Another old farm tool

[GaryD]

These came out of an Iowa barn.  Thought maybe they were a rope tightener for corn or oat shocks.  Maybe for hay?  Looks like there is a pulley wheel for a rope, and the finger ends can be locked into place.  Any ideas for sure what they are?

[Billman49]

No idea,  but lots of barns have hay lofts, and had (maybe still have??) rope/wire pulley systems for getting the hay from the cart to the hayloft - maybe this is an area to check out...

[wvtools]

I think you are correct.  It looks like a longer, fancier version of a corn shocker for tightening rope or wire around the shocks.

[rudeawakening55]

  Hay sling latch