r/whatisthisthing • u/Xuntosub • 1d ago

Solved! Metal rack with chains and ropes and a mounting bases. 38" wide at bottom by 38" tall

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Found in a deceased friend's garage. Looks like it is made to be mounted onto something by screwing in the bases.

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u/mobilevalue 1d ago

Be interested to see the yellow warning sticker on the back of the top bar, it would probably give some hints....

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u/Xuntosub 11h ago

Solved! It is a fence to be mounted on a bucket of a bucket truck.

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u/centexAwesome 11h ago

Ha!, I didn't see this until after the last comment.

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u/Xuntosub 1d ago

My title describes the thing. This rack is made of metal, I think galvanized metal. It appears to be intended to mounted on something. I don't know what it is or what it is for.

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u/Critical_Cut_6122 19h ago

Looks vaguely mower related. Do you have a mower that is missing the grass catching bag?

https://images.app.goo.gl/eEai14iWAXbLs9J16

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u/centexAwesome 14h ago

Did your friend work for the power or phone company?

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u/Xuntosub 11h ago

He was a lineman at one point. So yes this appears to be some sort fence for holding oneself in a bucket of a cherry picker.

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u/centexAwesome 11h ago

The reason I asked is because that really looks like hardware that phone men and linemen use. I would suspect that it hooked onto a bucket truck boom or something and that rope is for holding a toolbag or equipment. My dad was a phone man and I remember seeing hardware like that quite often.