Wagon photos

Rich'sToys

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Southern MN
Someone suggested posting photos of our wagons, so I'll start it out. Here are 3 of mine.


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The one on the left is a wood flare box with hydraulic hoist on a David Bradley running gear.
The one in the center was bought at an auction last summer. I'm told the box was built from a kit that used to be available either from Sears or Montgomery Wards. It is 12 ft. long, and has a hydraulic hoist made by Electric Wheel Co. Not sure what brand the running gear is.
The one on the right used to belong to my Dad. I showed this one here before, after I fixed it up. The running gear is a New Idea and the box is aluminum, made by the L.C.Wood Co. in Alden, Iowa.

Now let's see what the rest of you have got. Add them to this thread.
 
My wagons are parade wagons. I build one a year as a hobby and then sell it. I've built 7 and am working on my 8th this year. I've posted photos of some on this forum before so you may have already seen them. Here are a few. All of my wagons are new construction on vintage running gears with new tires. The gears include John Deere 963, John Deere 953, John Deere 952, New Idea 629, 2 spoke wheel gears of unknown origin, and a very good gear with no pedigree that I found at an auction.
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big tee is that a homemade wagon? How many bushels does it hold? The gear kind of looks like one of the heavier duty Deere gears that usually had silage beds on them.
 
THat one on the right of your dad's is genious ! THats great for guys whose tractors didnt have an external hydraulic valve.Wonder how it was cranking that when over loaded with corn?I was too young to remember cranking or trying to crank my neighbors false endgate wagons or if i ever did. One of his had the crank deal like on a fence stretcher we had. :D
 
It didn't crank too bad. I cranked it many times. There are 4 pulleys on both top and bottom, so it reduces the amount of cranking force required by quite a bit. That cable is nearly 29 ft. long!
Sometimes, when letting it back down empty, instead of cranking it backward we'd just stand clear and let it go! Not exactly the safest, but a whole lot quicker!
 
I don't have a "wagon" yet. I got this trailer free and am replacing the floor. Im debating wether to put some fold up benches on each side for hay rides that can just fold flat against the wall when not in use. My Grandpa had several wood barge box wagons when he farmed in Iowa, some on case gear, some on JD and Mont. Wards and an electric wheel gear. Id love to have an old wood wagon with a hoist!
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Nice looking wagons,
Mine are just hay wagons. the first one I built was steel, but it used up pretty much all of the steel I had been collecting for the last 20 years, so the ones after that I made out of wood.
Pete
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It is a Triggs--- gear and box..Were made in Belmond Iowa. They made a 500 and a 750bu. The same gear but 750 had basically a tag axle. I bought it used at a deere dealer auction in Hampton Iowa 30 years ago. Still got it but since we got semis don't use it much. Most we ever had on was 777 bu dry corn. We kept splitting rims so we put 22.5 super singles on. Problem solved.
 
I have the same wagon as your nice one on the right. I have
extensions on it but that's about it. It sits full of hog feed and
cranked up to the trusses in the north shed.
 
Here are photos of my wagons, mostly barge wagons. I do have
two EZ Flow gravity wagons that I don't have good photos of. The
first wagon is a Nu-Bilt/Lindsay 6x12 barge wagon on a New Idea
gear. It was bought new by my father is 1961-he still has the
original bill of sale. The next three photos are pictures of my
Minnesota barge wagons-1062 and two 1472 wagons. I have
repainted/re-stencilled two of them. The flare wagon is a
Minnesota 130 on a Minnesota gear. The last two photos are of my
recent purchases, red 6x12 Heider barge on IH 100 gear and 7x12
Heider barge on a Minnesota gear. I am looking for a Minnesota
1262 barge wagon, so if you know of one out there, let me know!
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Notjustair,

I'm told there are a few of those aluminum boxes still around, but I personally have only seen one. I'm sure there are more. If you have pics of yours it would be cool to see them.

My Dad also used to have a Nu-Bilt/Lindsay barge wagon like Kirk's. It was on a John Deere gear. My brother ended up with it--not sure what happened to it after that.
He also had an Electric galvanized flare box on a John Deere gear. It originally had a crank up hoist like mine, which eventually was replaced with a hydraulic one. That wagon is also long gone.
 
these old wagon running gears were shop made by John Morgan welding shop in Hazel, KY many years ago.

most wagons in our area, back in the day, had the 5th wheel turning axle.

I was able to fine these old running gears and save them as I wanted something that John had made, he was a good man and could weld most anything.
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Hendrik - The price depends on how much I have into them. Because of that, they all vary in price somewhat but all sold at less than $4,000 each.
 
I love wagons too! I have restored many, mostly John Deere. But have done Wards, IH and New Idea. Have done both flair and barge wagons. Here are pics of a John Deere Flairbox and a John Deere barge wagon. I have some for sale if anyone is interested.
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Pics of a pair of identical original John Deere barge wagons. Both were purchased at new at the same time. I restored one of them and redone the other. So this is sort of a before and after picture.
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Dean, Always a great job on your wagons!! Can you tell me again what you used to treat the wood on the JD/Heider barge wagon? I like the medium brown color more than the blonde color, maybe that is just the way the wood took it. The Heider box I have was already done and the guy told me he used stuff for a deck. Now onto refinishing the other Heider I have. Do you take the sides off to do the wood? What is used to keep the hydraulic hose off the ground and out of the way?
Thanks!
 
Thanks Rich,

I think I will add some of the units at one of our favorite places - Farmamerica. Yours look great. I thought your middle one had a little more red paint. Outstanding work that you did on the right hand one.

The last one of the six I added is a McCormick. Add any details that you may know about these.
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Ron, there is a little more paint on the other side.


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Here are some photos of my other wagon. The running gear is a wooden one which used to belong to my grandfather. About 20 years ago I replaced all the bolsters and stakes and painted it. The box is a Corn King which I bought from a neighbor. It is in original condition with original paint and pin striping.



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Here is the best picture I have of my Dultmeier. I had it up on blocks replacing the wheel bearings. I never got back to taking a full picture of it.
 
(quoted from post at 21:09:31 02/28/15) Here is the best picture I have of my Dultmeier. I had it up on blocks replacing the wheel bearings. I never got back to taking a full picture of it.
What brand of running gear is that? The upright stakes on my David Bradley are bent over in the corners just like yours.
 
For those of you who receive Red Power Magazine there is a very interesting article by Jim Becker in the March-April 2015 issue (just got mine a couple days ago) on the history and development of farm wagons with information dating well back into the early 1800's. Very well written and follows the evolution and major design changes in them until they were generally replaced by motorized vehicles for the transport of farm products to storage or market, Hal.
 
Around here i never saw a flarebox except in my toys as a kid . Around here it was either the gravity boxes or flatbeds with side or barge as some call them. Does anyone know what gear ratios they used on the old false endgates that were cranked back by hand? Had trouble when i had a hydraulic lift wagon.Thanks in advance :D
 
Great wagons !!!

Did you fabricate the ironwork for the side boards and driver seat springs or did you find a set of iron at auction?
I have running gear which I am just starting to refurbish. IH 631WA is what is on the running gear. It was a water cart for many years now it is scrap so I am seeking the proper colors for the running gear as well. It seems to have a darker green, possibly "Oliver" green.
It appears similar to the red wagon in your pictures. The drawbar (hitch) and wheel hubs appear the same. Mine has/had 16 X 6 tires on the 8 bolt rims.
I think it would make a nice parade wagon if I could locate the iron parts.
Any information is appreciated.
 

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