Hi im new :D Does naybody know what this is please???

[marley1]

Hi everyone im new. Just a question i found this in my field where my horses are turned out does anybody know what it is? Its held deep in the ground with a metal pipe, there is some writing on it but its so rusty we cant read it.
Thanks

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

Hi there

ITS A MINE! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jokes

no sorry i ahve no idea!

maybe an old sprinkler or something? but im useless!

 

[marley1]

Haha we thought it might be an old water mains?? Do you think a sprinkler would have a pipe deep into the ground??

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

ermmm im not sure, I dont know about old farm sprinkler systems, as im guessing they are not attached to a hose I wouldnt have thought.

No an old water mains is also a more sensible suggstion

 

[marley1]

Hehe one things for sure i hope its NOT a mine

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

ermm yes that might not be good!

could end up with barbaqued pony spread around your field

id maybe ring local council to ask!

 

[marley1]

:S not so good! I think i'll do that although i have the deeds to the land and theres no pipe work at all shown on them :S

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

Also it is a trip hazard for your horses etc so would prob be best getting it removed, but obv you need to know what the hell it is before assessing that

 

[NeilM]

I think you need to dig a little deeper, but it looks like an old stub axle, or bit of machinery, that has been whacked into the ground to act as an anchor for whatever that cable was attached to.

If it starts ticking....RUN

 

[louisesb]

Just asked my trusty farmer dad and he said it's a mine!! - Only kidding!! Anyway, in all seriousness he said it was a tractor half shaft!! - Not quite sure what that is but I hope it helps!!

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

fast

 

[CrazyMare]

Looks like either old machinery to me, or an old anchor point for something.

 

[marley1]

Haha now could you tell me is that some kind of water pipe???

 

[marley1]

That was a stupid question just googled it

 

[merlinsquest]

Could be useful as a tether post

 

[Pedantic]

DONT PANIIIIIIC, DONT PANIIIIIIIC MR MAINWARING, DONT PANIIIIIIC, that'll do jones

 

[Bowen4Horses]

my husband says it looks like an axle.... x

 

[BethS]

I asked sum1 and they said like above it looks like machinery or something, it could be something off a tractor or something!!!!

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[Donkeymad]

I'd say an old axle or some sort of old farm machinery.

 

[fourpawswhite]

my husband says it is and old hub/axle which looks like it has been used as a tether point by the look of the wire cable....if that makes more sense tou you then it does me!

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

Hello and welcome, sorry i haven't a clue what that thing is

 

[ellamanamou]

its an old half shaft used to tether horses

 

[Digger123]

it's a spaceship from planet yargg

 

[Ellies_mum2]

I asked my OH and he says it looks like a stay for an anchor point and do you have any telegraph poles or the like in the field?



Welcome to the forum

 

[Mike007]

Yes it is a lorry halfshaft that has been used as a tether point. it is a rod about three feet long with the end cap ,you can see. it should pull out of the ground reasonably easily if you hit it sideways, back and forwar, with a sledge hammer .
If not, a tractor foreloader or 3 point linkage should do the trick.