SW-2W wagon finished

Tom H.

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Finally after starting on this project four years ago it is finished. The original frame is was completely stripped and painted, original wheels have a new set of tubed tires. The wooden bed and sides were missing along with the bales, or uprights for the sides so New were fabricated from repurposed angle iron from bed rails. The wood support rails are 2x4 pressure treated wood and the bed and sides are 3/4? pressure treated plywood rather than joined planks. I tried to match the dimensions of everything from the SW-2W manual that I found on a Ford forum. Hopefully I now have a wagon that may last a long time, and another Ferguson implement
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Interesting, Tom -

I just this month rebuilt a similar trailer - it's one I purchased at an auction in 1989, well used, and have since used it extensively on the farm -

even up to a couple of years ago there was a small tag in the sideboard, but regretfully it was lost before rebuild and I didn't know the provenance of the trailer

I just rebuilt it along the lines of what was left - I had the frame and stakes and wheels sandblasted and I then painted them - it's had one ba-stard wheel with the other being a Ford/Ferguson 16" front tractor unit - I purchased another tractor front to match it - I just got notification today that the implement tire had arrived and the tire shop is ready to mount it - I like the looks of your wheels which I am guessing are original -

enjoy some pictures -

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I don't have a good picture of the finished unit, I'll take one tomorrow - here's a picture of it at work to tide you over -

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Do you know of the approximate date of manufacture? - I've been guessing late 1940's/early 1950's

regards
David
 
No, I?m not that good with paint. They came off the parts site here. Easy vinyl transfers. And thanks.
 
Hi Tony, yeah it could go in the woods and do some work. The 3/4? deck would handle it.

Tom

Ps don?t tell Jim I finished it.
 
Tom, I've thought quite a bit today about this trailer and how I had no idea that it was a Ford/Ferguson manufacture and even came with a manual -

I've done a little looking and found the manual, and also found you've posted here in the past about your project. I regret I was unaware of those posts, it might have influenced my project.

Anyway, thanks and congratulations on the completion of your project. These trailers (wagons, whatever) are very handy and mine is one of the most used implements on the farm. I'm sure you'll enjoy the utility of yours.

So - in the interest of archiving knowledge here at YT, I'll post a few picts of what I believe are original details -

gate rod details - mine had one rod and I think it is original -

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I see stakes in your picture holding the ends in place - the sides on my unit had cleats to support the ends and any evidence of stakes was long gone. These cleats were riveted in place which makes me suspect they were original.

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Here's where there was a small tag attached to the side - this I really regret losing - I was aware of it, but when I got ready to do this renovation it had at some point loosened and was lost. I hadn't anticipated that or I would have removed it for safe keeping (and probably misplaced it amongst all the other pieces).

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finally, one picture of my finished unit -
regards
David

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Thank you and very nice job on your wagon. Finding the manual was a huge help with the project,but, didn?t offer much information on how the
factory pieces were made. I have assume all the decking was joined planks as well as the sides. Also if your end rod is original it would explain
these ease of removal of the end gates. Trying to use the drawings in the really didn?t show how they worked other than to secure the sides
together. I may change mine to look like yours.

Seeing the rivets holding the gate stiffeners makes sense. I had glued and screwed mine together

So now with your information I?m tempted to maybe do a true restoration. Maybe.

Thanks.
 
Both of them look very nice. I still wonder why everyone else can find this stuff and I can't. Oh well maybe some day.
 

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