Does anyone know what this is?

[skidless]

Found this dug under an old shed, anyone have any idea as to what this is and what it would of been used for?

 

[sjt01]

Swingle tree, side connects to traces, centre to implement being pulled behind horse

 

[skidless]

Swingle tree, side connects to traces, centre to implement being pulled behind horse

Thanks very much

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Plough Singletree

 

[digger64]

Swingle tree, side connects to traces, centre to implement being pulled behind horse

what is a whipple tree ? and a pullin tree ? I have heard these talked about long time ago

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I’m reasonably sure Dad used to call them a swingletree

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Im sure dad called it a singletree

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Add another horse in line astern. This is the tool.
SS

 

[dowcow]

I remember as a lad there was always a few remnants of the days of the horse around the farm. Maybe a bit of leather up in the roof, a yoke or some bits of scrap in an attic or back corner of a shed. There doesn't seem much if anything left around here now. I always remember some sort of implement in an old piggery that was dragged down potato rows for weeding.... at least I think thats what it was. There's an old cart wheel left now and that's about it.

And my father has mentioned a few times of an old horse drawn cart that was in one shed for most of his childhood, apparently belonged to his grandad and he had bought it new and used it to take produce to market. He thought he'd made it when he bought that brand new and was driving it home and everyone saw him with it all nicely painted.

 

[Bury the Trash]

what is a whipple tree ? and a pullin tree ? I have heard these talked about long time ago

'whippletree' or ' draught ' could be what they called the pole with chains that pulled the sections of the zig zag harrows/ drags or the like.by the tractor/ prime mover... to...thats what we used to call them anyway.
Depends how far back in time you refer to

 

[Wisconsonian]

Add another horse in line astern. This is the tool.
SS

Nearly every horse hitched would use a single tree (North American), whether single, double, or abreast or stretched out. A whipple tree would be a double tree or more. Wikipedia says a whipple tree applies to lots of similar lever balance mechanisms besides horses.

The single tree is needed to allow the horses shoulders to move without chafing back and forth against the collar with every step, they wouldn't last a day without one.

 

[Dry Rot]

Names for common farm implements and tools varied across the country and still do. None are right or wrong, just different. That's why I can't agree when some complain about "bad English". English is a living language and is constantly changing which is what makes it interesting. Same thing with spelling. Innit?

 

[Exfarmer]

The whip letter was what we called the bar at the front of a pair of chain Harrow to split the pull

 

[Ramrod]

Heel-tree here! and I've used one

 

[chickens and wheat]

So a double tree would need a single tree on each side to give each horse shoulder movement?

Like classic tractors, horses are now purely used as rural traffic calming measures.
The rider frequently seem gesticulating at motorists for using some of the local speed limit,instead of stopping engine and doffing cap

 

[Lazy Sod]

I went to a farm sale in the sixties and bought a set of six zig zag harrows with the whipple tree. Because of it's length, the pole had a wheel at each end. Harrowing after the drill with this was a separate operation. at some point, I cut the pole down to 12' long, dispensing with the wheels and towed 4 sections behind the 12' MF 29 drill.

 

[DeeGee]

Names for common farm implements and tools varied across the country and still do. None are right or wrong, just different. That's why I can't agree when some complain about "bad English". English is a living language and is constantly changing which is what makes it interesting. Same thing with spelling. Innit?

“Two rite mate, two write.”

 

[Dry Rot]

“Two rite mate, two write.”

I like 'innit' because it is a perfect example of the growth of English language. Innit = isn't it? I suppose the modern street equivalent of QED or quod erat demonstratum, 'that which was to be demonstrated or proved'. But a lot neater!

 

[Agrivator]

I like 'innit' because it is a perfect example of the growth of English language. Innit = isn't it? I suppose the modern street equivalent of QED or quod erat demonstratum, 'that which was to be demonstrated or proved'. But a lot neater!

''Innit'' is just a slovenly way of saying ''aint it''.

Just like'' nivver'' is a slovenly way (in Yorkshire) of saying ''well bless my sole, I would never have credited it''.

 

[Dry Rot]

''Innit'' is just a slovenly way of saying ''aint it''.

Just like'' nivver'' is a slovenly way (in Yorkshire) of saying ''well bless my sole, I would never have credited it''.

Exactly. It is still English though and conveys the intended meaning, Who is to say it's wrong?