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Here’s Another “Whatzit”

May 14, 2008


Here’s another photo of a “Whatzit”. Some of you I know will know what it is and others probably have never seen anything like it before in your life. I can tell you that I believe, if this photo was taken where I think it was, my Great-Grandfather sat upon that thing.

Milt Inman took the photo and sends along this hint: “Down South neverbe; Up North usetobe”

A “Whatzit” photo

Tom Remington

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5 Responses to “Here’s Another “Whatzit””

  1. Reed on May 14th, 2008 9:40 am

    Tom,

    With a brace of draft horses to pull it and a good man in the driver’s seat, that snow roller would smooth the roads and create paths that would be used all winter.

    Warm regards,
    Reed

  2. Bob Carrier on May 14th, 2008 1:44 pm

    I agree with Reed. In the old days roads were packed instaed of plowed like we have today.

  3. countertop on May 14th, 2008 11:41 pm

    Yep, Reed and Bob are correct. Actually, in some places (in Vermont at least) they still bring out the rollers on dirt roads as a preferable alternative to scraping (not want to risk messing up the gravel more than it needs to be) though the last one I saw was a steel steam (well, diesel) roller made by caterpillar.

  4. Whatzit? And Did You Guess Right? - Black Bear Blog - Black Bear Blog - The Politics of Hunting, Fishing and the Outdoors. Protecting our American Heritage. on May 23rd, 2008 11:52 am

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  5. Tom Remington on May 23rd, 2008 11:53 am

    I posted up an explanation of what this photo was. You can find it here:
    http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/2008/05/23/whatzit-and-did-you-guess-right/

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