Dump Rake update

Wheatfarmer · Mar 7, 2016

Thanks to Jimb2 for how to use the FARMER pulley. LOL. Three ways to dump. The letters read " McCORMICK SELF DUMP RAKE" others I can't read. I'm sure it is older than I am (72)and in better shape. Thanks everyone.

Dick2 · Mar 7, 2016

I hope that you never let anyone ride the seat on that rake when your are using it. In fact, it might be a good idea to remove the seat before you use the rake.

old · Mar 7, 2016

I have one of those. Years ago my dad was having my little sister pull him in the field to rake up some hay that he wanted to use for mulch. She was not watching what he was doing and he fell off and got raked up form a good 100 yards or more before my sister heard him yelling at her to stop. He never let her drive that A/C B again

Wheatfarmer · Mar 7, 2016

A whole new meaning of rolling in the hay. We ran it for several years. Up through 1954. Never had an accident. I ran it when i was round 10 years old. We had two different teams. Could ride one of the Bay teams, but not one of the Gray teams, so would ride the equipment back and fourth to the ranch. Never had a seat belt, nor SMV sign. LOL

old · Mar 7, 2016

In 1954 people watched thing a lot better and did not hurry to get places most of the time. Now days every body has to be there yesterday and drive like that

rrlund · Mar 7, 2016

I wish I could remember where I read the story about one of those being used in some middle east or African country. One of the locals was riding it with one of those sand dresses that they wear. Hid private parts had worked through one of the holes in the seat,then the tongue broke dumping him over forward. They were telling of his flailing around stuck there while the English speakers joked about how they were going to get him out. There was some talk of hitting the protruding parts with a 2x4. lol

gab · Mar 7, 2016

Early 60s when I was caught up with my other farm chores I was supposed to take a tractor down to the lower farm and bring back old horse drawn equipment and tear it apart, wheels went on one pile, reusable iron on another pile and the rest on another pile. There was two sheds packed full of that kind of stuff, two dump rakes, 4 or 5 cultivators, don't remember what else was in there that I junked but there was a cutter with red velvet type of seat in it that somebody bought. Then I loaded up a hayrack full of harness and dumped that in the burn ditch, saved the collars and a couple fancy halters.

Moonlite37 · Mar 7, 2016

In the John Steinbeck novel EAST OF EADEN. One of the Trask or Hamilton boys took the sofa out of the living room and put it on the rake and took his girlfriend for a ride.

JimB2 · Mar 7, 2016

Hi WheatFarmer,
Beautiful scenery at your place. Glad I was able to help with dump rake.
Re, going for a ride on the dump rake, I would take you up on that but I don't think my 67 year old back would agree though!!

JimB

Dave in Tx · Mar 7, 2016

Rode one of them lots of miles when I was a kid. Had a buck rake on a 9n and brought the hay to the barn and Dad put it in the mow with forks pulled be a horse. not a bad way to hay.

Glen SW Wi · Mar 7, 2016

Wouldn't be as bad as a side delivery rake. At least there isn't any thing spinning around under you.

brutus49DC · Mar 8, 2016

Plenty of people got hurt in the "good old days". My grandfather told me of people getting impaled on the levers of a sulky plow after hitting a rock. Or the neighbor boy screaming for two days before he died after getting kicked in the head by a horse. How many old guys do you remember that had missing fingers? I remember several. Most are gone now.

old · Mar 8, 2016

Well ya life is all about getting hurt. Some bad some not so bad it is just part of life in general

MARK ROBKE · Mar 8, 2016

My Dad and uncle converted their dump rake to tractor pull when they quit horses and got a tractor.They had a side delivery bar type rake,but when hay was short then we would rake up missed hay with the dump rake,and bale it.It did not miss much hay,and we thought it was neat to use it,but I now doubt it was worth the trouble for extra hay we baled.If the the hay baler missed any hay,then we followed behind it with a pitchfork and forked it into the baler or the next windrow.No hay could be left on the ground-they believed it would clog the sickle bar mower on the next cutting,and that also it would be wasteful.I have no idea of the brand,but remember you could push the hand lever to dump,or use the foot pedal to assist.With the tractor,we just tied a rope to the pedal and pulled it if no one was around to ride the rake.It was the only made to be horse drawn implement they saved.
Dad told a story of using the dump rake with a skittish horse.The horse did not like the dumping action,and took off running,and upset the rake throwing Dad off.Mark

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