Hay buck.. homemade or did some co. make these

Bob · Jul 16, 2016

casecollectorsc · Jul 16, 2016

Western SD guys used reversed VAC Case tractors with hay buckers on them.

RogerinIowa · Jul 16, 2016

I have one made by Ford(Dearborn) for an "N" .

Bud Sather in MT · Jul 16, 2016

My uncle had one that was attached to the rear of a 3/4 ton stripped down chevy pickup. Things were reversed so you sat looking at the rear wheels. It was a little tricky to steer as it went opposite the normal steering. After some time I could bring hay from the far end of the field at about 30 miles per hour. It was the most fun time I have ever had in the hay field. I remember you had to hang on to the steering wheel because on some sharp corners mother nature wanted to throw you right off of the seat.
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Lazy WP · Jul 16, 2016

We called them hay sweeps. My favorite was a 530 Case with a shuttle transmission. I have seen about every make and model of the 50s tractors turned around to push hay. Lots of Farmall H was probably one of the more popular. WD Allis would be a close second.

DeltaRed · Jul 16, 2016

There were lots in the high mountain hay regions, I have seem them made from reversed old cars,old trucks....Modle A and T were popular.A friend still has the reversed modle A his dad made for the ranch up by Aspen in the 40s

55 50 Ron · Jul 16, 2016

Farmhand Company of Hopkins, MN made one for their hydraulic loader. They had a hydraulically controlled rear panel that acted as a push off for the hay. Very handy as the stack height grew higher and higher.

Dad had a horse drawn one (it was called a sweep rake) that was made by IHC. There were two rear horizontal cross beams that were carried by two steel wheels so no weight was on the horses. The team was split so one horse was on each side of the rake. He converted it for tractor use later with it mounted on the front of a W-30 McCormick Deering. I had the "honor" of driving the tractor converted one a lot during several haying seasons.

brutus49DC · Jul 16, 2016

Case actually built a reversed VAC for stacking hay.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 17, 2016

An old D17 Cotton Picker would be just the thing to put one on already reversed steering with a reverser.

john *.?-!.* cub owner · Jul 17, 2016

This does not answer your question, but brought this to mind. I don't remember ever seeing it, but that is Dad's tractor it is mounted on, and would have been sometime around 1946-1948. Definitely home made. :lol: I still have the tractor.

rustyacres sd · Jul 18, 2016

Have a smaller one here with metal teeth instead of wood. For sale if anybody wants to come and get it.

rdandersom · Jul 23, 2016

Father in law had a bit of rusty iron in the weeds he said was the remains of the buckrake attachment for the Coates loader on the steel wheeled Cockshutt 70.He still has the loader.It runs off the belt pulley and uses a mechanical clutch and brake to control the loader.The whole thing looks like a one off blacksmiths job but at one time he had parts of a couple of other ones in the barn so I guess it was manufactured.

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