The old farmers of yesteryear are in heaven laughing their heads off right now. Can you hear them saying ... this new generation...they should have kept the horses. Sue
Vintage Horse Drawn Hay Rake - early 1900's - was used to rake hay into piles - windrows - before picking it up and hand-pitching it onto a wagon. My Uncle used it on his farm.
I know what that is. We had one on our Ohio farm in the 1950s. My dad modified the hitch from the original horse drawn mode to a tractor hitch. We used it to windrow hay. My dad drove the tractor. My job, as a small boy, was riding on that hard metal seat and dumping the rake at the just right time to make the rows. Great childhood memories from the farm. 🤗
Our dump rake was pulled by a big percheron mare and every time it kicked up she took a big jump forward. That seat had my hand print pressed in on the left side trying not to be thrown off the back. We finally got a side rake for a tractor. Stick picking is a good idea. Who thought of that? You used to hand bomb the hay onto a wagon and hayfork it up into the haymow in the barn. Good video. Pax.
Grandpa was watching this and said, " I remember using stuff like that years ago. You don't know how lucky you have it!" I told him, " I have to work with old equipment everyday... you and dad!" Needless to say, I doubt if I will be getting anything for Christmas this year.
You guys are fantastic, wonderful conversation in light of awful storm damage, all the while maintaining a positive attitude. A model of me and for others.
When I was a young lad, I remember my Father using that kind of rake for years. Mowed hay would be raked until the forks were full, then dumped. Later, the piles of hay were loaded into a rack by pttchfork. All manual labor with a team of horses.
The dump rake would would create rows of hay. A horse drawn wagon with a ground driven hay loader attached at the rear would follow along and load the wagon. At the barn there was a rail that ran the length of the barn mow. On the rail there was a carriage system with a large two tine fork with hooks at the end of the tines. There was a pulley system with ropes attached to the carriage system that was then attached to a horse or team of horses on the ground. The carriage system would be centred over the wagon and the fork would be lowered fairly quickly onto the load of hay. The hooks on the tines would be engaged and then the horses would pull the bundle of hay up and into the mow. When the hay was positioned in the proper place, the horses were stopped and the hooks were released by another small rope and the hay would fall into the mow. I actually did this with an old farmer in about 1970, I was 14 years old. This what I remember, some details may not be accurate.
I have not laughed so much in a very long time. Your family reminds me so much of my dad’s story about his bother-in-laws saw mill burning down. It is said while he stood beside the totally engulfed mill his only comment was, “she sure makes a good fire” and laughed. To have the ability to laugh in the face of adversity is a priceless quality to have. You folks are truly worth your wight in gold. I’m praying things start going more smoothly for ya.
My dad had a dump rake set up behind a Ford 8N to pick up roots and sticks on newly built roads. He ran the Dozer building the road while I ran the rake cleaning the dirt. Ours was set up so you could pull the levers with ropes and control the rake from the tractor seat . Thank- you for bringing back those Wonderful 50 year old memories. If you ever decide to sell it , I’d buy it just for the good memories 🤠👍
All I can think of is how you would explain the strange injuries from an antique dump rake to a doctor You guys are too funny. Please stay safe and God bless.
I am 47 and grew up in the Sandhills of central Nebraska. We raked prairie hay with two of those hooked to a tandem hitch behind a F20 Farmall. Raked into rows then tractors with sweep heads pushed a bunch to an area where we would make hay stacks.
Back in about 1952, I actually operated one of these behind a slightly more modern tractor. The Oat hay was pitched onto a wagon and lifted into the hay loft with hay forks that ran out on a rail through large double doors. This was all done in a rush to get it done ahead of rain. After the hay was in the loft it was determined it was too wet and was getting hot. So, it all had to be mixed with salt to absorb the moisture and prevent spontaneous combustion. Made me appreciate how hard old time farmers had to work for every thing they did.
Chet, I was riding around on a tractor brush hogging some weeds and I get the music from the start of your videos stuck in my head 😄 I bet that played about 50 times in my head. Love the videos! Keep it up!
As someone who used one as a young boy nearly 60years ago you took the words right out of my mouth😂 Happy days so thank you guys for the memories. God bless
Dad purchased the family farm in the mid 60's. We could not afford a baler the first year, so we put up loose hay. Dad modified the hitch so we could pull with the 8N. I was 8 and drove the 8N and dad ran the rake. We then used long handled 3 prong pitchforks the load on the hay wagons. I was a lot of work to get in the barn. Second year we purchased a used baler.
