Here are six sent in by readers. Do you know what they are?
Answers to the June 2022 items will appear in the August 2022 issue.
Answers for new items in this issue must be received by June 8, 2022.
A. Found in a pile of scrap iron. Opening on large end measures 1-1/16 inches; other opening measures 15/16-inch. Opening on the small end measures 3/4-inch. Openings in the center of the large end are made to accept a 1/2-inch square drive and a 3/8-inch square drive.
Oliver tractor plow wrench. Identified by Nick Caldiero, Afton, N.Y.; Virgil Cassil, Drakesville, Iowa; Wayne Rogers, Corsicana, Texas; Robert Scholz, Elmo, Mo.; Nathan H. Drum, Littleton, N.H.; and Harold Kaufman, Porterfield, Wis. Photo submitted by Donald Kempton Jr. via email.
B. No information provided.
Unidentified. Willie Nurnion, Billings, Mont., believes it to be a diker wheel for a basic lister. “This International Harvester model makes a dike every 14 inches in the lister track,” Willie says. “The left diker is in dump position, the middle diker is in transport and the right diker is in workin position.” Photo submitted by Jim Christman via email.
C. Piece measures 18 inches by 18 inches.
Unidentified. Photo submitted by Mike Baker, Monroeville, Ind.
D. Wood handle is stamped Pat. Applied for Oshkosh Logging Tool Co.
Starting lever, used in logging, missing the hook. Identified by Nick Caldero; Richard bader, Middletown, N.Y.; Russel Brown, Galion, Ohio; Ken Bellamy, Hillsboro, Ore.; Robert Scholz; and Harold Kaufman. Nick enclosed a page from a 1913 Oshkosh Mfg. Co. catalog including an illustration of the piece. “For use in the woods, at landings and in millyards, starting sleds, moving cars, timbers etc.,” the description reads. Photos submitted by Frank Kuel, Neenah, Wis.
E . No information provided.
Unidentified. Photo submitted by Mike Baker, Monroeville, Ind.
Leo Wink, Espanola, New Mexico, believes the device to be a disc roller. “They put a disc in there to sharpen — like one on a one-way or an offset — any implement with discs. It would roll out the metal on the edge to sharpen it,” he says. “The disadvantage for this type of set-up was the plow had to be torn down and the disc removed to be sharpened. In the 1950s or ’60s, they came up with a machine to sharpen them while on the equipment.”
F. Tool measures about 22 inches long. Three hooks with hand crank.
Tool used to install tires on a split rim wheel for old cars. Manufactured by Universal Rim Tool Co., Benton Harbor, Mich. Identified by Larry Harpster, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA.; Robert Phillips, Newberry, Fla.; Russel Brown; Richard bader, Middletown, N.J.; Virgil Cassil; Kurt Kocher, Glasco, Kan.; Harold Kaufman; JoAnn Gundlach, Norfolk, Conn.; John S. Rauth, Ridgely, Md.; Robert Phillips, Newberry, Fla.; Clyde H. Greene, Mukwonago, Wis.; John W. Foster Sr., Middletown, N.Y.; Gerald Goldsby, Elmore, Ohio; Kenneth Lilley, Silver Lake, Kan.; Dave Machovec, Idaho Falls, Idaho; and John E. Jensen, Knoxville, Iowa. Photo provided by Jerry Taube, Cannon Falls, Minn.
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