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What is it? #6733698 01/18/20 08:56 AM 01/18/20 08:56 AM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3,897 Wisconsin E Eagleye OP trapper
Eagleye OP trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3,897 Wisconsin	Found this bad boy a couple weeks ago Beaver Trapping- it was located on a long channel (could be a hint)- I was thinking an ad hoc dragline? No idea. It’s too big for a Pig Castrator… but based on the rickety seat perched above all those gears- it definitely could’ve served that purpose for the operator.

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6733713 01/18/20 09:17 AM 01/18/20 09:17 AM
Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 172 Indiana B Backbreaker trapper
Backbreaker trapper B Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 172 Indiana	Originally Posted by Eagleye Found this bad boy a couple weeks ago Beaver Trapping- it was located on a long channel (could be a hint)- I was thinking an ad hoc dragline? No idea. It’s too big for a Pig Castrator… but based on the rickety seat perched above all those gears- it definitely could’ve served that purpose for the operator. Drains wet areas by channelization?

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6733720 01/18/20 09:26 AM 01/18/20 09:26 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 62,989 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 62,989 Minnesota	An old machine NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6733721 01/18/20 09:27 AM 01/18/20 09:27 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,834 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,834 Northern Maine	Just guessing.Maybe something to dig man made channels? Nevada bound

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6733725 01/18/20 09:34 AM 01/18/20 09:34 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH Catch22 trapper
Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	Not sure but I bet with little work that motor would run, cool find. I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6733726 01/18/20 09:34 AM 01/18/20 09:34 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a. P pcr2 "Twerker"
pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	nope--pig castrator from the dinosaur days.

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6733757 01/18/20 09:52 AM 01/18/20 09:52 AM
Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 2,217 Priest River, Idaho USA S SundanceMtnMan trapper
SundanceMtnMan trapper S Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 2,217 Priest River, Idaho USA	Wouldn't that be a dinosaur castrator then or is it for a dinosaur pig? "They Say Nothing is Impossible, But, I Do Nothing Every Day."

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6733767 01/18/20 10:03 AM 01/18/20 10:03 AM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 7,240 West Michigan G Getting There trapper
Getting There trapper G Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 7,240 West Michigan	An old saw mill, or the machine to pull logs up hills. Voters can make the difference. To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.

Re: What is it? [Re: Catch22] #6733774 01/18/20 10:07 AM 01/18/20 10:07 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,418 New York border Cragar trapper
Cragar trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,418 New York border	Originally Posted by Catch22 Not sure but I bet with little work that motor would run, cool find. Looks a bit like an old flathead w/gearbox. Might be worth salvaging. Maybe sawmill ? NRA benefactor member

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6734935 01/18/20 09:28 PM 01/18/20 09:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 7,682 Virginia 5 52Carl trapper
52Carl trapper 5 Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 7,682 Virginia	Judging from the seat, I'd say, with confidence, it is a deer stand.

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6734952 01/18/20 09:41 PM 01/18/20 09:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 3,626 North central Iowa B Bob_Iowa trapper
Bob_Iowa trapper B Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 3,626 North central Iowa	I would say it either pulled logs or was used on a larger piece of equipment with some of it missing, but the flat head is worth money.

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6735133 01/18/20 11:25 PM 01/18/20 11:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,161 Piney va. soon be 19 cotton trapper
cotton trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,161 Piney va. soon be 19	kinda looks like a heavy duty pig castrator or with all the cables maybe it pulled boats on the channels?? John 3/16 ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member

Re: What is it? [Re: 52Carl] #6735149 01/18/20 11:33 PM 01/18/20 11:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 62,989 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 62,989 Minnesota	Originally Posted by 52Carl Judging from the seat, I'd say, with confidence, it is a deer stand. Or could be NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: What is it? [Re: Eagleye] #6735166 01/18/20 11:45 PM 01/18/20 11:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,964 Pillager, Minnesota P patfundine trapper
patfundine trapper P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,964 Pillager, Minnesota	you are all wrong....... That is the machine that cleared the lot for a factory that made pig castrators

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