I vaguely recall seeing one of those around our farm middle of last century...but at that time mules, not horses, would have been used to pull it. Brings back memories!
Back in the 6o's in north-eastern Montana after the wheat planting was over we would use an Allis Chalmers B tractor and cut the coolies (drainage ditches in the fields) pulling a horse drawn sickle mower. After the hay, usually timothy, was dry we would use the dump (buck) rake to rake the hay into windrows and then rake the windrows into good sized piles which we forked into the back of our old pickup truck and hauled it home for the two cows we kept and milked by hand for milk, butter, cream, and ice cream for our family of six kids. Later, we got an Allis Chalmers round baler which made making hay much easier. It was quite enjoyable to be out in the quiet solitude of nowhere and do this in the sumer.
We had two of those on the farm in Mississippi. We converted them to pull behind a John Deere tractor and they did very well picking up hay, in fact, with a lot less waste than the "modern" tractor rakes that everyone had then. You need to have a longer tongue for sure so that you can turn a little tighter. As a kid, my job was to run the rake and do the dumping . We used to put up a lot of loose hay which we hauled on a truck with "hay frames" which were nothing more than planks set in a V across the truck body, hanging over the side. Another of the "kid" jobs was to get on top of the hay pile as the others pitchforked it up and stomp it down to allow for carrying more. However, if you got too far to the edge (and you couldn't see the planks after several minutes of loading) you could fall through. Of course I did that one time from about 15 feet up. Head first into soybean stubble. First thing that hit was my cheek which was one big scab for about two weeks. Oh, the memories it brings back seeing that rake.
We used them in the early 70's to windrow Prairie grass to bale up, you had have your timing just right to raise the tines to make a consistent row for the baler. Wheel and side rakes were a rich farmers equipment back then!
I’m 80 Yrs old and as a kid we pulled one with a farmall regular. You would rake it full and dump it and then come along and with a pitch fork load it on a hay wagon and haul to the hay barn. Also they’d shock it. Was originally pulled with horses or mules on our farm😁🇺🇸🇺🇸
As one of the other comments said, "you guys brighten my day." With all that you have gone through, you amaze me. Maybe whatever God might be has touched your hearts. Whatever the reason, I am so grateful for all the positive energy.
A storm came through my parents place and took down some trees. We did the same thing. We dug out the dump rake and cleaned up the branches. It worked pretty well.
We used the dump rake to make winrows of prairie hay then used buck rake to push hay to the stationary baler. Buck and dump rake moved with teams of horses. That was a day or 2 ago for me.
I rode on one of those as a kid.rake puts them into windows so you could then put the hay into shocks to let dry more before you put it on the slip to go to the barn,oh and the fun part using the Jackson fork to put it in loose to the barn,oh the memories hot sweaty and lots and lots of chaff down the neck
We would break out our windrower every once in while. Still have it. It's a art to make a roll and 2 folks fork it onto a wagon and put it in a net to hoist up to the lofts. At 60 I probably have the arms I do because of that work. You young guys are amazing with all the new shiny stuff but to turn back to hand, horse, or older mechanized equipment is good for the soul and understanding of your farming roots.
Chet I think y’all need to get the original work horses and do it the right way. I just luv watching your videos. There is something different and out of the ordinary. And that is why the Larson clan is the best. Good luck with the rack, stay safe and careful
I last rode one of these about 75 years ago and it was used to rake hay into windows. Afterwiunrowing a buckrake would pick up the hay and move it to a stationary baler.
The actual name for this rake was Sulky Rake, though it was called various names over the years, much of which is not fit to print. It was invented in the early 1880s. Patent #US328670A was granted on Oct 20, 1885. In 1965, when I started working on my grandparents' ranches one of these was still being used for special areas which were not readily accessible with the newer rakes. My great granddad- pulled it with a team of horses. It was a very versatile piece as demonstrated by the many uses mentioned in the comments below.
If today's World would only stop & be a little interested in how things were, it's called History for all you young'uns, leading up to the incredible conveniences we have today----man, that would be cool. Lee, awesome info!
I have one of those on the farm. Mine uses a rope to yank on it to engage the mechanism in the wheel hub. You get it full of hay, pull the rope and it dumps the load. Quite a setup for those days.
