Sdaupanner Loc: South Dakota /New England

I thought that I would put up a Topic that has not had a lot of play here or any where else. Lets see some of the Old Wagons of the prairies and it don't really matter the brand or type. My wife and I have just bought a new hobby for the winter like I really needed one but we bought an old Studebaker Farm Wagon and over the winter I will be rebuilding it hopefully to almost mint shape. So all of you folks who have yard show pieces feel free to post them. Now there are quite a few Farm wagons from makers such as Studebaker, Case, John Deer, just to name a few if you don't know who made it post it anyway. Maybe some of the different types like Hearses (Known as the Boot Hill Express) I have never seen one in person but if someone should have one I would love to see a picture of it, it may be a grain wagon or maybe an old ore wagon out of the old mining districts who knows lets start posting what ever you or even your neighbor has maybe out of a museum in your home town what ever every thing goes.

Here it is right off the trailer as attested but the straps!


One thing that I really got a kick out of was the Duck Tape that held the Wheel Rim on just another Ad for DUCK TAPE!!


All of the wheels had the duck tape on them but what they were holding on to was not much better.


The top box is in pretty good shape for the age and the back axle seems to be ok for the most part but the front is going to have to be rebuilt the fun begins!!


I am not to sure where the mess starts but I am sure that the final product will be a lot better than it is now , The axles look alright and the hubs should be able to hold up for as long as I will own it but the tongue will have to ne redone. One think that I was looking for from the start was one with all of the hardware still present and this is what I found in Deadwood at an Antique Store.


The rear axle is just a matter of Squaring it with the body and remounting it, no problem.


This shows the tongue a lot of it gone but still enough to make a pattern from for a replacement.

wolfman43 Loc: Michigan/Florida

Another use for DUCK TAPE!! Enjoy the rehab of your Wagon. You will have to take pictures from beginning to end. Let us see the results.

skip from omro

nice set

Sdaupanner Loc: South Dakota /New England

It is going to be a ball, but I wonder if in the end if there may be more Tape than repair. And I will keep a log of the repair and post it here as it progresses. Any way If any of you have any old wagons or know where there are any, snap a few shots and post them here I like looking at them and I am pretty sure that others will as well.

wolfman43 Loc: Michigan/Florida

Sounds Great, I'll keep my eyes open. I Have a old wagon wheel that looks just about like what you have. Have to check it out in the day light,and will take a picture of it!

fantom Loc: Colorado

I'll go ahead and post an interesting wagon in the gallery right now. Hope you like it.

Sdaupanner Loc: South Dakota /New England

The pictures that anybody posts may in the long run be a great help with what I am doing , God knows that I sure need a lot of that HELP ;-}

Sdaupanner Loc: South Dakota /New England

Today my wife and I were coming into Deadwood from Sturgis and at the foot of the hill is a place that has opened and they sell Amish furniture ( the price is really decent) and they had an old Amish buggy out side and I shot a few pictures and here is what I shot

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Wagons..

Amish buggy..not too old, but not too new, either!

Sdaupanner Loc: South Dakota /New England

Well I would say I have seen a few of those on my way through the Amish country both in Pa, Ohio, And a few in NY I used to live in Maryland and West Va. in Old Harpers Ferry and I ran a truck for Blue Ridge Express and ran in Pa. a lot was held up by them with their little triangles.

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

Here's one I found out for a drive one day, looks a little like yours.

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

Here's a few more from a parade in Roundup Montana.

Traveling outhouse


Water Trailer with Spare

Sdaupanner Loc: South Dakota /New England

Well some what,I think that the difference is in name only. I think that we are looking at what they call a farm wagon and for the most part other than name they are put together the same. Now if we step up a step to things like Stage Coaches then there was a world of difference in building and suspensions, but farm wagons were real basic at best. Thanks for the picture sleepy51 it is a great add to the topic.

DGB\

Those picture of Roundup MT are GREAT I really hope mine, when done, will be a lot prouder than it is now. Thanks for the pictures any one else who has pictures go ahead and add them I may have started this topic but it is for all of you who love the movement west and what it took to do it once again I can't thank you enough Sleepy51 for the add to the topic.

Sdaupanner Loc: South Dakota /New England

I was on the way out of Hot Springs today and I stopped at a place with a name that is something like Kemo Saby it is a camp ground but they also sell a gambit of other things and I was looking at several of their wagons but this is one that caught my attention most I guess one could call it a roach coach of the prairie but it was outfitted for a chuck wagon or cook wagon they were used to follow the herd during round up and I would think that they also may have been used when people migrated west.

Side view and this one is up for sale.


This is a view from the back the A-frame is part of the prep table when it is folded down.


If one were to be in the seat the pantry would be at the rear of the wagon as seen here.

Sac-Jack Loc: Sacramento, Ca

Lovr the picture's of the old wagons. As a kid we used to load them with barbed wire and go out to mend fence's when I lived in North Dakota. Thank you for the memorys.