Posted by rankrank1 on November 15, 2008 at 13:00:12 from (64.136.26.227):
First and foremost,: I am not trying to start a brand war, but I do have what I hope will be interesting question through the decades of the 1930's, 1940's and early 1950's.
I have been wondering what was considered the best (or the worst) of the vintage old style side delivery hay rakes (i.e. the basket style ones - or in other words the pre-rollerbar types similar to the ones that are still being maded today. (e.g. The old David Bradley's, the John Deere 594's, New Idea's 4 44 45 47, Internationals, other manufactures, etc.).
As many of these rakes will be steel wheeled versions, I am not really concerned about ability to road transport but simply what ones worked the best for raking hay. If a unit also does well as tedder then that is also worth pointing out. If a unit worked well for one type of hay (e.g grass) and poorly for another (e.g alfalfa) then point that out as well.
Lastly feel free to post pics along with your opinions and please let's not turn this into brand war.
This post was edited by rankrank1 at 13:05:03 11/15/08.
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