[Gristmillers] Wanted---A 'horse' power.

[Faber McMullen]

My syrup mill has a place for one wooden arm to come way off of it say  
20' or so.  You tie a horse/mule to it and go
around in a circle.a

That's my "horse power",
Faber
Texas

On Dec 5, 2008, at 6:34 AM, jeb lloyd wrote:

> Hey Jeff;
>
> You're not thinking about that Sandwich horse powered corn grinder  
> are you? That wasn't a power, just a grinder specifically designed  
> for horses.
>
> Mike: A "horse POWER" is a geared device that has arms branching out  
> from it that horses are harnessed to. They cam in all different  
> sizes depending on how many horses you wanted to hitch to it and on  
> the power requirements of the machine you wanted to power. The  
> horses walk in a circle relatively slowly. The POWER speeds up the  
> rotation and transmits it through a rotating drive shaft, similar to  
> a universal PTO driveline on a tractor but in this case it is  
> referred to as a "tumbling rod". Most machines that were powered by  
> horse powers had special input shafts to accept the tumbling rod. In  
> other cases, the tumbling rod could be hooked up to a belt pulley  
> and you could run belt powered equipment like corn shellers, hay  
> balers, sawmills, and threshers.
>
> Jeb
>
> > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 03:20:27 -0800
> > From: steamenginesmitty at yahoo.com
> > Subject: Re: [Gristmillers] Wanted---A 'horse' power.
> > To: gristmillers at gristmillers.com
> >
> > http://www.enginads.com/classifieds/showcat.php/cat/16
> >
> > There was a power unit on at the link above a while back for  
> horses. It was not a treadmill, but a 4 horse power unit where the  
> horses walk around in a circle.
> >
> > Jeff Smith
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 12/4/08, Mike Rock <mikerock at mhtc.net> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Mike Rock <mikerock at mhtc.net>
> > > Subject: [Gristmillers] Wanted---A 'horse' power.
> > > To: "A list for hobby millers." <gristmillers at gristmillers.com>, syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
> > > Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 10:59 PM
> > > All,
> > > I am trying to find a power for my horses so we can run our
> > > threshing machine, and maybe a new sorghum mill from
> > > Florida. If anyone knows of a power, for sale or not,
> > > please send some contact information. I would prefer one
> > > that is all there, but can make the odd spare part if
> > > needed.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Most respectfully,
> > > Mike Rock
> > >
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