Name of this barge wagon

Kirk Affeldt · Aug 23, 2014

I have come across a barge wagon on an auction lot that I don't know who the manufacturer is of the barge box or the running gear. The pictures don't do the colors justice but the gear and metal on the box is orange and the wood is a peach color. It doesn't appear to be repainted. Who made the box and the gear??? Thank you in advance!!

JD Seller · Aug 23, 2014

I have no idea of the maker of this wagon. The steering on the front axle is really unique. It looks like a well built wagon and box.

paul · Aug 24, 2014

I don't know, but if you look ups 'heider barge box' on google and look at the images it might be?

Paul

tim(in) · Aug 24, 2014

What part of the country or which state is it in? Lots of regional manufactures or small local ones back then.

Kirk Affeldt · Aug 24, 2014

Tim - Paul, I know I can rule out these manufacturers: Heider, Minnesota, Lindsay, Lundell, Dohrman, and Emerson. I have barge wagons of the first three companies and experience with the last three. I believe Calmar made boxes for grain/livestock trucks and could easily have made barge boxes for wagons too, but they were red. What makes this unusual to me, besides the color scheme, is the metal support standards for the sides, actually attach to the floorboards which extend outside of the box. I found this in southeastern Minnesota.

ss55 · Aug 24, 2014

It's definitely not a Heider box, but I don't recognize what brand it might be.

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