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Joe W. 08-07-2012 12:27:53 75.7.193.155 Report to Moderator	I just bought this running gear and would like to know what company built it. I plan to make a parade wagon on it and I especially like the spokey wheels. The rear gear, unlike any other running gear I have had, rotates on the reach and is held in place with steel rings in front of and in back of the gear connection to the reach. Ignore the bent tongue, I'll get that straightened. The reach connects to the rear axle with a tube extending from the reach covering a round stub about 3" long welded to the front of the rear axle. Thanks for any information you can give me. [Reply]   [No Email]
Harold H 08-12-2012 13:08:41 12.23.230.67 Report to Moderator	Re: Identify this running gear in reply to Joe W., 08-07-2012 12:27:53   I think it is an Electric Wheel. Not IH. Harold H [Reply]  [No Email]
oleclint 08-09-2012 10:20:55 69.170.237.186 Report to Moderator	Re: Identify this running gear in reply to Joe W., 08-07-2012 12:27:53   After studying the pictures more, I think my earlier post mite be all wrong. I think Kevin is rite , An early Mc Cormick. I have worked around a newer Mc Cormick and this one is simular in the steering area. clint [Reply]  [No Email]
oleclint 08-09-2012 10:15:34 69.170.237.186 Report to Moderator	Re: Identify this running gear in reply to Joe W., 08-07-2012 12:27:53   Looks like a Electric Wheel gear made in Quincy,Il. Sold by M. Wards. and others. It could be a early David Bradly from Sears. Lindsay Bros.from Milwaukee sold many wagon gears that looked kind of like this one. Whatever the brand , it looks like it mite of been made in the 30 s or early 40 s ? clint [Reply]  [No Email]
Kevin B from Illinois 08-07-2012 18:36:15 173.20.194.215 Report to Moderator	Re: Identify this running gear in reply to Joe W., 08-07-2012 12:27:53   Yes I think it is maybe a McCormick Deering Gear or it could be a Peru gear who made those I do not know, but it is for sure cut off wheels from steel. [Reply]  [No Email]
Leroy 08-07-2012 17:16:59 69.88.205.38 Report to Moderator	Re: Identify this running gear in reply to Joe W., 08-07-2012 12:27:53   I cannot tell you what make but it was orignaly a steel wheel unit and those rims are from a 1936 to 1939-40 Ford car. and that rear axle as you describe is normal for any steel gear I have ever seen, only ones not like that are the wood gears. Does it have a straight roller bearing in those wheels being made in 2 sections? There should be a casting number on the wheel hub someplace that could help. [Reply]  [No Email]
Joe W. 08-08-2012 05:18:17 75.7.193.155 Report to Moderator	Re: Identify this running gear in reply to Leroy, 08-07-2012 17:16:59   The rear axle attachment to the reach on this gear is different from the all-steel John Deere 963, 953, 952, and New Idea 629 gears I have had. On the John Deere gears and the New Idea gear the attachment is bolted into the reach. On this gear the attachment is squezzed between two rings - one fore and one aft - leaving the rear axle to "spin" on the reach, something the JD and New Idea gears can't do. This is a small detail but maybe one that could help someone identify the manufacturer. [Reply]  [No Email]
R Aiken 08-07-2012 14:47:23 67.142.130.33 Report to Moderator	Re: Identify this running gear in reply to Joe W., 08-07-2012 12:27:53   It looks like a Montgumery Ward Low ride, made by the Electric Wheel Co. [Reply]  [No Email]