Horse drawn cultivator - Bear's Den Equipment Sales, Fruitvale, BC
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This cultivator is attached to the flagpole outside the dealership along the Crowsnest Highway, just north of Fruitvale. One could say that it has risen above the menial chores it once was forced to undertake.
Waymark Code: WMH5AV
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/25/2013
Views: 5
Bear's Den Equipment Sales is the local Kioti Tractor dealer for the area around Fruitvale, BC.
With five shovels, this cultivator would have been drawn by a single horse, mule or ox while the operator walked behind guiding and wrestling his unwieldy implement. Hard to say exactly where it would have found use, possibly between rows of potatoes, possibly in an orchard, possibly between widely spaced rows of corn. Several coats of paint have now obscured any indication of manufacture and we discovered this on a Saturday evening, so the dealership was closed, precluding our going in and asking of its heritage.
Use or Purpose of Equipment: Weed control in any of a dozen different situations.
Approximate age: 80 to 100
Manufacturer and model: Unknown
Still in Use?: No
Location:
Mounted on the sign/flag pole in front of a KIOTI Tractor dealership.
Fee for Access: no
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