My brother was given this by a neighbor for his scrap pile. The neighbor said it was in the garage when he bought the place. None of us have any idea what it is can only guess for prying..



Mac

"Never Forget Which Way Is Up!"

Cannot fathom

It would be handy for Jail bars

Fence stake puller.

I was thinking fence stretcher but it's unlike any I have used or seen??

Mac

"Never Forget Which Way Is Up!"

PIG CASTRATOR !!!

Pogo stake puller?

Looks like some sort of homemade post puller

Helper to close wire gates, pulls the wooden post close enough to put he wire over it ?

Could it be a sawmill related tool ? or parts thereof ?
Maybe for a log flipper or roller devise.
Neat

..... or possibly a sawmill dog of sorts.

Seems to work like a harpoon.
To stick / throw / lower it into something an pull it back by the chain while the barbs are holding the object.
Does not look heavy duty, even so it is bend.
Perhaps for retrieving nets / fish traps / crab trabs?

What does the upper end look like?

Its a disslwork you need to find a disslfit to complete the set

My brother and I are both pretty good at the disslwork thing. This one he couldn't see a place for. Talked to him just bit ago and the item is scrapped.
So the world will never know. If someone else has one. Theirs is now more rare probably worth more. LMAO!

Mac

"Never Forget Which Way Is Up!"

It’s a wire stretcher, attach the chain to the wire and hook the toothed knobs on the post and just lever it around the post, the new kind look more like a old time bumper Jack but I remember my uncle using one like that when I was a kid, I think the new kind would work better

The wire stretchers I remember are heavy duty and don't have 'barbs' on the long end of the 'handle'.

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