Once the owners of a 15,000-square-foot antique shop, Bill and Angie Anderson were no strangers to farm primitives. Still, Bill admits there were a few gaps in his knowledge. “I probably sold 400 hay trolleys before I knew there were different kinds,” he says. But after a rare one got away for a song, he decided it was time to “get the book and start learning.”
Today, Bill is out of the antiques business and into hay trolleys. With a collection of some 300, including particularly rare and early pieces, he’s come up to speed fast. “I found Hay Trolley Heaven () and saw all the photos and illustrations of trolleys,” he says, “and I turned to the network of antique shop owners I’d
