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

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

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

a midevil door knocker

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

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

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

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

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!

I would say Bluefloyd nailed it right off!

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.

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.