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[formariz 11,988]

42 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Is it soil they are scooping up?

[formariz 11,988]

Pretty interesting. Love learning new things all the time.

 

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,343]

I have seen one used , but not sure if my dad and his brothers used it correctly .( Adult beverages were present)  They used it to lower the hump in the middle of the dirt lane going to my grand parent home.

[posifour11 723]

I believe it's called a slip. Could be wrong. 

[Pullstart 63,058]

Might be a good sled alternative to Dan’s skis...  

 

I was thinking of using it as the dump box of the dump truck project, but it’s kind of too small.

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,580]

12 hours ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

I have seen one used , but not sure if my dad and his brothers used it correctly .( Adult beverages were present)  They used it to lower the hump in the middle of the dirt lane going to my grand parent home.

I have seen my Grandad use one to  back fill around the foundation of the stone house we built in the '50s.     He was quite efficient using it with a team of ponies that were voice trained.

He did have the reins around his neck, but they were very seldom needed.     To dump the scoop, there was a short chain with one end attached to the rear of the scoop and the other end attached to the  drawbar.      With the ponies backed up for slack, he pulled the chain raising the drawbar to vertical and short  hooked it to the rear of the scoop.   When the ponies pulled, the front edge of the scoop dug in and  flipped the scoop up side down dumping the load.

10 hours ago, posifour11 said:

I believe it's called a slip. Could be wrong. 

   

You are correct....some do call it a slip or scoop or drag.        It has been adapted to three point tractor hitches in both the pulling position and reversed where it is pushed in reverse.

Also adapted for use in surface mining with enormous drag lines.

 

[pacer 3,174]

On this last item ---- I had 3-4 relatives (needless to say ....older relatives) that had and used one. When I was about 10-12yr old my great uncle needed a small catch basin where water drained off to fast. So he told us kids "go get the mules and the "SLIP"  and lets dig a catch hole here"

 

So, hooked up 2 big brawny mules to the slip and the oldest cousin, about 17-18 would ride the handles. Took some 'finesse' to keep the angle of the blade just right - to deep and it'd throw him in with the dirt, and too shallow and it wouldnt pick up anything. When the 'slip' got full he would lift the handles and out the dirt would dump. Bout 2-3 hrs had a nice shallow 'dip' there and it would hold water til the next rain. All I have ever heard them called was "slip' - no doubt that was'nt the  proper name , but it fits.

[formariz 11,988]

@pacer @Ed Kennell  Thank you. It is great to hear these stories from people that have actual experience with things like this which otherwise will go lost forever eventually. I personally had never even heard of such item. Its always great to learn something new.

[8ntruck 7,068]

My great uncle had one of those at his summer house on Lake Michigan in Naubinway, Mi.  He had a winch, 50 or 60 feet or so from the lake shore to help him get his boat in and out of the water. 

 

One summer, he inlisted my dad to use the slip to dredge out the area next to the dock using the winch to pull the slip.  Dad was in the water driving the slip, Uncle was running the capstan/rope on the winch.

 

I, being 7 or 8 at the time, was told to watch from a distance.

[Lee1977 6,769]

I have one . Yours has been modified with the hook bolted on the back.

Edited April 25, 2020 by Lee1977