Tedder
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REEL/SPRING TOOTH/METAL/GROUND/WHEEL DRIVE/TRACTOR DRAWN/PNEUMATIC TIRES
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0259.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NICHOLSON MAN CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME & TINES/ RUBBER TIRES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 277.0 cm
- Width
- 241.0 cm
- Height
- 108.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Crop handling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NICHOLSON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1960-1984
- Canada
-
Example of hay tedder that fluffed up hay in windrow by spring teeth on a drum (from original cat. Record) - Function
-
To loosen & aerate a cut forage crop, to help it dry as quickly as possible & prevent loss of feeding value. As the tedder moves forward, the tines pick up the crop & throw it backwards where it falls on the ground - Technical
-
Example of 1960s form of hay tedder, with mechanism consisting of reel with spring teeth, ground wheel drive. Drum with short spring steel teeth rotates inside metalstrap frame. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- REMNANT OF YELLOW DECAL WITH BLACK PRINT, LOCATED ON GUARD AT ONE END, READS: '[MA]XIM[UM] [SPEED?]/ 6.M.[P.H.]/ TINE SET [?]/ LEVEL GROUND 1/2" [CLEARANCE]/ ROUGH GROUND 1" CL[EARANCE]'/ OTHER GUARD MARKINGS INCLUDE '13-1' PAINTED IN WHITE, RED STICKER WITH WHITE PRINT READING: 'OTTAWA RESEARCH/ STATION/ STATION DE/ RECHERCHES/ D'OTTAWA', & '002445' PAINTED IN WHITE/ RAISED NUMBERS CAST ON PARTS THROUGHOUT
- Missing
- From CA of 06/20/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - appears complete
- Finish
- FRAME METAL PAINTED GREEN (OVER ORIGINAL BLUE? FINISH)/ WHEELS METAL PAINTED ORANGE ON OUTSIDE, RED ON INSIDE (ORIGINAL FINISH IS RED)/ CRANK & LEVER METAL RE-PAINTED ORANGE
- Decoration
- N/A
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NICHOLSON MAN CO., Tedder, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1984.0259, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0259.001/
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