Michael Yadfar
08-03-2015, 6:13 PM
I'm looking for advice. In my neighbors woods, I take occasional walks and have came across various horse drawn farm implements. I was always hesitant to ask about taking them because I don't know the guy too well, but he put majority of his property up for sale recently, so I called him up. I told him I saw some of the farm implements, and told him I will pay a few bucks for them or exchange a favor. He invited me over, gave me a tour of the place, had a nice conversation, then he told me he would be happy for me to take them for free, just im on my own (obviously).
With the side story out of the way, most aren't worth my time because I would have to make a path through the woods to pull them out, but there are three I want to save: hay rake, disk harrow, and John Deere sickle bar mower. They've most likely sat there for over 100 years, so they are really rusted to the point there's no paint, but the metal is all solid except for the bottom of the wheels on the hayrake which are gone. I only plan to use these as garden decorations, so I can just hide the rotted out part of the wheels in mulch, or somehow repair it.
After I figure out a plan to get these out of the woods, I plan to prep/fix, prime, and paint these. However, I know nothing about this and own no paint equipment other than sandpaper and house paint/brushes. If someone can recommend step by step on how to do this, I would appreciate it
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With the side story out of the way, most aren't worth my time because I would have to make a path through the woods to pull them out, but there are three I want to save: hay rake, disk harrow, and John Deere sickle bar mower. They've most likely sat there for over 100 years, so they are really rusted to the point there's no paint, but the metal is all solid except for the bottom of the wheels on the hayrake which are gone. I only plan to use these as garden decorations, so I can just hide the rotted out part of the wheels in mulch, or somehow repair it.
After I figure out a plan to get these out of the woods, I plan to prep/fix, prime, and paint these. However, I know nothing about this and own no paint equipment other than sandpaper and house paint/brushes. If someone can recommend step by step on how to do this, I would appreciate it
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