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Attachment 20134 Attachment 20135 Got floor cut and bent and fitted in ------- now back to drilling . This is a picture of the brake and my dear friend and shop teacher from school ---- His name is Frank Snyder , some of you from central NY , may remember and know him , He coached Varsity Wrestling at Whitney Point central school 1967----1974 .
Attachment 20138 Floor is drilled and bolted , got a few small things to do but the basic arch is done .
Attachment 20142 The last part has been added --- angle iron supports across the bottom .
Attachment 20143Attachment 20144Attachment 20145Attachment 20146Attachment 20147 Now , clean the sugar house , Its a mess !
Attachment 20166 Good mourning all . Can anyone guess what this is ? It is missing its lid and had a small cooling system attached to it . ( hint ) in operation it was half filled with water . Just having a little fun on this rainy day .
A cooler for milk cans?
Yes Dave that is what it is , I have been digging out an old farm dump on one of my farms and have a salvage yard bringing a dumpster this week . it is amazing what is in there . Also it is like turning back the hands of time . I can remember my dad using that can cooler and riding to the creamery with him .
I guessed that because when I was 6-7 yrs old, my grand parents on my father's side still had a few cows. I think at that time they had 13-14 still, not sure how many were milking, some were young stock. They had a milk can cooler similar, but it was made of concrete, with an overflow just above the half way mark. I helped cool it, by turning the hand pump a few turns to bring fresh cold water into the tank, the warmest flowed out.
That pump was different, it had a little pocket likely made of cast iron on a link chain, one about every 12-16". When the handle was turned it dumped the pockets over a trough that then ran into the cooler.
I'll bet that would not pass inspection now days. I think theirs would have held 8 cans if filled, I never saw more than 3 in it. Too late to ask my dad how many cans he used to haul to the milk plant, he died 16 years ago.
The New York State Fair has posted the results of the Maple Syrup and Maple Products Competition , You will find it in ( Fruit & Farm Products ) !!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Buddy 58