Anyone one know what this is?

[cpeay]

 

[Derrel]

I do believe that is an old threshing machine, for threshing wheat and or oats, and separating the grain from the stalks and chaff.

 

[tirediron]

Not quite.... it's actually a hay-press; the forerunner of the modern square baler. Hay was pitched in to a hopper at the far end, (just to the left of those levers and gears) and the engine drove a pair of forks which pressed the hay against a board. Once the bale was built, another board was inserted at the end, and it was pushed out the chute at the very end, just like a modern baler. They're scarey as hell to operate... you can lose a finger or arm in about >< that long long if you're not careful.

 

[hashemi111]

a photo?