There was one of these in our grove. Dad called it a wind-rower. The Binder for wheat shucks was right next to it. Dad did not like antiques. Made him feel old. Yesterday would have been his 105th birthday. Now he is old and gone.
I remember riding one of those in South Dakota behind my grampa who was pulling it with a WC allis chalmers from the mid late 1930's. that would have been about 1964 or 65. It was used to drag the hay into rows (windrows) (Dougo, you were correct about the hay) then it was pitched loose into hay racks and later into the barn. I remember being more than a little terrified to ride that thing. There were no grab handles, and the pocket gopher mounds threatened to toss you off every time you hit one. But I survived, and you guys with the dump rake brought back some excellent memories of when farm life was a lot simpler. Thanks!!!
We used one in the late 60s to pick roots on new breaking. Converted the lift to a hydraulic cylinder so it didn't need a rider. We also put a plywood stip on the bottom to keep the small roots in until we dumped.
jeeeesss....... I have used stuff like that in the 70's still when we stacked loose hay.(unbelievable) We had a tractor on front and converted it to hydraulic cylinder lift. it was a real piece of 1900's life. My uncle got disabled in his teens (nearly 80 years ago)when the horses got spooked and ran and he ran a rake tooth into his cranium.
My dad had a dump rake and used it to pile up the hay after it was mowed. It was then forked onto a wagon and piled up with a derick. Lots of work. I was a small boy and my job was to walk the wagon a pack the hay down while they were loading. You should be very grateful that those days are gone.
Somof you UA-camrs go to great lenths to create interesting content.😁That old rake just about got the best of you but wow, was it funny. Between you and Sonne Farms today, we got in our quota of daily laughs. Reading the comments below are REALLY interesting and fun too. Go Swedes!!🤗
I had to clean up a gravelled building site after taking out several evergreen trees. The litter was everywhere. I hauled in the derelict dump rake from our 'museum row' on our farm and just like these guys found out, it worked great. We made nice piles of sticks that were easily pitchforked into the tractor bucket....I guess I should have filmed it....lol
I used to put in hay using a horse to cut the hay with a sickle mower then switching the horse to the hay rake into windrows then switching the horse over to a hay wagon and loading the wagon by hand with pitch forks and then hauling it to the barn and using the horse to put the hay in loose with a fork that ran the length of the barn loft. I'm from Maine and the time frame was in the 50's. Have fun.
When you cut hay the hay lays on top of the stubble which is 3 to 4 inches high so the tines did not have to go all the way to the ground. Also a horse only walks at about 3 miles per hour so if you pulled it at that speed it would not be so rough to ride.
Great video, brought back lots of memories. Spent a lot of time on one of those. And yes they are hard to sit on without sliding out. Love your videos. Look forward to seeing everyone of them. All you guy's are great. Keep up the good work and good luck with your spring work. Dave from Wisconsin
IF you have any rebar or 1/2 rod weld to the tynes so you have the right length tynes I used one in the hay field 65 years ago. pulled by horses. we had mowers , side rakes and balers our baller was made in our hometown New Holland Pa. It was a model 68 a good baler!!!We used the dump rake if there were clumps of grass left in the field , we would pick up and feed the horses a couple days.
We had one on our farm many, many years ago. It was "most often" pulled by a horse or perhaps two and used to drag the cut hay into rows. Then a steel wheeled loose hay loader with a steel wheeled loose hay wagon behind it, usually with rather high wooden rail sides, were used to pick the hay up from the field. Here again, a team of horses would most often be used to pull this outfit. Farmers with pitch forks (no more than 2 or 3 usually) would be in the wagons to evenly tier the hay so that the load wouldn't slide off on the way to the barn as it was being pulled by the horses. Not the easiest stuff to walk on. Steel wheels made for rough rides. Loose hay forks that usually traveled the entire length of the haymow on a metal rail at the very peak of the haymow, were pulled by ropes on horses to lift the loose hay from the wagons and up into the haymow. Once the loose hay forks were over the area where the farmer wanted the hay to be dropped in the mow, a farmer in the hay mow would pull a rope to trip the loose hay forks and dump it in the hay mow. This process was repeated several times before the wagon would be empty. Lots of fun. It wasn't uncommon back then, to see this old equipment pulled by a tractor. But most often it was pulled by horses.
