Separator by Red River

Straw racks in Red River Special steel separators with 15 bar cylinders, built prior to 1925, consisted of five shakers. The first four shakers were carried and driven by the Brady shaker carriers on the inside of the separator. Those shaker carriers were carried by four wooden, hangers pivoted at the top. Two wooden hangers attached to the sides of each of the four shakers of the rack and pivoted from the top. Those hangers were on the inside of the separator and moved close to the sides of the separator. When the carriers moved ahead and back, the arms attached to the sides of the shakers and pivoted at the top, produced the up and down movement of the shakers. The last shaker was carried by four hangers on the outside of the separator and driven by two short pitmans from the shaker carriers. https://www.farmcollector.com/steam-traction/the-nichols-and-shepard-excello-separator-and-the-reason-for-building-it from 108 images