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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4441005, member: 8267"]Welcome, [USER=74482]@Wavy[/USER]. An interesting looking device. As you have not received any other replies yet, I suspect you may have us stumped. Can you tell us where you found this item? If it is agricultural, it may not have traveled far from where it was originally used, and that may be a helpful clue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not quite sure what you mean by the slats being open on one side and closed on the other. Is there a liner inside on the bottom, (which we can't see), that would prevent things falling out? Is the 4 ft measurement the entire length (handle end to handle end), or just the length of the drum? Could it be carried horizontally by one person, or does it need two people?</p><p><br /></p><p>As it is oval, and with fixed handles and no axle, it does not appear to have been intended to rotate. Is there any evidence of anything having been attached to the slats - perhaps used to form something around the drum?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4441005, member: 8267"]Welcome, [USER=74482]@Wavy[/USER]. An interesting looking device. As you have not received any other replies yet, I suspect you may have us stumped. Can you tell us where you found this item? If it is agricultural, it may not have traveled far from where it was originally used, and that may be a helpful clue. I am not quite sure what you mean by the slats being open on one side and closed on the other. Is there a liner inside on the bottom, (which we can't see), that would prevent things falling out? Is the 4 ft measurement the entire length (handle end to handle end), or just the length of the drum? Could it be carried horizontally by one person, or does it need two people? As it is oval, and with fixed handles and no axle, it does not appear to have been intended to rotate. Is there any evidence of anything having been attached to the slats - perhaps used to form something around the drum?[/QUOTE]
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