Love that you guys get to see how things worked back in the days! Best of luck getting cleaned up and planting. Northern PA is way behind getting crops in and has been cold here!
Wonderful, I had a small farm in the early eighties. Actually it should be called a trip rake. Mine was a IH about 1915 model. Way older than the years you guys were saying. Mine had a peddle for tripping the rake, just like yours, but as the rake come up you take your foot off the peddle and it will dump. Mine also had a peddle for holding the rake down to the ground. You guys mostly explained the use correctly, let me add some details. The farmer planned ahead for the direction the hay loader would travel. The mower cut the hay, this rake pulled the cured hay into long straight rows ...in the easy direction of the mowed hay. Then the hay loader was pulled down the row and put the hay onto the flat hay rack wagon, or pitched into that wagon by hand. You guys made my day, today, thanks.
I'm in my early 70's and I have seen dump rakes but never used them. You would have to talk to my Dad about them. He would be 102 this year but were used when he was a boy. That was most likely converted from horse drawn to a tractor. Now I don't know this for a fact but it was never pulled as fast as you were pulling it. That would make it easer to say on. You know you could put a rake on a D4 or D6 cat. But not as heavy duty as a root clearing rake. Great video and be safe.
Comical! Truly comical 🤣🤣🤣 !! We used to have one of those rakes as an ornament at the end of the lane. It was pinched by gypsies while we were away 😡. I've never used one, but I have seen them in use at historical shows; they're quite effective on dry hay....but a rough ride! Thanks guys, as always.
We had the same tool running behind a horse, it was called "hungry rake" that´s translated from german to english. I was sitting on my grandpas lap and he was raking hay (so Dougo is right). That is nearly 60 years ago! Keep in mind, this is pulled by one horse.
Only press the foot lever once. It wasn’t dangerous. The horses did not go to bad. The hooks are not to short. We had two of these. We Used a F-20 to push the hay to a overshot stacker put the hay in a stack.
I just recently used a vintage 756 Farmall to m move an even more vintage dump rake like this I'm front of my mom's house so she could plant flowers around it
I love how big farmers like this have all the modern equipment but still get excited about using old antique stuff.
It's the fact that it still works and some work better than newer "improved" equipment
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The old farmers of yesteryear are in heaven laughing their heads off right now. Can you hear them saying ... this new generation...they should have kept the horses. Sue
Vintage Horse Drawn Hay Rake - early 1900's - was used to rake hay into piles - windrows - before picking it up and hand-pitching it onto a wagon. My Uncle used it on his farm.
Our Wyoming Life was using a dump rake in 2009 when he moved to the ranch.
my dad did with percheron horses into the 1930's in Manitoba...
In the early 40’s we used the dump rake on hay to make winrows. We then used a hay loader to lift the loose hay onto a hay wagon.
Yep we used one on our Maine salt water farm until 2000.
I know what that is. We had one on our Ohio farm in the 1950s. My dad modified the hitch from the original horse drawn mode to a tractor hitch. We used it to windrow hay. My dad drove the tractor. My job, as a small boy, was riding on that hard metal seat and dumping the rake at the just right time to make the rows. Great childhood memories from the farm. 🤗
Our dump rake was pulled by a big percheron mare and every time it kicked up she took a big jump forward. That seat had my hand print pressed in on the left side trying not to be thrown off the back. We finally got a side rake for a tractor. Stick picking is a good idea. Who thought of that? You used to hand bomb the hay onto a wagon and hayfork it up into the haymow in the barn. Good video. Pax.
Grandpa was watching this and said, " I remember using stuff like that years ago. You don't know how lucky you have it!" I told him, " I have to work with old equipment everyday... you and dad!" Needless to say, I doubt if I will be getting anything for Christmas this year.
You guys are fantastic, wonderful conversation in light of awful storm damage, all the while maintaining a positive attitude. A model of me and for others.
You all have so much excitement on your modern 100year old farm
When I was a young lad, I remember my Father using that kind of rake for years. Mowed hay would be raked until the forks were full, then dumped. Later, the piles of hay were loaded into a rack by pttchfork. All manual labor with a team of horses.
