John Deere Wagon Question

BridgeTroll · May 28, 2018

Over the weekend, I picked up a John Deere grain wagon. From the informationI have been able to find, it is on a 953 running gear. The running gear is pretty rusty, but in good shape overall.

The floor of the wagon needs work, but the wood sides are in surprisingly good condition. Can anyone give me any information on the wagon such as model number, official name, etc.

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fastfarmall · May 28, 2018

Not sure if that's a factory box or not,it could be, but i am thinking it's homemade. Can u save the floor bye putting in some 3/4 inch treated plywood. I never seen one like it advertised in any of their brochure's, It would be good for picking corn, Does it have a hoist ?

BridgeTroll · May 29, 2018

It certainly could be homemade, but some of the details like the gate assembly on the back, the tension rods that hold the sides together, and the metal assemblies that accept the stakes on the sides appear to be manufactured.

It has tongue and groove floor boards that are still in pretty good condition. It the longitudinal and transverse timber members (not sure of the correct terminology) underneath that are broken and damaged.

There is no hoist or other means of dumping the box.

gmcdeadhead · May 29, 2018

if it is homemade, someone did a nice job on building it long ago, looks factory to me

BridgeTroll · May 29, 2018

I found this today. It is out of a brochure from 1960 and is not a full size image so I can't read the text. The upper left and upper right images look a lot like what I have.

fastfarmall · May 30, 2018

Well then my cousin maybe copied that design, he built two of them for silage, in the late 60's, they lasted until he retired the cattle about 8-10years ago,of course his was much higher sides, and had hoist's.

BridgeTroll · Jun 4, 2018

My current plan is to clean and paint the running gear, rebuild the floor, and keep the wood sides in their current condition. I started taking apart the running gear this weekend and prepping the parts for paint. The main pipe that connects the front and rear sections has a pretty good bend in it. Dimensionally, it looks like I can replace it with a piece of 2" schedule 40 steel pipe. However when I took it apart, I noticed that there is a cut in the underside of the pipe for full length. Does anyone know the reason for this? My guess is to allow a little more torsional flexibility when traveling over uneven ground, but I hope someone here can provide a definitive answer. I can cut the new one to match, but don't want to waste the time if it isn't necessary.

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