Here’s Another “Whatzit”
Posted by Tom Remington on 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”
Tom Remington
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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
May 14th, 2008 at 9:40 am
I agree with Reed. In the old days roads were packed instaed of plowed like we have today.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:44 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.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
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May 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 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/
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:53 am