Monday, August 21, 2023

Monday Mystery

Thanks, Terry!

Here is a farm machine I can't figure out, seen at Big Valley, Alberta... An elevated hopper on an cart with an unconventional wheel arrangement... any guesses?

4 comments:

  1. It appears to be a combine harvester that's missing a lot of parts:

    https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=case&th=299044

    Whatever goes into that tank must be pretty light or you'd think the thing would want to topple over.

    That's all I got; sorry.

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  2. If it’s a combine I think it would be grain in the hopper- however it gets up there.

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  3. Judging by size and previously mentioned lack of support, I don't think it's a hopper so much as a separator, possibly using a vortex arrangement to clean chaff from grain as it passes through.
    Not sure why that would be necessary though - that usually happens inside of a combine.

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  4. It's those damn steampunks at it again. Vandalizing useful farm machinery without respect for its admirable purpose.

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