The dump rake would would create rows of hay. A horse drawn wagon with a ground driven hay loader attached at the rear would follow along and load the wagon. At the barn there was a rail that ran the length of the barn mow. On the rail there was a carriage system with a large two tine fork with hooks at the end of the tines. There was a pulley system with ropes attached to the carriage system that was then attached to a horse or team of horses on the ground. The carriage system would be centred over the wagon and the fork would be lowered fairly quickly onto the load of hay. The hooks on the tines would be engaged and then the horses would pull the bundle of hay up and into the mow. When the hay was positioned in the proper place, the horses were stopped and the hooks were released by another small rope and the hay would fall into the mow. I actually did this with an old farmer in about 1970, I was 14 years old. This what I remember, some details may not be accurate.
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I worked for farmers who used that system for mowing baked hay.
Spot on had same thing on our farm my father called it a Jackson fork that lifted the hay up into the very large door at the end of barn
That Horse Drawn Hay Rake might make a great lawn ornament.
I have not laughed so much in a very long time. Your family reminds me so much of my dad’s story about his bother-in-laws saw mill burning down. It is said while he stood beside the totally engulfed mill his only comment was, “she sure makes a good fire” and laughed. To have the ability to laugh in the face of adversity is a priceless quality to have. You folks are truly worth your wight in gold. I’m praying things start going more smoothly for ya.
My dad had a dump rake set up behind a Ford 8N to pick up roots and sticks on newly built roads. He ran the Dozer building the road while I ran the rake cleaning the dirt. Ours was set up so you could pull the levers with ropes and control the rake from the tractor seat . Thank- you for bringing back those Wonderful 50 year old memories. If you ever decide to sell it , I’d buy it just for the good memories 🤠👍
That old hay rake would make a nice piece of farm landscape art.
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I have worked a dump rack for years. Keep the videos coming.
To rake up sticks we took a 24' three point digger and moved all the shanks to the back row. Works good👍
All I can think of is how you would explain the strange injuries from an antique dump rake to a doctor You guys are too funny. Please stay safe and God bless.
I am 47 and grew up in the Sandhills of central Nebraska. We raked prairie hay with two of those hooked to a tandem hitch behind a F20 Farmall. Raked into rows then tractors with sweep heads pushed a bunch to an area where we would make hay stacks.
You guys crack me up,never a dull moment at Larson farms lol😂😂😂😂😂😂
Back in about 1952, I actually operated one of these behind a slightly more modern tractor. The Oat hay was pitched onto a wagon and lifted into the hay loft with hay forks that ran out on a rail through large double doors. This was all done in a rush to get it done ahead of rain. After the hay was in the loft it was determined it was too wet and was getting hot. So, it all had to be mixed with salt to absorb the moisture and prevent spontaneous combustion. Made me appreciate how hard old time farmers had to work for every thing they did.
I remember throwing salt on hay as late the mid 80s because it got wet, lottsa salt coffee can after coffee can it works crazy but it works
Chet,
I was riding around on a tractor brush hogging some weeds and I get the music from the start of your videos stuck in my head 😄
I bet that played about 50 times in my head. Love the videos! Keep it up!
Fond memories...we had one of those when I was growing up...originally horse-drawn, converted to tractor pull. Simple and effective!
Judging from the looks of it, you need new tine position sensors, a new mode selection lever, a newer GPS receiver, and several software updates.
I can imagine grandpa spending most of his day looking out the window watching you guys and thinking, "What the (s)hell are those idiots up to now?"
As someone who used one as a young boy nearly 60years ago you took the words right out of my mouth😂 Happy days so thank you guys for the memories. God bless
Dad purchased the family farm in the mid 60's. We could not afford a baler the first year, so we put up loose hay. Dad modified the hitch so we could pull with the 8N. I was 8 and drove the 8N and dad ran the rake. We then used long handled 3 prong pitchforks the load on the hay wagons. I was a lot of work to get in the barn. Second year we purchased a used baler.
This brought back memories of using one of these dump rakes two rake up tumbleweeds as a kid.
I vaguely recall seeing one of those around our farm middle of last century...but at that time mules, not horses, would have been used to pull it. Brings back memories!
Back in the 6o's in north-eastern Montana after the wheat planting was over we would use an Allis Chalmers B tractor and cut the coolies (drainage ditches in the fields) pulling a horse drawn sickle mower. After the hay, usually timothy, was dry we would use the dump (buck) rake to rake the hay into windrows and then rake the windrows into good sized piles which we forked into the back of our old pickup truck and hauled it home for the two cows we kept and milked by hand for milk, butter, cream, and ice cream for our family of six kids. Later, we got an Allis Chalmers round baler which made making hay much easier. It was quite enjoyable to be out in the quiet solitude of nowhere and do this in the sumer.
