General Information

Serial #

R 558-1368

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Primarily metal with rubber components and rubber tires.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

4.27 m

Width

266.7 cm

Height

157.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Land improvement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Degelman

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

City

Regina

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

Period

c. 1985-2010

Canada

The rock picker was only used on Mr. Gillies' farm. The auctioneer says the rock picker from E. Bourassa and Sons in Pangman.

Function

Ground drive rock picker.

Technical

When being pulled by a tractor large metal fingers on the rock picking mechanism rotate to just below the surface of the soil. They are spaced far enough apart that masses of compacted soil can still drop back onto the ground but rocks are trapped in a "bucket" behind the rotating arms. Once the bucket has been filled with rocks the device is pulled to an out-of-the-way place where the rocks are deposited. Both the rotation of the arms and the dump trip mechanism were powered off the rotation of the ground wheels. Current models (and much larger) of Degelman rock pickers are equipped with a PTO shaft that transmits power from the tractor's engine.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Manufacturer's plate "FLOTATION ROCK KING/ MANUFACTURED BY/ DEGELMAN INDUSTRIES LTD./ REGINA SASKATCHEWAN CANADA/ SERIAL NO R558-1368"/ Print on wheel hubs: "CANADIAN/ TOOL &/ DIE WORKS/ LTD."/

Missing

The artefact is mostlly complete as received. There are a few minor parts missing. There have also been a small number of field/shop repairs made and also sone additions. The list of things noted follows: *Left side plate of drawbar pocket is a replacement. *Drawbar hitch is a cridely fashioned replacement. *Two of the spring brackets for the flexible picker bars have broken during srevice. One has been replaced with a reasonable facsimile. The other has been repaired in a style that is completely foreign to the original design. Both are serviceable, however. *4 of 6 picker bar springs are replacement parts and 5 of 6 spring attachment eyebolts and hardware are replacement items as well.

Finish

Yellow painted metal. Very rusty where paint either chipped off or flaked-away. Black rubber components and two rubber tires.

Decoration

N/A