When I was growing up on the farm in the 50's and 60's it seems that every farm had at least one "barge" style wagon with removable end gates and sides. This
allowed you to haul ear corn when the sides and ends were in place and to haul baled hay when the sides and ends were remove. All of these wagons had metal
hardware to hold the side boards in place, metal rods to hold the end gates securely as well as a chain in the middle to keep the sides from bulging. I have
collected a few of these wagons and my question is, does anyone out there know of a source for this original farm wagon hardware or a source for reproduction farm
wagon hardware?
allowed you to haul ear corn when the sides and ends were in place and to haul baled hay when the sides and ends were remove. All of these wagons had metal
hardware to hold the side boards in place, metal rods to hold the end gates securely as well as a chain in the middle to keep the sides from bulging. I have
collected a few of these wagons and my question is, does anyone out there know of a source for this original farm wagon hardware or a source for reproduction farm
wagon hardware?