What is this?

[duluthralphie]

Yep.. mine lifted something about 35 ft straight up.. then 80 ft south..

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Yep.. mine lifted something about 35 ft straight up.. then 80 ft south..

But but but. . the part shown isn't really the part doing the lifting right?

 

[duluthralphie]

Yes. It is.. the thing shown does not move on its own power.. but it does transfer the lift into a back and forth motion...

It is actually an amazing piece of old American ingenuity.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Yes. It is.. the thing shown does not move on its own power.. but it does transfer the lift into a back and forth motion...

It is actually an amazing piece of old American ingenuity.

 

[duluthralphie]

If while using it as a child plaything instead of what it was intended for... and you knocked it off the track... you would have multiple older generations ticked off at you at once...

 

[duluthralphie]

BTW. Every farm kid played on or with them..

 

[Meg-in-MT]

BTW. Every farm kid played on or with them..

That explains it. I didn't grow up a farm kid, but now I'm a farm kid

 

[SueT]

Well, what is it called/used for? Tell us!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

 

[duluthralphie]

Guess away...another easy one..