Can anyone identify this antique tool?

[rockbridge90]

Found this tool in my grandfather’s grainery, but haven’t been able to pinpoint what it would have done. Any ideas?

 

[Leviton]

What are the approximate dimensions?

 

[four.cycle]

hello rockbridge90 and welcome to the site!

we're going to need additional photos that show the object from different viewpoints as well as something which shows scale.

numbers, dates, names, symbols??

 

[rockbridge90]

Thanks for the quick responses!

It’s 25 inches x 14 inches overall with the spike being movable and 8 inches long and the shorter rod piece being 4 inches.

 

[slowtwitch73]

Something for hay bales???

 

[Farmer J.]

Just guessing .. The long pointed wooden end sticks in to hay or straw bale or stack.. ?? The 4" metal rod on the other end is a handle so the whole thing cranks around..?? maybe to tighten a rope over a stack to hold thatch or a sheet ..?? or to roll up a bundle of hay..?? and the 8" movable spike sticks in to whatever is being turned or rolled up...?? but i dunno..
I've been looking at old barn tools all my life but i don't recognise that one!
It will be interesting to see if anyone knows what it is!

 

[TheLawnRanger]

Back scratcher.

 

[larry_g]

Wild *** guess, is it a tool for opening gates or valves to control the flow of grain to different bins or a sacking machine? A lot of different building could be called a grainery depending on location and the use of the farm. Do you know what the grainery was used for and maybe a couple of pictures of it and a rough location? I know that the hoppers/grain bins in my grandfathers 'grainery' were controlled by a large lever that opened and closed the doors on the bottom of them.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sawset

 

[i4ni]

Vampire killing device