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I've seen one of those, can't recall where, but think it was in a barn that had some dusty old equipment junk in the corner. Don't know what it is used for.
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I don't remember seeing anything like that so it must be REALLY old.
Ever notice the old stuff doesn't have any plastic in it :yoyo:
Quote from: nastygunz on April 12, 2019, 10:31:42 PM
Ever notice the old stuff doesn't have any plastic in it :yoyo:
And that may be the reason that it is still here and not in a landfill.
Astute observation Sir!
I believe this object is around six foot in length.
looks like something my dad used to beat my ass with.
Is it a old hand seeder?
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Thats for taking off your boots :sneer:
Ok Im just guessing :confused:
No. It is not a hand seeder, but you would be wearing boots when using this.
My guess was a boot jack. I'm thinking a boot cleaner.
Nope.
This item keeps nagging at the back of my mind because I fee like I have seen it in a context where I knew how it functions. I keep trying to make a kind of outside wing on an old horse drawn mowing machine out of it but can't figure out how that would work. The iron cladding on one side of the tip protects the wood from wear, in my memory. Besides farm land I have hung out with some old commercial fishing outfits with some old time gear laying around and can't remember where I saw this thing.
A man could also use it to pry up one edge of an upright barrel and scoot it over a bit, but I don't think that's its purpose in life.
When using this, you would be standing on it.
Quote from: remrogers on April 15, 2019, 09:38:04 AM
When using this, you would be standing on it.
And maybe holding an axe?
Bingo. pitw got it. It is a springboard from the days when a west coast tree faller would cut a notch (or notches) in the lower swell of a huge tree trunk, stick the springboard in the notch and stand on it to cut the tree above the swell. Most of our really old stumps have springboard notches in them in this area.
I had to look up some picture to be sure. I am used to modern springboards that competition loggers use in logging contests, and on most of them that I have seen they are shaped differently from the old one pictured and the metal sticks out past the end of the wood.
VERY COOL item!
So was the notch on the other end to hang something from?
Quote from: pitw on April 15, 2019, 09:09:57 PM
So was the notch on the other end to hang something from?
Good question. I've never seen one with a notch on the end away from the tree so have no idea what that is for. Rem?
I still can't imagine how a man could stand on that thing and chop, even though I've see it done.
It is a logger's spring board, it was wedged into a notch in a large tree and served as a platform for the axeman. The end that goes into the tree has a metal reinforcement. Not sure why this one has a notch on the end. Was begining to wonder if anyone would figure this out.
https://www.google.com/search?q=lumberjack+springboard&oq=lumberjack+springboard&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l3j69i61.11361j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8