[TheForge] Re: Fire Steel

[Schade]

They call them 'dump rakes' around here. I have one in my yard.

Bob
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On Oct 1, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

>
>> What is a sulky rake?
>
> Old-style horse drawn hay raker.  Drop rake.  Preceded side-delivery.
> Replaced wooden hand rakes.  Remotely resembles a racing sulky.  Row
> of big springy C-shaped teeth rakes up the hay, you hit the pedal at
> just the right moment and the wheel motion lifts the rake teeth,
> dropping the hay right in line with the last batch, thus forming
> windrows.
>
> Riding one of these behind a spirited (Read: happy to be pulling
> something *light*) draught horse is one of the funnest things I've
> ever done.  Simple tastes, eh?  You get an arial view of the field
> mice, happy until a moment ago under the mown hay, running for their
> lives.
>
> - Mike
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