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Louden Round Barn Hay Carrier — Continued 



We furnish the track bent to form a circle track of any diameter. 

 Each section of the track is put through a bending machine, and is 

 bent uniform and true, and without kinking the flange or injury to the 

 track. We furnish suitable hangers for supporting the track from 

 rafters or from purlin plate as desired. It should be remembered that 

 the higher up in the building the track is placed the easier it will be 

 to fill the mow full. 



Special guide pulleys are used for holding the shift ropes in parallel 

 position with the track. These pulleys are furnished mounted on a 

 board (see Fig 1 1 35A, page 26), and are easy to put in place. The pulley 

 sheave or rope wheel is mounted in a malleable iron casing and sup- 

 ported by steel braces. The pulley is mounted in a slightly tilted 

 position ; also, the lower pulley casing extends beyond and slightly upward 

 in front of the rope wheel, thus holding the shift ropes in position. Even 

 should the ropes become very slack they will not fall out of the pulley. 



Where a complete circle track is installed, seven or eight or more guide pulleys should be used. The 

 purpose of the guide pulleys is to carry the shift rope as nearly parallel with the track as possible. The 

 number of pulleys necessary is determined by the diameter of the track. Always enough pulleys should be 

 used so the carrier will be pulled straight ahead, not sideways. 



Where there is a silo in the center of the building, it would be necessary to detach one shift rope from 

 the hoist and carry it around the silo when changing to work the carrier in the opposite mow. This change 

 is easily made, requiring only two or three minutes' time. 



This rig can be used with horse power instead of the hoist and when so used the arrangement of ropes 

 would be only slightly changed. Instead of one shift rope passing around the complete circle, as shown 

 with hoist, both shift ropes would pass over pulleys and be arranged to correspond with the arrangement 

 in rectangular barns. (See Fig. 822, page 23.) 



This special unloading outfit for round barns will do satisfactory work in barns of all sizes. Hay forks 

 or hay slings can be used and the rig will handle heavy loads of all kinds of hay. 



Fig. 1135 

 Guide Pulley 



Specifications 



Length of mounting block. 36 inches. 

 Width of mounting block. 12 inches. 

 Depth of mounting block, 12' 2 inches. 

 Diameter of pulley. 6' 2 inches. 

 Weight, complete. 26} 2 pounds. 



Garden City, Minn., June 6, 1916. 

 Louden Machinery Co., St. Paul, Minn. 

 Gentlemen: -ri u 



We are well pleased with the entire outfit that we have of yours in our round barn. The Hay 

 Carrier outfit works to a " T." In fact the intire equipment is O. K. 



Yours truly, Lester Fleming. 



Fig. 430H 



Junior Round Barn Fork 

 Carrier — Fig. 430t 



Where it is desired to use an ordinary type of 

 fork hay carrier in a round barn, we recommend the 

 Junior Fork carrier, same as described on page 8, 

 except that it is fitted with special extra heavy 

 swivel trucks. The swivel trucks permit the track 

 wheels to adjust themselves to the bend of the 

 track so there is no excessive wear and no binding 

 on the track. Aside from the swivel trucks, this 

 carrier is exactly the same as the Junior Carrier, 

 Fig 430, described on page 8, and will give com- 

 plete satisfaction wherever used. 



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