General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME & TINES/ RUBBER TIRES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

277.0 cm

Width

241.0 cm

Height

108.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop handling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NICHOLSON

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960-1984

Canada

Example of hay tedder that fluffed up hay in windrow by spring teeth on a drum (from original cat. Record)

Function

To loosen & aerate a cut forage crop, to help it dry as quickly as possible & prevent loss of feeding value. As the tedder moves forward, the tines pick up the crop & throw it backwards where it falls on the ground

Technical

Example of 1960s form of hay tedder, with mechanism consisting of reel with spring teeth, ground wheel drive. Drum with short spring steel teeth rotates inside metalstrap frame.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

REMNANT OF YELLOW DECAL WITH BLACK PRINT, LOCATED ON GUARD AT ONE END, READS: '[MA]XIM[UM] [SPEED?]/ 6.M.[P.H.]/ TINE SET [?]/ LEVEL GROUND 1/2" [CLEARANCE]/ ROUGH GROUND 1" CL[EARANCE]'/ OTHER GUARD MARKINGS INCLUDE '13-1' PAINTED IN WHITE, RED STICKER WITH WHITE PRINT READING: 'OTTAWA RESEARCH/ STATION/ STATION DE/ RECHERCHES/ D'OTTAWA', & '002445' PAINTED IN WHITE/ RAISED NUMBERS CAST ON PARTS THROUGHOUT

Missing

From CA of 06/20/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - appears complete

Finish

FRAME METAL PAINTED GREEN (OVER ORIGINAL BLUE? FINISH)/ WHEELS METAL PAINTED ORANGE ON OUTSIDE, RED ON INSIDE (ORIGINAL FINISH IS RED)/ CRANK & LEVER METAL RE-PAINTED ORANGE

Decoration

N/A