Mystery Implement

[LarryBud]

Can anyone tell me what I have here? More out of curiosity than anything else.

It has a fin like a water ski. It has a frame which looks like it would pivot on a pin. I can’t figure it out.

 

[twomany]

Might be a weather hood to go over a ground feeder . Birds and the like. "weather vanes" with the wind, keeps the grain /feed dry

 

[Nicfin36]

I think twomany is right. I've seen cattle feeders like that around here with similar covers.

 

[old and tired]

Mineral feeder?

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[LarryBud]

That makes sense. I was pulling some old feeder bunks out of the weeds.

The fin would catch the wind and spin it around I'm guessing.

 

[LarryBud]

Mineral feeder?

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Ding, Ding, Ding. That's it exactly.

Thanks all.

 

[D2Cat]

As mentioned, it's the top of a mineral feeder. The center shaft fits into a piece of tubing that allows the top part to spin freely. The weather vane allows the wind to rotate the top to cover the mineral which is in a fiber tub underneath the cover.

Here's a picture.