Furs machine/horse sweep

Peter90

Anyone any info on these? Or roughly what they are worth. I believe it is a horse sweep & furs machine, want to get rid of but need to know what it’s worth. Thanks

kerryjack

Not much you could donate them to a museum if you can find one to take them.

Peter90

Its as free running as the day it was made, surly worth a few pound

kerryjack

Ya a great bit of engineering at the time and built to last.

Grueller

If it was mine I would never sell it but I am a sentimental fool.
Bring it to a vintage working day and display it. Somebody will display an interest in it.

Peter90

Grueller wrote: »

If it was mine I would never sell it but I am a sentimental fool.
Bring it to a vintage working day and display it. Somebody will display an interest in it.

I have a man that wants it, haven’t discussed a price, he is to ring me tomorrow when I give him a price, don’t want to ask too much but same time want to get it’s value, hard being it anywhere because of the weight of it

Grueller

Peter90 wrote: »

I have a man that wants it, haven’t discussed a price, he is to ring me tomorrow when I give him a price, don’t want to ask too much but same time want to get it’s value, hard being it anywhere because of the weight of it

Any vintage enthusiasts near you?

Peter90

Grueller wrote: »

Any vintage enthusiasts near you?

Not that I know of, tried a couple but no joy

Say my name

I'd say Facebook will throw up a few vintage clubs for you.
Or else done deal never fails.

Dinzee Conlee

Grueller wrote: »

If it was mine I would never sell it but I am a sentimental fool.
Bring it to a vintage working day and display it. Somebody will display an interest in it.

+1

But - then stuff just rots... I sold a few bits over the years, and was always sorry afterwards...
Then, I gave a lad an old finger bar mower that we had, just to see it get done up... Strange to give something away, and be happier about it

wrangler

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

+1

But - then stuff just rots... I sold a few bits over the years, and was always sorry afterwards...
Then, I gave a lad an old finger bar mower that we had, just to see it get done up... Strange to give something away, and be happier about it

Same here, I hate junk around the place. After retiring this year I sold every thing from round the yard that wasn't being used.....place will get cluttered again of course

Peter90

Ya only sitting in corner of hayshed taking up space, shame to see it go to waste

Dinzee Conlee

Peter90 wrote: »

Ya only sitting in corner of hayshed taking up space, shame to see it go to waste

I am guessing the kinda bucket shaped thing is the sweep, and there was at one point a shaft out the top which the horse was tackled to, and that drove the shaft...

But how or what did the other thing do? I have seen the hand furze machines and they really just a big cutting type machine... I don’t understand what the machine in your pics does?

Be interested if anyone could tell me...

Peter90

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

I am guessing the kinda bucket shaped thing is the sweep, and there was at one point a shaft out the top which the horse was tackled to, and that drove the shaft...

But how or what did the other thing do? I have seen the hand furze machines and they really just a big cutting type machine... I don’t understand what the machine in your pics does?

Be interested if anyone could tell me...

The bucket part is the machine, it’s connevted to the other part with s long shaft. The big round part; 2 lengths of timber stick out from the top, a horse attached to each, They then walk in circles around it, it’s full of gears give high speed out put which is tranfeted to the furs machine part via the shaft

Dinzee Conlee

Peter90 wrote: »

The bucket part is the machine, it’s connevted to the other part with s long shaft. The big round part; 2 lengths of timber stick out from the top, a horse attached to each, They then walk in circles around it, it’s full of gears give high speed out put which is tranfeted to the furs machine part via the shaft

That bit I got - but the other part, how’s that work? Where does the furze go in? And how does it cut it up?

Peter90

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

That bit I got - but the other part, how’s that work? Where does the furze go in? And how does it cut it up?

In the basket there are 3 blades that spin, furs are put in the top and as cut fall out the bottom

invicta

Peter90 wrote: »

The bucket part is the machine, it’s connevted to the other part with s long shaft. The big round part; 2 lengths of timber stick out from the top, a horse attached to each, They then walk in circles around it, it’s full of gears give high speed out put which is tranfeted to the furs machine part via the shaft

Many a man(and woman) lost,part of, or all, of a finger ‘feeding’ one of them bloddy things

Peter90

invicta wrote: »

Many a man(and woman) lost,part of, or all, of a finger ‘feeding’ one of them bloddy things

Any idea of anyone who still has one?

orchard farm

Could furze solve the fodder crisis?

The man in red and black

orchard farm wrote: »

Could furze solve the fodder crisis?

There would be some roughage in them that's for sure :P

invicta

Peter90 wrote: »

Any idea of anyone who still has one?

Haven’t seen one,since the ‘70’s(in a ditch on my grandfathers place)
It was the one thing we were warned to stay away from!
If I remember, there was a small opening on top where the furze was put in and a pile of gears,starting just inside the rim- which was what caught the fingers.
A mangle handle for your left hand was how that one worked, as far as I remember.
They used to mangle furze, as a horse feed!(not for bedding)