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The Automatic Jayhawk

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Jim

08-07-2004 19:46:28




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All you older fellas out there! How many of you heard of a jayhawker????? It was made in kansas. What it was was an Angle Iron frame with a ground-driven cable operated loader(no hydraulics!!) It was kinda like an over the top stacker on wheels. It mounted right on the front of the tractor with a ball hitch connected with a pin. Any pictures, paint colors(we heard all black, but the one we seen looks like it was painted green at one time), years produced, where one is sitting, or anything else that could prove helpful in building a scale model or restoration would be greatly appreciated.

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BEN in KS

08-11-2004 07:23:00




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to Jim , 08-07-2004 19:46:28  
I have a complete Jayhawk stacker, except for some of the angle iron. There is no paint anywhere. I recall a dark blue or dark green on some of them as well. I also have a complete Jayhawk loader for a Farmall H. It is quite a bit newer but it was partly red and dark blue. Let me know if you need parts.



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dw

08-08-2004 14:43:17




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to Jim , 08-07-2004 19:46:28  
Dad and a neighbor owned a Jayhawk. As I recall it was all black. It was cable driven, but I have heard that a few, of the later ones were made, using hydraulics. I have never seen a hydraulic one, though. My uncle had a Jayhawk and many years ago, we went there for a family dinner. I was a kid, at the time, but several of the grown-ups got in the basket and my uncle raised them up several feet in the air. The next day they were using the Jayhawk, to put up hay, and the cable broke.

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Ralph Ia

08-08-2004 12:45:23




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to Jim , 08-07-2004 19:46:28  
My father in law had one. In fact it is still out in the woods. Was painted green (may of been repainted) The part that he bolted to the F-20 was black and I think the wheels were to. We put planks on the teeth and used it as a scaffold to paint the barn.



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infogatherer

08-11-2004 09:29:01




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to Ralph Ia, 08-08-2004 12:45:23  
Ralph where do you live, If its in Iowa that could be a fun trip to see it.



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infogatherer

08-11-2004 09:28:25




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to Ralph Ia, 08-08-2004 12:45:23  
Ralph where do you live, If its in Iowa that could be a fun trip to see it.



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infogatherer

08-11-2004 09:27:50




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to Ralph Ia, 08-08-2004 12:45:23  
Ralph where do you live, If its in Iowa that could be a fun trip to see it.



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infogatherer

08-11-2004 09:25:29




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to Ralph Ia, 08-08-2004 12:45:23  
Thank you all for helpful infoI will soon post a picture of the one I saw and another we saw in North Dakota



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greenbeanman in KS

08-08-2004 06:33:10




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to Jim , 08-07-2004 19:46:28  
Not only have I heard of them, but as a kid I used to climb all over our family owned one. Whee!

We used ours on a John Deere "D". When we traded for a MM "GTB" we wound up selling the stacker to a fellow that still had a "D".

I remember the stacker to appear black, but it seems that I also remember some well faded green on it.

I think we sold ours around 1960 after having not used it for a number of years. Expect it was from the 1930s or 1940s.

Hm, I just did a "Google Search" and find a Jayhawk hay stacker poster for sale at Barnes and Noble. However it is a horse drawn model, and is red. I was however able to read that it was made in Salina, KS by the F. Wyatt manfacturing company. I expect that the unit was simply the forerunner of the tractor model.

While old newspapers of the day might show photos and sales ads, I doubt that they would be in color. I expect that farm magazines of the era would show colors, but where to find them might be the question.

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greenbeanman in KS

08-08-2004 06:57:34




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 Re: The Automatic Jayhawk in reply to greenbeanman in KS, 08-08-2004 06:33:10  
"F. Wyatt of Hoxie invented the Jayhawk Stacker in the late 1890s. This machine, which could lift 700 pounds of hay to a height of 23 feet, was first
sold in 1903. Wooden stackers sold for $68 while steel ones cost $88."

This information from http://www.kshs.org/research/topics/agriculture/essay.htm

A "Google Search" for Jayhawk hay stacker turns up numerous hits.

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