🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Massey-Harris part N-181 for?

[cellerfeller]

Another mystery find from metal detecting at the old farm homestead. Looks like it has the old Massis trademark on it. About 17 1/4" long, 3" X 7/8" pin hole.

 

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[Blackfoot58]

Another mystery find from metal detecting at the old farm homestead. Looks like it has the old Massis trademark on it. About 17 1/4" long, 3" X 7/8" pin hole.

Looks similar to a PTO engaging lever. There were different styles based on the year and model. Here’s one from “eBait” that has the brackets bolted to it. From a Massey Harris.

 

[cellerfeller]

Looks similar to a PTO engaging lever. There were different styles based on the year and model. Here’s one from “eBait” that has the brackets bolted to it. From a Massey Harris.

The item on Ebay is much smaller with a knob on the end for your hand. This large, heavy object is not designed to put your hand on the top. A local guy thought it might be part of a cam for an old manure spreader.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I’m not that familiar with honey wagons, don’t know what a cam from one would look like. I can’t picture how the “knob looking” end would mount to anything. Good luck. It is interesting

 

[pepperj]

I’m not that familiar with honey wagons, don’t know what a cam from one would look like. I can’t picture how the “knob looking” end would mount to anything. Good luck. It is interesting

I sent a picture out to a fellow and he thought maybe off a hammer mill, but wasn't sure either.

For picturing the knob end is easy. I picture it as a drop in open socket. Hold your hand up, cup it so the fingers are drawn toward the wrist. The knob end would drop in and pull back into the shape.
This was sort of a quick connect over a through bolt and nut.

The OP stated MH but the second letter isn't a "H" could be a "F" for Ferguson

 

[Blackfoot58]

I sent a picture out to a fellow and he thought maybe off a hammer mill, but wasn't sure either.

For picturing the knob end is easy. I picture it as a drop in open socket. Hold your hand up, cup it so the fingers are drawn toward the wrist. The knob end would drop in and pull back into the shape.
This was sort of a quick connect over a through bolt and nut.

The OP stated MH but the second letter isn't a "H" could be a "F" for Ferguson

Ok. Thanks. I can picture that

 

[Red-Coat]

The OP stated MH but the second letter isn't a "H" could be a "F" for Ferguson

It is an 'H'... just a bit corroded. It’s definitely Massey-Harris. The company used the M-H in a lozenge logo (sometimes without the hyphen) until 1952 and then used the letters M-H-F within the lozenge when they merged with Ferguson to become to become Massey-Harris-Ferguson. They shorted the name to Massey Ferguson in 1958 and have used various versions of three overlapping triangles as their logo since then, early versions of which may have the letters M and F in the outer triangles.