Anybody know...

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Barnyard

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...what it is? We saw it in the swap meet in Prtland Indiana. It had McCormick on the platform.

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The expanse of knowledge on this site truly amazes me at times. :worthy:

Looks more like a horse pushed header to me though. :lol: But then again, they are pulling on it, but it is out in front of them :? :? :?
Anyway, somebody had better move that colt before they get going again!
 
Scrivet":353f3t3y said:
The expanse of knowledge on this site truly amazes me at times. :worthy:

Looks more like a horse pushed header to me though. :lol: But then again, they are pulling on it, but it is out in front of them :? :? :?
Anyway, somebody had better move that colt before they get going again!
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I actually didn't know either. But it looked like something you would stand on and it was definitely very old. So did a google image search and started trying various combinations of "mccormick" followed by various implement names. I nailed it in about 5 minutes on the phrase "mccormick harvesting".

From what I read, these were largely unsuccessful as the header out in front of the horses tended to spook them and made control very difficult.

Oh, and that "colt" used to be a gelding until he got in front of the header, which made him a little shorter. Chop chop!

Jim
 
skwimjim":gs9bg98x said:
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Oh, and that "colt" used to be a gelding until he got in front of the header, which made him a little shorter. Chop chop!
Jim
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skwimjim":gs9bg98x said:
Hah, I figured the steering tiller must be thigh controlled. And there's some proof.
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I think you mean the colt is a gelding now and I'd be concerned that would happen to me if I was the driver and that wheel hit a rock sideways.

When you're driving a tricycle front tractor you never wrap your thumbs inside the steering wheel, in case you hit something with the front wheels that gives a sudden jerk to the steering wheel. Hit a rock, hole, or low stump fast and hard enough and you can remove your thumbs from your hands.

Just where are you supposed to put your boys on that "thigh steer" contraption? :shock: :shock:
 
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