{"id":4472,"date":"2019-11-23T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=4472"},"modified":"2019-11-23T18:27:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T23:27:05","slug":"this-pulley-might-seem-to-be-s-mystery-why-is-it-bolted-to-the-floor-beam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=4472","title":{"rendered":"This pulley might seem to be s mystery. Why is it bolted to the floor beam?"},"content":{"rendered":"
NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THE<\/p>\n
IMPORTANCE OF THIS  PULLEY?<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
nov. 2019<\/div>\n

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This pulley seems to have been accidently thrown aside in the Gordon Ball barn .<\/div>\n
It is resting on the floor after all.   I bet that not more than 1in 100 would know<\/div>\n
its use.  Maybe 1 in 1,000.<\/div>\n

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Lucky for me.  Iong long ago around 1950, my Uncle Frank Freeman used  a  pulley just<\/div>\n
like this to get hay into the hay loft of his barn on the Fifth line of Erin Township.<\/div>\n
He did  not have s bailer so hay for winter feed was forked on his hay wagon and once<\/div>\n
filled the team of horses hauled the load into the threshing floor of the barn.  Then<\/div>\n
the horses were unhitched  and led out of the barn and attached to piece of rope\u2026a  long<\/div>\n
heavy rope.  I think there were two such pulleys and two ropes\u2026one on each side<\/div>\n
of the barn entrance.  (That\u2019s why farm sales always seem to have long lengths  of<\/div>\n
perfectly coiled rope on hand.)<\/div>\n

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\u201cOK, Daisy..Dick\u2026move out\u201d<\/div>\n

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And they would walk down the barn hill pulling the rope taut.  The rope was<\/div>\n
attached to the rack lifter in the second picture below. Need a right angled<\/div>\n
turn to get the rope up to the rack lifter.  Attached VIA this <\/div>\n
pulley which was hooked by a couple of right angled bends to the loaded<\/div>\n
hay wagon.  Presto!  the load of hay was elevated and then forked off by<\/div>\n
hand into the hay mow.   Once emptied the reverse happened and the<\/div>\n
empty hay wagon was lowered back onto the wagon wheels  and axles \u2026then<\/div>\n
the horses were brought back to the hay  wagon and backed the wagon<\/div>\n
out of the barn…ready<\/div>\n
for the next load.<\/div>\n

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Labour intensive.  You bet!   <\/div>\n

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Accidents?  Likely\u2026if the hay rack  got loose\u2026or horses bolted from ground  wasp nest…<\/div>\n

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I have not seen this pulley in many barns.  None except this one.  if you look closely<\/div>\n
you might even see the hand drill the drilled the hole for the bolt holding the pulley in place.<\/div>\n

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My memory may have missed a  step.  Correct me if you can<\/div>\n

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alan<\/div>\n

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Haying needed a good team of horses that understood  English.  The horses bonded<\/div>\n
with my uncle Frank.  He loved them.  <\/div>\n

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\u201cHorses are better than tractors.\u201d  he  said to me back then<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBecause horses needed to rest\u2026have s drink of water or just get their wind back.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat is so good about that?\u201d  <\/div>\n
\u201cThink about it.  If the horse needs a rest then I get s rest too.  Tractors never stop.”<\/div>\n

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NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS  PULLEY? alan skeoch nov. 2019 This pulley seems to have been accidently thrown aside in the Gordon Ball barn . It is resting on the floor after all.   I bet that not more than 1in 100 would know its use.  Maybe 1 in 1,000. Lucky […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}