That hoist could very well be a Stanhoist. We had one when I was a kid. Dad had a long rod coming back from the raise-lower lever so it laid on top of the elevator at the back of the wagon. He could easily raise and lower the wagon from back there.
The one dangerous thing about them was when a few ears of corn fell behind the rear wagon wheels when the wagon was up, preventing the wheels from rolling back when the hoist went back down. If that happened the front wagon wheels would roll off the front of the hoist and hit the back of the tractor when the hoist still had a few inches to go down. That happened to dad while he was holding the tongue waiting to put the pin back in the drawbar. The wagon hit the back tractor tire before he was squished but there wasn't much room between him and the front of the wagon when it stopped. Next fall we had hoists on all of the wagons and the speed jack-hoist was just used as a speed jack.
We had the 35 A on the flat belt and the belt was super loose so it'd throw off if the spout plugged. Me being a young kid and wanting things to go faster, I tightened up the flat belt once so I could really fill the elevator and unload faster without the belt throwing. The corn in the crib came up to the spout and plugged it. By the time I got to the tractor to pull the clutch the underside of the elevator was full all the way down. The only Way to unplug it was to climb up the elevator and reach around under there to pull the ears back out. Dad came in from the field with the picker wondering why I hadn't come back out with the empty wagon and saw me finishing unplugging the elevator, and then he saw the flat belt with no sag in it. I didn't do that again! Oh, the memories! Jim
This post was edited by fixerupper at 16:29:01 11/10/13.
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