Posted 12/13/2010 20:55 (#1484431 - in reply to #1484223) Subject: Re: Digging a basement 1949 pic
Morris, IL
I've never heard them called tumble bugs, grandpa called it a slip scraper. Ours looks a lot like that yours, it's a yard ornament now. My great grandfather dug basement under the house next door with horses and a slip scraper.