Hay loader

[MSJ from MN]

I have my grandfathers hay loader that I am going to restore.

Does anyone know what type of wood was used for the boards that the teeth go into that pushes the hay up? Also what kind for the spindles at the top that the rollers ride on.

Thanks

 

[RwEny]

I seem to remember that those slats were yellow pine. It was used for a lot of eguipment such as manure spreaders, wagon boxes etc.

 

[Badger bob]

I had one years ago. i used 1x3 oak on the push arms and used 3/4 pipe on the roller bars. not right but it worked for seval years. Bob

 

[KentWI]

Ash

 

[JMS/.MN]

I called my local welder, he"s old enough to have used one into the mid 50s. He thought they were maybe fir or ash, rectangular, 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 inch thick, maybe 3 inches wide. Varied with mfgr. Had to flex a bit. Pine would be too weak. Too bad I didn"t see this earlier- drove by one near Paynesville today.

 

[MSJ from MN]

Thanks for checking.

Mine is a John Deere. I was missing one board full of the teeth and the piece that attaches it to the crankshaft. I bought another one identical to it today and now i'm only missing one of the big teeth on the bottom. I can make one of the big teeth. I have parts of the boards and the spindles at the top to get dimensions from. they are in rough shape though.

I'm going to replace all of the wood pieces and park it in my yard on some landscape rock.