New Idea Hay Loader a Big Hit

By Bill Vossler
Published on March 26, 2013
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Hay loaders of this type were pulled by horses or a tractor trailed by a hay wagon. Workers forked hay onto the rack until the wagon was filled.
Hay loaders of this type were pulled by horses or a tractor trailed by a hay wagon. Workers forked hay onto the rack until the wagon was filled.
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Glenn and Ann Holicky with their New Idea corn picker.
Glenn and Ann Holicky with their New Idea corn picker.
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Glenn’s New Idea hay loader at work in the field during the Le Sueur County (Minn.) Pioneer Power Show.
Glenn’s New Idea hay loader at work in the field during the Le Sueur County (Minn.) Pioneer Power Show.
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After years of inactivity, chains on the New Idea hay loader had to be tightened in order for the unit to work properly.
After years of inactivity, chains on the New Idea hay loader had to be tightened in order for the unit to work properly.
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Hay is picked up from swaths and then travels up the loader, cascading over the top to a wagon.
Hay is picked up from swaths and then travels up the loader, cascading over the top to a wagon.
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Glenn’s New Idea loader appears to predate the company’s purchase of Sandwich Mfg. Co. in the 1930s. Before that time, New Idea loaders had some wood components; after the purchase, New Idea began making all-steel loaders.
Glenn’s New Idea loader appears to predate the company’s purchase of Sandwich Mfg. Co. in the 1930s. Before that time, New Idea loaders had some wood components; after the purchase, New Idea began making all-steel loaders.
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The ground-powered New Idea must be in motion to operate; the unit’s front wheels provide the power.
The ground-powered New Idea must be in motion to operate; the unit’s front wheels provide the power.
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A finger-device is used to disengage the clutch, allowing the loader to be pulled along a road or put into a shed without engaging its working parts.
A finger-device is used to disengage the clutch, allowing the loader to be pulled along a road or put into a shed without engaging its working parts.

Glenn Holicky became an old
iron collector when he was in his 20s. But his love of old machinery began when
he was just a child. “Dad bought a new Massey-Harris combine when I was 7, and
I was just amazed by that machine,” he says. “He’d get into the field with it
and after a while he’d say, ‘If we could keep the combine moving all the time,
we could make up a lot of time during the day,’ because it took at least five

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