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What Is This Metal Structure?

What Is This Metal Structure?I need to know what this is for 25$. Please help me.

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January 3, 20210 found this helpful

This is an old piece is a part of a antique Tiller/cultivator. It is used as a attachment that was pulled to grade and break up soil for gardening -www.ebay.com/.../224166924987

 

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January 4, 20210 found this helpful

I believe you have a modified vintage tiller/rake that was pulled by a tractor as there is no seat for it to have been pulled by a horse or mule.
I believe it was probably made from another tiller or rake to be used for a special project. Maybe hand made from parts of other machinery.
I believe it was turned into a small hay rake as the tines are too far apart for tilling. It is also too light weight for tilling.

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I see there is a scythe leaning against the frame and these were used for cutting hay and other tall things so that seems to fit this being a homemade hay rake.
But it's still possible it could have been used for tilling (breaking up the ground) for a small/medium garden.
These would normally have wheels on each side but this one looks like it has been made by hand for a special purpose.
The hand pull on the top was probably put there so it could be pulled out of the ground if it got caught in something.

Many people do not know the different in a tiller and a cultivator.
The purpose of a tiller is to break up hard and compact soil, whereas a garden cultivator is used to mix up soil that is already loose and stir in compost or fertilizer so that it is ready for planting.

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More people use a cultivator for both jobs.

Here is vintage cultivator:
www.alamy.com/stock-photo-nicholsons-early-soil...

You can see from this old tiller how the tines are much closer together and almost straight so your picture looks like it was a handmade hay rake.
www.dreamstime.com/old-horse-drawn-hay-rake-old-horse...

 

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January 14, 20210 found this helpful

Possibly a horsedrawn hayrack. The piece laying against it looks like a mowing scythe.

 

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February 13, 20210 found this helpful

I know this photo has been on here a while but I wanted to share with you some information my husband found. There is a photo in Mother Earth News Feb./March magazine of an item that looks similar to the item in your photo. According to that article, the item is a cradle scythe. Here's a link to a photo online of a cradle scythe

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www.bing.com/.../search?q=cradle+scythe&qpvt=cradle...

 

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