Guess the Weight?

[Ian]

Ow do all

Theres an anvil for sale at a local auction, its a double bicked type, the measurements are 39" long by 5" wide. The base is 17" wide. There's no height except including the stand at 28 1/2". The Auction list it as aprox 200lb in weight. Thing is that seems low given those measurements. Can anybody give me a better guestimate than that?
You can see some damage to the top so this thing has to be heavy enough to warrent my attention, budget has to stretch

[Dale Russell]

Ian , just buy it , if needed later on you could always sell it

Dale Russell

[Rich Hale]

I would check that all over with a magnet..Fella I know buys and sells tools including anvils he bouight a painted anvel ,,about 300#
He stripped the paint and found a large portion of the top was missing and filled in with car body filler,,,Bondo...

[Dan OHare]

Ian, I have an english pattern marked 2-1-17, which works out to 269 lbs.
Roughly the same dimensions as this green monster. I believe you are correct that a weight estimation of 200 lbs. is light for this anvil.
BUY IT.
Then you can post a "name the green monster" contest. Dan

[philip in china]

My guess is 280 pounds. I have got the detailed specs of all the Vaughans anvils both single and double bick and will send these on to you. (You need to conert to metric however). I don't want to post them here as they might be copyright and that could cause problems for Glenn.

[habu68]

guesstimate:

looking at the anvil I would remove the two horns and add them back to the body to create a cubic rectangle that i would estimate to be 13"x 8"x10" or 1,040 cu/in. steel depending on type is about .2904 lbs/cu/in or about 300 lbs.

it would be fun to see how much it really weighs.

should we start a pool?

[jayco]

I never knew John Deere made an anvil. Just kidding. Maybe the previous owner just painted his tractor.....and had some green paint left over?

I would, as Rich said,carefully check it out.

A guy I know bought a set of plows at an auction. They looked really good.....fresh coat of paint and everything.
When he got them home, he gave them a closer inspection and discovered that someone had carefully plastered the moldboards with a 1/2 in. layer of grease and then painted over it. Both moldboards were worn completely through!

The new moldboards he had to buy cost $150.

[steveh]

it looks like a vaughan to me.my 2cwt vaughan measures 31.5in.long,the base is 11in.sq and the face is 4.5in wide.i would think it is at least a 3cwt. if not 4cwt.one way to find out is to pick up.

[Dale Russell]

Steve , don't tell him stuff like that , he'll go & " try " .......

Dale Russell

[steveh]

thats too funny Dale!