Always interesting to see these, like was said, some were real common, judging from what I have seen over the years, every old barn around here was likely to have a stash of them, ours had a few in the loft, one of which was a McCormick-Deering walk behind Cultivator, I attached a link to a M-D site.
This particular piece that was left in one of our old barns, never seemed to have been left out, and you can tell by the wood handles on it, even when the roof leaked, I made sure to move it away to somewhere dry, until I went and retrieved it. What stands out in my mind is that I would never be able to tell what manufacturer made it, if those handles were left to weather outside, the name is clearly preserved, and it resides in my dry, heated garage/basement for over 20 years now.
I remember thinking about this old piece, all the years I remember it, since day one as a kid, being in that loft, I remember oiling the handle and works a bit to free it up, as a young kid, probably one of the first things I ever worked on too. It had long been idle, but you could see the wood was still yellow, no gray weathering, and was likely hoisted into place via an old pulley just above and outside the loft doors.
One day, I decided to go get this M-D cultivator, and the barn had seen its better days, unfortunately, you had best be careful where you walk upstairs, I wish I could have saved that barn, just for hay storage alone. So with rope in hand, I got it close to the door, walking on an old hay elevator that stuck out, lowered it down to the ground. I then hefted this thing onto my back, (thinking about this now, younger and more durable then LOL !) and literally carried it a 1/8th mile up the hill to my house, well its under a 1/4 mile as its a shorter route than using the lane. All the while, with a spotlight on my back, one of the State Troopers, from the adjacent barracks next to our farm, must have seen me, they kind of used to keep an eye on the old place, I felt like an escaped prisoner or something being lit up, was about dusk as I recall. I never looked back, as I could not stop with this thing on my back, was kinda heavy LOL.
Thought I'd share that, thinking about that old implement, which has been preserved all these years, hopefully yours go inside under cover, so many people just put these things outside where the weather destroys them, or at least the wood anyway.
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