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Acrobat

ttheelen

26 Aug 2025

Last month I have been visiting the HTM festival in Panningen (NL). Came across this model of an old Lely Acrobat rake.

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Quiz: Do you know when this type of the Acrobat rake was developed?

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mantaskavaliskas 8 months ago

What is that name? why Acrobat?
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ttheelen 8 months ago in reply to mantaskavaliskas

May be it was named after a circus acrobat who can easily jump over obstacles. The tines of this rake were practicle unbreakable and just jumped over stones.
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ttheelen 8 months ago in reply to mantaskavaliskas

May be it was named after a circus acrobat who can easily jump over obstacles. The tines of this rake were practicle unbreakable and just jumped over stones.
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ttheelen 8 months ago in reply to ttheelen

this is what the leaflet from that time tells:
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antonhyb 7 months ago in reply to ttheelen

yeah but regarding this leaflet it doesn't speak about the motivation why it was necessary
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