Farm Mechanics Volume 1-2; Farm Machinery and Power Equipment, Farm Buildings--Farm Management (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...farm machinery shed. For a lot of sheds it will be found convenient often to put the Phantom View of I Beam Trolley for Overhead Lifting. heavier machinery near doors and to use the track and hoist to bodily lift others up and put them farther back. At the Machinery Building at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture I have handled such heavy pieces as sixteen-inch silage cutters, and it is play to lift rakes, cultivators, and other such light pieces. Such an arrangement does away with the necessity for so many doors in the shed. Of course, some ingenuity is required in the proper balancing of such machines, but it isn't at all difficult if one only stops to think a minute. Such a hoist is also almost invaluable in changing wagon beds and hay frames. If a little care is used in placing most of the machinery which will never be moved with the carrier in one end, it is easy to arrange a rack or support under the track in that end where hay frames and wagon beds may be stored overhead, and if there is a couple of feet of room to spare, it is possible to go over behind one and get another farther back without disturbing the front one. This adds a great deal of space to the same size shed, as well as making the handling of hay frames, etc., a truly one-man job. Another thing along the same line is the loading of heavy machines, self-feeders, small hog houses, and similar things onto wagons. Even tho such things are usually mounted on skids to be moved around without loading, it is often easier and quicker if they can be loaded readily to haul them. If a driveway is left thru the shed, or even if there is only provision for backing into the shed, such things can be dragged into position under the track, hoisted and the wagon driven or backed under. It i...