We had two of those on the farm in Mississippi. We converted them to pull behind a John Deere tractor and they did very well picking up hay, in fact, with a lot less waste than the "modern" tractor rakes that everyone had then. You need to have a longer tongue for sure so that you can turn a little tighter. As a kid, my job was to run the rake and do the dumping . We used to put up a lot of loose hay which we hauled on a truck with "hay frames" which were nothing more than planks set in a V across the truck body, hanging over the side. Another of the "kid" jobs was to get on top of the hay pile as the others pitchforked it up and stomp it down to allow for carrying more. However, if you got too far to the edge (and you couldn't see the planks after several minutes of loading) you could fall through. Of course I did that one time from about 15 feet up. Head first into soybean stubble. First thing that hit was my cheek which was one big scab for about two weeks. Oh, the memories it brings back seeing that rake.
Really Enjoyed this video... thanks for changing it up a little bit.
We used them in the early 70's to windrow Prairie grass to bale up, you had have your timing just right to raise the tines to make a consistent row for the baler. Wheel and side rakes were a rich farmers equipment back then!
This has to be one of my favorite “episodes”!!🤣❤️
What you need is a landscape rake, cleans up sticks and rocks good
I’m 80 Yrs old and as a kid we pulled one with a farmall regular. You would rake it full and dump it and then come along and with a pitch fork load it on a hay wagon and haul to the hay barn. Also they’d shock it. Was originally pulled with horses or mules on our farm😁🇺🇸🇺🇸
As one of the other comments said, "you guys brighten my day." With all that you have gone through, you amaze me. Maybe whatever God might be has touched your hearts. Whatever the reason, I am so grateful for all the positive energy.
Oh my! I’m still laughing watching y’all playing with that dump rake absolute riot! Stay safe!
A storm came through my parents place and took down some trees. We did the same thing. We dug out the dump rake and cleaned up the branches. It worked pretty well.
We used the dump rake to make winrows of prairie hay then used buck rake to push hay to the stationary baler. Buck and dump rake moved with teams of horses. That was a day or 2 ago for me.
I rode on one of those as a kid.rake puts them into windows so you could then put the hay into shocks to let dry more before you put it on the slip to go to the barn,oh and the fun part using the Jackson fork to put it in loose to the barn,oh the memories hot sweaty and lots and lots of chaff down the neck
Wow, that dump rack brought back a lot of memories! My grandfather used one to rack up potato vines after harvest. Used a JD 1020 to pull it.
it must be great to spend so much time with your father and brothers... well it looks great and fun.. more power to you...
We would break out our windrower every once in while. Still have it. It's a art to make a roll and 2 folks fork it onto a wagon and put it in a net to hoist up to the lofts. At 60 I probably have the arms I do because of that work. You young guys are amazing with all the new shiny stuff but to turn back to hand, horse, or older mechanized equipment is good for the soul and understanding of your farming roots.
That old piece of equipment looks to be doing an alright job I guess. Lol. Good luck with it. 👍👍👍❤️
You guys are such a funny bunch. Love you alls silliness.😊❤🤣
Saw one been used to gather up hay and make trams few years ago now great memories . 🇮🇪🚜
Their was another one called a slide rake even more dangerous.
Chet I think y’all need to get the original work horses and do it the right way. I just luv watching your videos. There is something different and out of the ordinary. And that is why the Larson clan is the best. Good luck with the rack, stay safe and careful
DOUG totally makes the channel worth watching!!!!! awesome
I last rode one of these about 75 years ago and it was used to rake hay into windows. Afterwiunrowing a buckrake would pick up the hay and move it to a stationary baler.
The actual name for this rake was Sulky Rake, though it was called various names over the years, much of which is not fit to print. It was invented in the early 1880s. Patent #US328670A was granted on Oct 20, 1885. In 1965, when I started working on my grandparents' ranches one of these was still being used for special areas which were not readily accessible with the newer rakes. My great granddad- pulled it with a team of horses. It was a very versatile piece as demonstrated by the many uses mentioned in the comments below.
Got a Sulky, still use it twice a year!
If today's World would only stop & be a little interested in how things were, it's called History for all you young'uns, leading up to the incredible conveniences we have today----man, that would be cool. Lee, awesome info!
