked this contraption out of the thicket... what the yeck is this? It has knife like blades that stick down into the ground, manual control on adjusting them and its pulled by horse or tractor but what the heck is it? Any of your farm guys remember?

Next topic: I took pics inside the barn now that is nearly empty.
I need to figure a way to vent this in summer for now, maybe some wind turbines on top, a few gable end vents too, or maybe a power gable fan with the louvers that open when the fan runs. Anyone got ideas that you have used to vent a barn?
Needed to take a break, to hot in the sun out there today. Time for a cool one and some olympics maybe

[Everett#2390]

It is a horse-drawn harrow. The single hole upfront is the drawbar, reins would attach there for pulling, and the hole in the air is for bolting a seat, one of those stamped steel saddles with holes.

The ratcheting levers adjust the angle of the tines to set the depth the implement into the plowed ground. Soil needs broken up for plowing for seeds to germinate and rain water to soak in. The more you 'work' the soil, the finer the grain becomes, the better the seeds grow.

Some point in time, you should attend a Thrasher's Convention and the older implements come out. If the affair is set up, you'll see them 'harvest' wheat or oats as in the early century plus see some steam tractors and the like. Makes for quite a day of history and entertainment and damn good food.

[Ken Larsen]

Like Everett said, it is a harrow-i think they were also called a springtooth harrow. being an old farm boy i recall some of those terms. For the barn (on the farm we would have called it a machine shed or pole barn) if you install a couple of louvered fans like you stated that should draw some of the heat out. we always used them in the cow barns to draw the heat out for the animals. check with places that sell farm stuff-like fleet farm they carry em. i think minnesota has some farms right??? and don't ask how old i am since this brings back my childhood !!!

67 camaro in progress

[mb302rs]

Originally Posted by click

Next topic: I took pics inside the barn now that is nearly empty.
I need to figure a way to vent this in summer for now, maybe some wind turbines on top, a few gable end vents too, or maybe a power gable fan with the louvers that open when the fan runs. Anyone got ideas that you have used to vent a barn?
Needed to take a break, to hot in the sun out there today. Time for a cool one and some olympics .

I think both would help. The next thing I would do is pour a concrete floor. Without it condensation is going to be a killer. It would make the space more useable

[zuma]

If it was aluminum Jim, I thought it was the end of what is buried in Joe's backyard...

[HarleyD67]

Well Jim I got home too late to answer back on the harrow. I'm not old enough to have used one. "my family had tractors when I was a kid" The horses where just for ridding then. As far as the shed either roof top turbines or power gable vents as mentioned. The gable vents are easier to install after the fact and are far less likely to let snow in in the winter. Farm&Fleet or Fleet/Farm will have them. Otherwise the Home Depot in most areas in our state have them as well.

[Lost in the 60's]

A couple of wind powered turbine vents should help a lot. It appears to have an over hang already are the soffits vented ?? That will provide the make-up air. I think there is a Fleet Farm or Farm and Fleet up there. They should have the vents and an adapter to fit the corrugated roof panels.

You need to make a display of all the old equipment out by the road. Kill all the vegetation in a half acre circle and cover it with weed fabric and rock. Less grass to cut and some place to put the old iron........

[Steptoe]

The roof is of some concern...dont know building codes over there but
Here chicken mesh is laid on the rafters, the black tar paper laid, then the roof
This stops condesation, and dropping off onto whatever is stored in the shed.

Thats rather a high stud, do u realy think venting is realy needed??

[TimSS]

Hi
i would say the implement is actually a set of disc harrows with the disc asembally missing the tynes you see are the scrapers that scrape the discs to prevent them blocking up.The bearing blocks are for the main shaft that all the discs bolt to.

Tim

[onovakind67]

Like this one....

[X33D80]

Originally Posted by mb302rs

I think both would help. The next thing I would do is pour a concrete floor. Without it condensation is going to be a killer. It would make the space more useable

It may go without saying but be sure to put a sheet of plastic down before pouring the concrete. This forms a vapor barrier to keep moisture from coming up through the concrete.

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The concrete will go in when we move to the farm and remodel/add onto the house, then the barn gets concrete, the camaro shop and another single garage and the barn all get concrete aprons, then tar driveway half way out, then crushed concrete the rest of the way to the road.
If I put in a ceiling in the barn, then Id for sure poly under the sheet rock before blowing in insulation. Any venting will help in summer and winter for sure.
Step... it was 95 in the barn yesterday, outside it was 85, so its taking in and holding heat, vents will keep it closer to outside temp if nothing else. thanks guys.

The 2nd to the last implement pic (#5) there are odd shaped round steel thingys on the ground, very solid piece of steel with the roundy thingys on either side of it but again I have no clue what they are for, maybe the discs go there as Tim mentioned? That pic with the mules pulling ... I can see the sharp knife type bars hanging down near the discs... how do the discs attach if that is what I have here?
I love a mystery, maybe I will take more pics today too.

[onovakind67]

Originally Posted by click

The 2nd to the last implement pic (#5) there are odd shaped round steel thingys on the ground, very solid piece of steel with the roundy thingys on either side of it but again I have no clue what they are for, maybe the discs go there as Tim mentioned? That pic with the mules pulling ... I can see the sharp knife type bars hanging down near the discs... how do the discs attach if that is what I have here?
I love a mystery, maybe I will take more pics today too.

Those are the hubs that the discs mount on. There is an axle that the discs rotate on. The levers adjust the angularity of the disc assemblies so you can adjust the angle of attack and also keep it going straight.

[click]

There ya go, I can see Im missing discs and now I see how it all goes together. I wondered how this thing 'rode' along, its on the discs that I dont have Thanks

[Lost in the 60's]

Originally Posted by click

I wondered how this thing 'rode' along, its on the discs that I dont have

The kids needed toys, so they turned into Frisbee's.