Anyone know what this is? I do ;)

[GeoAngelo]

Found this in my woods in upstate NY - no digging required! I know what it is but I'm not sure how old it might be though if I had to guess I'd say Ca.1930. Anyone care to guess what it is? If I can get my tractor to that spot I will try to pull it straight out with the loader. I have a feeling it goes pretty deep.

 

[GeoAngelo]

IDK how this ended up in "what's the value" but can a mod please move to the appropriate category? Thanks!

 

[bowwinkles]

It would be my guess that it is a tooth off a vintage root grabble used in the logging business and pulled by a large tractor.
Some called it a root buster.

 

[GeoAngelo]

Not a farm implement or logging tool. I guess I should have given some dimensions. It's 18-20 inches tall (the visible part) and about 10 wide at the top. Hint: the flat part is for being pounded into the ground.

 

[SeabeeRon]

My first thought was a pole step from a utility pole, but the size is all wrong.

 

[GeoAngelo]

My first thought was a pole step from a utility pole, but the size is all wrong.

Very very very close!

 

[Tpmetal]

Kinda unfair only giving one pic of it, can we at least get some more angles of it? not that i have any sort of idea yet though haha. my first thought was maybe well or oil well drilling related, but can't figure out how.

 

[SeabeeRon]

Very very very close!

What do you mean "Very very very close!"?? Have you dug it up??

 

[hoser]

Pole stabilizer. driven in next to a pole then lagged or bolted to hold it like a foot???? Maybe in the case of a broken pole???

 

[GeoAngelo]

Pole stabilizer. driven in next to a pole then lagged or bolted to hold it like a foot???? Maybe in the case of a broken pole???

Winner winner chicken dinner!

 

[GeoAngelo]

What do you mean "Very very very close!"?? Have you dug it up??

I mean you were very close when you said utility pole. Haven't dug it up yet but I'm hoping there's a patent number on it.

 

[SeabeeRon]

Pole stabilizer. driven in next to a pole then lagged or bolted to hold it like a foot???? Maybe in the case of a broken pole???

Could be Brother Bee! Rotted pole butt maybe. Nowadays longer flat steel is used on poles otherwise in good condition.

 

[SeabeeRon]

I mean you were very close when you said utility pole. Haven't dug it up yet but I'm hoping there's a patent number on it.

So you knew what is was and we’re just looking for verification?

Post old picture when you get it out of the ground.

EDIT NOTE: Sorry, didn’t read your initial post close enough, you said that! My bad!!

 

[GeoAngelo]

I'm not going to attempt to pull this out until the spring or unless we get a hard freeze. The ground is very soft right now (wet on top, frozen underneath) and there's a big risk of getting the tractor stuck. When things dry out I'll give it a go and report back. There's definitely writing at the base but its only partly exposed.

 

[hoser]

In all honesty I was a power lineman, but in truth I had never seen one of these ever used. Only thing that gave it away to me was the 5/8" galvanized through bolt. When a pole broke off or was rotten we would just punch a hole next to it, plant a new pole. Transfer the lift line and swap out the hardware and conductors. Bata boom bata bing.

 

[SeabeeRon]

In all honesty I was a power lineman, but in truth I had never seen one of these ever used. Only thing that gave it away to me was the 5/8" galvanized through bolt. When a pole broke off or was rotten we would just punch a hole next to it, plant a new pole. Transfer the lift line and swap out the hardware and conductors. Bata boom bata bing.

Yeah, I've never seen a pole support like that either.