In the old days you held the reins, which is surprisingly helpful. My dad used one when he was young.
One of the best videos you put out there laughed almost all the way through it LOL
I think your dad has a wonderful sense of humor, and he comes across as very down to earth !
Informative and Very Entertaining!!!! The only thing missing is Toby & Ms Dougo! Hope everyone is well on Larsons Family Farm!
I just laughed and laughed as Chet bounced all over the place. Nice adventure.
Some of the funniest stuff EVER at Larson Farms!
I have one of those on the farm. Mine uses a rope to yank on it to engage the mechanism in the wheel hub. You get it full of hay, pull the rope and it dumps the load. Quite a setup for those days.
There was one of these in our grove. Dad called it a wind-rower. The Binder for wheat shucks was right next to it. Dad did not like antiques. Made him feel old. Yesterday would have been his 105th birthday. Now he is old and gone.
I remember riding one of those in South Dakota behind my grampa who was pulling it with a WC allis chalmers from the mid late 1930's. that would have been about 1964 or 65. It was used to drag the hay into rows (windrows) (Dougo, you were correct about the hay) then it was pitched loose into hay racks and later into the barn. I remember being more than a little terrified to ride that thing. There were no grab handles, and the pocket gopher mounds threatened to toss you off every time you hit one. But I survived, and you guys with the dump rake brought back some excellent memories of when farm life was a lot simpler. Thanks!!!
My grandfather had a dump rake like that. He retrofitted to pull behind a Farmall M.
Hayloader is what you used to pickup the hay after you dumped it.
Early 1900's hay rake
Good times no sensors.lol
It's a Hay Rake..... Wow what a find....
We used one in the late 60s to pick roots on new breaking. Converted the lift to a hydraulic cylinder so it didn't need a rider. We also put a plywood stip on the bottom to keep the small roots in until we dumped.
And dougo is a freaking goof love it
jeeeesss....... I have used stuff like that in the 70's still when we stacked loose hay.(unbelievable) We had a tractor on front and converted it to hydraulic cylinder lift. it was a real piece of 1900's life.
My uncle got disabled in his teens (nearly 80 years ago)when the horses got spooked and ran and he ran a rake tooth into his cranium.
Great video Chet!!! What you won't do. Ha' I bet you were sore from all that rough riding. Take care and stay safe!!
My dad had a dump rake and used it to pile up the hay after it was mowed. It was then forked onto a wagon and piled up with a derick. Lots of work. I was a small boy and my job was to walk the wagon a pack the hay down while they were loading. You should be very grateful that those days are gone.
Lots of fun there
Every once in a while you come up with a fantastic crazy video. This one will be high on my list. Thanks for sharing 👍. Happy subscriber 😊!
The best Larson video to date !!!
We had one of those old rakes.We never used it but I used to play on it as a kid
Much Appreciate this Video !! H.Grease the Bearings !!
Somof you UA-camrs go to great lenths to create interesting content.😁That old rake just about got the best of you but wow, was it funny. Between you and Sonne Farms today, we got in our quota of daily laughs. Reading the comments below are REALLY interesting and fun too. Go Swedes!!🤗
Best UA-cam content of the year!!!
Yelp. Raked hay on one like it, pulled by a 1946 willy jeep. We put a shortened the tongue and raised it where it was level when pulled by jeep.
Rode a rake like this many, many times. We towed it with a 51 Chevy pickup.
I had to clean up a gravelled building site after taking out several evergreen trees. The litter was everywhere. I hauled in the derelict dump rake from our 'museum row' on our farm and just like these guys found out, it worked great. We made nice piles of sticks that were easily pitchforked into the tractor bucket....I guess I should have filmed it....lol
That intro was classic!
I used to put in hay using a horse to cut the hay with a sickle mower then switching the horse to the hay rake into windrows then switching the horse over to a hay wagon and loading the wagon by hand with pitch forks and then hauling it to the barn and using the horse to put the hay in loose with a fork that ran the length of the barn loft. I'm from Maine and the time frame was in the 50's. Have fun.
When you cut hay the hay lays on top of the stubble which is 3 to 4 inches high so the tines did not have to go all the way to the ground.
Also a horse only walks at about 3 miles per hour so if you pulled it at that speed it would not be so rough to ride.
