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Louden Hay Slings and Fittings 



The Use of Slings 



Like everything else, some judg- 

 ment is required in using slings to 

 obtain the best results. The power 

 available, the length of rack, the 

 size of wagon-loads, and the space 

 above beams in the barn should all 

 be considered and the number of 

 slings estimated and their length 

 adjusted accordingly. 



Slings require more room over 

 beams than forks, therefore it is 

 unwise to purchase a sling outfit 

 that hangs away down below the 

 track. We have always watched 

 this point carefully and our carriers 

 and sling attachments have been 

 made compactly so as to occupy 

 the least possible space. 



Our experience has been that 



the rack should not be over sixteen 



feet long (and fourteen feet is 



better) unless the barn, elevator 



Fig. 319 and everything else are on a very 



large scale. Slings spread the full length of a fourteen to sixteen foot rack require about ten feet of 



space between the track and beams for the load to pass through. 



Where a large amount of hay is to be handled, and there is sufficient clearance room through the hay 



door and in the mow for the large loads, there is no plan that equals the use of slings. Generally three 



slings are used to a wagon, taking the load into the mow at three drafts, and cleaning the rack perfectly 



with no shatterings to pick up. 



The first sling is placed on the rack, using care to draw the ends out where they can be reached when 



the hay is piled on. One-third of the load 



is placed, another sling laid on, again 



using care to lay out the ends where they 



will be in reach. Another third of the 



hay is then loaded and the third sling 



laid on, when the loading is completed. 

 In unloading the hay, the sling pulleys 



are spread apart and one hooked into each 



end of the top sling. The power on the 



draft rope gradually brings them together 



and rolls the hay up as shown in Fig. 319. 



When the sling is tripped the spring of 



the hay causes it to unroll and spread in 



the mow evenly (See Fig. 320), and in 



practically the same shape it occupied on 



the wagon. 



We were the originators of successful 



slings and sling carriers, and we warrant 



ours to be superior to any on the market. 



Fig. 320 

 See How it Spreads the Hay 



._ , .. „._^ ___ It is tripped in the center below the hay and separates into two parts. 



We have made a special study of slings and letting hay drop out between them perfectly dear, and without tilting it 



','."" '"*'" •■— >- — "f^ ^- ---—.7 -- --o ■ edffe as side trio shnes invariably do. The hay being first rolled up. 



sling earners, and during the past twenty- °^ :^^:;„"lCe. UNROLLS when'^discharged and spreads out in the 



five years we have thoroughly tested and „„„ „, o„ th^ gtack as wide as the length of the Sling, and in EXACTLY 



greatly improved them. THE SAME SHAPE it lay on the load. 



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