i have found these at work, i asked 1 of the older guys he says he thinks its a"plank spade" but dosnt know what 1 of those is. we have 4 of them in a old pumping station. any ideas guys.
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i have found these at work, i asked 1 of the older guys he says he thinks its a"plank spade" but dosnt know what 1 of those is. we have 4 of them in a old pumping station. any ideas guys.
They are "Plank Hooks", but the age of them has seen the spike worn away...
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Think they were kind of a GP hook come spike for grabbing things, like lumber, sheathes of corn, may have been used in a pumping station for moving/grabbing things in the water?
Think they were kind of a GP hook come spike for grabbing things, like lumber, sheathes of corn, may have been used in a pumping station for moving/grabbing things in the water?
I'm going to vote for dibbers. The one on the right may be a worn down plank hook, but the one on the left looks like it has a wider piece on the end.
The way the handle is on the top, would lend it self to walking up the row, and pressing your foot on the metal bit sticking out the side. But the footplate bit looks to long, you'd be catching it against your other foot, and it doesn't need to be that long, or have an up turn on it.
And any way, if the ground is so hard you need to put your foot square on it to make a hole to put a seed in, then you've got a problem.........
I think I've just managed to convince my self that they aren't dibbers.........
The way the handle is on the top, would lend it self to walking up the row, and pressing your foot on the metal bit sticking out the side. But the footplate bit looks to long, you'd be catching it against your other foot, and it doesn't need to be that long, or have an up turn on it.
And any way, if the ground is so hard you need to put your foot square on it to make a hole to put a seed in, then you've got a problem.........
I think I've just managed to convince my self that they aren't dibbers.........
At first looking superficially I thought it was a sort of cant hook or peavey for turning logs, but looking again at the pics and the name "plank hooks", I reckon its a specialised tool for maybe moving fresh sawn planks in the saw mill by leverage, or more likely a carpenters tool for closing up warp gaps in boards when they are being nailed onto a frame (clapboard?) so as to get them straight and parallel. Although this may be totally wrong if there arent clapboard clad timber frames in your location.....
how about lifting floor boards ?
push the pointy bit through the gap in the floor boards with the stickyout bit going through the join in two boards, twist the handle through 90 degrees so the stickyout bit is under the width of the board ....then lever backwards to prise the floor board up
nagh.....that don't sound right !
push the pointy bit through the gap in the floor boards with the stickyout bit going through the join in two boards, twist the handle through 90 degrees so the stickyout bit is under the width of the board ....then lever backwards to prise the floor board up
nagh.....that don't sound right !
see post No. 4 mate
And post No6, I agree with you, but there seem to be some flights of fancy. Ah I'm sleepy and should really hit the sack... Great minds think alike eh.
They're stop-plank hooks. They are for lifting out the stop-planks from sluice gates. I believe you jam the pointy end in between the planks to separate them until you can get the hook through (flat) then rotate as you pull back so the hook is in the right position for lifting the plank out.
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