Mechanized Hay Stacker
Posted by: brwhiz
N 39° 53.193 W 087° 18.251
16S E 473992 N 4415209
This piece of Old Agricultural Equipment is on display in an improvised quasi-museum called Patton's Corner along a well-traveled route used by tourists to visit the covered bridges for which Parke County is famous.
Waymark Code: WMHHEQ
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2013
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A local farmer, probably with the last name of Patton, has become a magnet for all of the old agricultural implements and tools that other farmers in the area want to clear off their land. So he has improvised this display for passing tourists to stop and view.
This piece of equipment was the evolutionary stage just prior to the invention of the hay baler. It was used after the hay had been cut and racked into one continuois pile called a windrow. The stacker followed the windrow, lifting the hay with the revolving tines and depositing it at the base of the conveyor that ran up the slope. The hay dropped over the top of the slope into a hay wagon being pulled behind (shown without its body in the photographs). When the wagon was full, it was taken to the barn or haystack for unloading and storage.