Iron windshield wiper thingy...or?

[turtlefoot13]

Okay everyone, I am going against my better judgement on this posting because I have a feeling I am going to be eating crow later. Does anyone have any idea as to what this is? The land that is was found on had a logging camp near and at least four narrow guage railroad trams that went through there in the 1880's and 1890's. It has been a cattle ranch for decades after with large pastures, woods and hay fields up to the present day.

Most of the other relics that I have found in this area have been from the 1880's-1930's. Is this from the tram, logging, farming or ?
The side that shows the most metal loss is hollow the whole length and this thing pivoted at the "bent" end at one time.

My wife says it looks like a windshield wiper blade holder off of an ancient truck or other similar vehicle. So far she has been right on all of her whatzit guesses. I am hoping for something logging or possibly railroad related.

BTW the thing sticking out of the hollow side is a rock that I have not dislodged yet.

Thanks,
Doug

 

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[traderoftreasures]

don't know maybe wagon spring or similar

 

[NGE]

Windshield wiper arm off of the great "Iron Horse"? .........NGE

 

[turtlefoot13]

I get excited for just about a half of a second when I saw the shape of this thing (it was laying with the hollow side down.). I thought at first I had a bayonet but then VERY QUICKLY realized that was not the case. First of all, there would have had to have been soldiers there...

Doug

 

[La Beep]

Yep Wiper arm

 

[Breezie]

I don't think early windshield wipers were made of iron. Where's Mary Anderson when we need her?

 

[trikikiwi]

Listen to your wife

Mike

 

[turtlefoot13]

I'll admit that it does look a lot like a windshield arm but I didn't think that they were made of iron either. I will do some research to see what I can find on that part.

I am not quite ready to put in my order for baked crow quite yet.

Doug

 

[Monty]

I don't know any crow recipes but I have eaten it a few times. Listen to your wife, she is a wise woman. Monty

 

[DCMatt]

I have owned and restored various antique cars and trucks over the last 25 years and I'm pretty confident that this is NOT a windshield wiper arm.

I don't know of any wiper arms that were made out of iron. They need to be light weight because of the types of mechanisms used to drive them. Very early wipers were swished by hand. Later they were vacuum driven, then used electric motors starting some time in the 50's (maybe earlier for some higher $$$ cars).

My current project is a 1952 Chevrolet "tin woody" station wagon.

DCMatt

 

[traderoftreasures]

i would say hood hinge before wiper blade