bakery wagon

[goodcompanion]

I just bought a crusty old haywagon gear, mostly to use for a future haywagon, but it is a possibility for the bakery wagon, and certainly within budget. ($50.)

Anyone tried replacing the auto hubs with straight round 1″ axles so I might use amish-made wheels with 1″ i.d. roller bearings? I am not much of a welder.

Incidentally, why is “crusty” never a good adjective except when used to describe bread?

[ngcmcn]

Erik, the original design is nice . Could you build the body, find good wheels and axels, then have a spring shop make you up some springs and shackles. I’m sure there’s a truk spring shop in your neck of the woods, they can usually put springs under anything, custom to boot.

Neal Mcnaughten
Unity, me.

[goodcompanion]

Probably could but I have no idea what it would cost. Easy enough to find out I suppose.

[ngcmcn]

Sorry for the redumdant reply. I checked this thread after replying the other day and it wasn’t there so i replied again.

Neal

[Rod]

My hay wagon would not accommodate larger wooden wheel because of body clearance. The rubber tires and wheels are under the body and even if the body were cut away at the wheels the turning would still interfere with the frame. The wagon could be modified in front with a lot of cutting and welding to allow the larger diameter wheel to turn without hitting the body but it would be a major undertaking.

On way to make it look waggonish is to use smaller diameter wheels and/or tires in front, not the same but does help a little.

The nice thing about the rubber tires is it’s easy to add brakes,they ride nice and don’t bog down as easily.

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