A big thumbs up straight away for Dougo riding the old dump rake across the field, just an excellent video intro! 👍👍👍😀
Great video, brought back lots of memories. Spent a lot of time on one of those. And yes they are hard to sit on without sliding out. Love your videos. Look forward to seeing everyone of them. All you guy's are great. Keep up the good work and good luck with your spring work.
Dave from Wisconsin
IF you have any rebar or 1/2 rod weld to the tynes so you have the right length tynes I used one in the hay field 65 years ago. pulled by horses. we had mowers , side rakes and balers our baller was made in our hometown New Holland Pa. It was a model 68 a good baler!!!We used the dump rake if there were clumps of grass left in the field , we would pick up and feed the horses a couple days.
Hang in there . Its gotta get better
You guys are too fun to watch.
Love ya Dougo , your the best.
Man what a video I am 59 never seen one before
We had one on our farm many, many years ago. It was "most often" pulled by a horse or perhaps two and used to drag the cut hay into rows. Then a steel wheeled loose hay loader with a steel wheeled loose hay wagon behind it, usually with rather high wooden rail sides, were used to pick the hay up from the field. Here again, a team of horses would most often be used to pull this outfit. Farmers with pitch forks (no more than 2 or 3 usually) would be in the wagons to evenly tier the hay so that the load wouldn't slide off on the way to the barn as it was being pulled by the horses. Not the easiest stuff to walk on. Steel wheels made for rough rides. Loose hay forks that usually traveled the entire length of the haymow on a metal rail at the very peak of the haymow, were pulled by ropes on horses to lift the loose hay from the wagons and up into the haymow. Once the loose hay forks were over the area where the farmer wanted the hay to be dropped in the mow, a farmer in the hay mow would pull a rope to trip the loose hay forks and dump it in the hay mow. This process was repeated several times before the wagon would be empty. Lots of fun. It wasn't uncommon back then, to see this old equipment pulled by a tractor. But most often it was pulled by horses.
Very cool to see you guys putting in all the hard work
Great video, this was a hoot to watch. Chet you and your Dad are a wonderful team.
thank you
That dump rake is what we use for hay cause dad made hay stacks . We use twine to stay straped to the seat.
Love that you guys get to see how things worked back in the days! Best of luck getting cleaned up and planting. Northern PA is way behind getting crops in and has been cold here!
Wonderful, I had a small farm in the early eighties. Actually it should be called a trip rake. Mine was a IH about 1915 model. Way older than the years you guys were saying. Mine had a peddle for tripping the rake, just like yours, but as the rake come up you take your foot off the peddle and it will dump. Mine also had a peddle for holding the rake down to the ground. You guys mostly explained the use correctly, let me add some details. The farmer planned ahead for the direction the hay loader would travel. The mower cut the hay, this rake pulled the cured hay into long straight rows ...in the easy direction of the mowed hay. Then the hay loader was pulled down the row and put the hay onto the flat hay rack wagon, or pitched into that wagon by hand. You guys made my day, today, thanks.
I'm in my early 70's and I have seen dump rakes but never used them. You would have to talk to my Dad about them. He would be 102 this year but were used when he was a boy. That was most likely converted from horse drawn to a tractor. Now I don't know this for a fact but it was never pulled as fast as you were pulling it. That would make it easer to say on. You know you could put a rake on a D4 or D6 cat. But not as heavy duty as a root clearing rake. Great video and be safe.
I used a dump rake when I was young. Have the wheels in front of my barn.
Comical! Truly comical 🤣🤣🤣 !!
We used to have one of those rakes as an ornament at the end of the lane. It was pinched by gypsies while we were away 😡. I've never used one, but I have seen them in use at historical shows; they're quite effective on dry hay....but a rough ride!
Thanks guys, as always.
We had the same tool running behind a horse, it was called "hungry rake" that´s translated from german to english. I was sitting on my grandpas lap and he was raking hay (so Dougo is right). That is nearly 60 years ago! Keep in mind, this is pulled by one horse.
Dougo finally feels bac at Home…..
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You need one of those forklift magnets for the John Deere to pick up nails in the yard
You guys have way too much fun
Only press the foot lever once. It wasn’t dangerous. The horses did not go to bad. The hooks are not to short. We had two of these. We Used a F-20 to push the hay to a overshot stacker put the hay in a stack.
One of your most entertaining videos
I just recently used a vintage 756 Farmall to m move an even more vintage dump rake like this I'm front of my mom's house so she could plant flowers around it