What IS this thing????

[willow_girl]

Pulled it out of the weeds at my new place ...
It's big!
Some bits and pieces were left behind ...



Closeup of the "joints":



I'm guessing it's a tent frame, or maybe an antenna.

Anyone know for sure???

[Ravenlost]

Looks like it would make a great bean trellis!

[Tricky Grama]

OMG! It's whats left of Oggie's tin foil hat!!

[Rocky Fields]

Hey.

It's a walking pipe...big cousin to the walking stick;-)

RF

[moonwolf]

I think it's part of an old t.v. antenna.

[Sand Flat Bob]

I once had a fabric covered Greenhouse that had a frame very much like that one. My guess is some type of fabric covered building frame.

Bob

[horsefarmer]

I was hoping for swing set for someone who spent to much time in the 1970s.

[MELOC]

remnants of the MIR space station?

[Simpler Times]

I'm pretty sure it is a canopy frame, the kind you buy and set up for shade in your yard for pickniking, etc.

[Up North]

The "joints" are made from the hinge of the old style dairy cow stanchions. They were cut from the stanchion frames and welded to the pipes.
I'm a'thinkin' it's a failed prototype of a foldable/portable pig farrowing hut :1pig: My suspicion is that Porky made off with the classic blue tarp portion of said structure , LOL.

[mtnbluet881]

Its the antenna of my favorite martian...only it got confused and bent downward instead of upward.

[Oggie]

Originally Posted by Tricky Grama

OMG! It's whats left of Oggie's tin foil hat!!

So, that's where is landed!

A word to the wise: Never use a mix acetone, gasoline and a burst from the oxygen tank on a welder to light your charcoal grill.


Now that you have the pipe work, you could get a large, heavy-mil plastic tarp and put is over the pipes spread out like a teepee. Instant greenhouse that could be removed from the plants when the weather warms up.

[Jan Doling]

Lucky you....your new greenhouse just needs the plastic walls. Send another photo when the greenhouse is finished, please.

[lacyj]

DH says it's an old tent frame, without the canvas.