A quiz - guess what this is...

[catdogs]

[Bluefloyd]

Redneck horse snowshoe!
or maybe paddles, for the dunes.

[shoot4fur]

that would be my guess also or maybe for muddy field work?

[Powder River Walker]

I would say some kind of mold for making horse shoes.

[Big Horn Posse]

a midevil door knocker

[Powder River Walker]

The wife said it is a redneck way to pull shoes. weld them to the plate and slap them on the a$$.

[Arkansas Frog]

it is a correction shoe-plate to change the way a horse walks [correct the foot.]

[catdogs]

Couple of you guys are close, but not quite there yet...

[Bluefloyd]

Old weights to put on the front feet of Tennesse walkers to make them dance higher?

[catdogs]

They are snow shoes!

Man leading a snowshod mule with mail packs


Man leading a pair of pack horses to supply a mining camp in Stewart BC about 1930


Another earlier style: Robert Scott used these on his expedition to the South Pole in 1911




There ya have it, an interesting but totally worthless bit of trivia for ya!

[Mike Leonard]

I would say Bluefloyd nailed it right off!

[catdogs]

I see he changed his answer... Or maybe I misread it the first time... They did a segment on RFD TV on the Rural Heritage show about these - pretty cool I thought.

[Bluefloyd]

Lucky guess by me!! I edited my post adding the paddle tires for the dunes after my first response.
Good post catdogs, I enjoy a getting a history lesson while sifting through the fluff on this board.