Help identifying 3 old piece

[pajeepman]

Got 3 old pieces at work. Looking for help with info.
First piece is 38" long.
2nd piece is 80" tall when vertical, some sort of punch.
3rd is a scale, trying to figure out what the style is called and any info on it. Weighs over 150lbs and can weigh things from 20 to 5000 pounds.

 

[39 LaSalle]

As to the first item, it looks to me like it might be a very old livestock stanchion of some pattern. But I could be very wrong on that. Hard for me to tell how and how much those side supports pivot so I can envision how it would work. If these items are related, it may well be the scale was used to weigh livestock. I have no clues on the second item.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I have no idea, but for some reason I really want that press/punch thing..lol

 

[Yale]

Pretty sure the first item is for picking up hay bales.

 

[csp]

The first item is a hay fork used with an overhead trolley to pick up hay in a barn's hay loft.

 

[gmcgeo]

2nd pic looks like some kind of arbor press, but i bet its all farming equipment

 

[sk farmer]

last one is a hanging scale. i assume for use with some sort of crane or lift

notice the beams and weights that are moved on the beam to determine the weight.

 

[neophyte]

First one is definitely a hay fork, as has been mentioned.
Last one is definitely a scale of some sort. Anybody old enogh has been measured with that type of ubiquitous manual scale balance dozens of times, with a nurse or doctor adjusting that notched weight on the balance beam.
The middle item may be a hole punch of some sort, likely for thick steel given the length of the lever arm, but it could also be a stamp or press of some type.

 

[PoorUB]

The scale is a "balance beam scale", other than that I can not narrow it down. Perhaps a crane, or hoist scale.

 

[39 LaSalle]

Hay fork huh? You learn something new everyday. At least I figured out it was farm related

 

[Hiball]

I recently removed a trolley/wooden pulleys and square bale attachment from a early 1900’s Barn on my place. I expect it originally came with loose hay grapple, but I haven’t been able to find it on the property yet. I plan on cleaning it up and implementing it into my New house build. I don’t have a very good picture, but I agree it looks like square bale hook, you can see it under the trolley in the picture.

 

[brownbagg]

third are triple beam scale for weight stuff at loading dock, like basket of fish, oysters etc

 

[Bad Eye Bill]

Pretty sure the first item is for picking up hay bales.

Hay yes. Loose hay though, not bales. A wagon load of loose hay would be backed into the barn, the fork would be lowered and locked onto a bunch of hay.

The fork was attached by rope and pulleys to a trolley that ran on a track at the peak of the barn roof. A tractor or team of horses pulled the rope to lift and then move the hay to the desired haymow where someone would pull the trip rope to dump the hay into the haymow.

It may be a bit more complicated than that, it's been 50 some years since I've seen one in use.

 

[pajeepman]

If anybody is interested in any of these items, they are for sale in SE PA.