I am looking for wagon steps for horse drawn wagons. Ebay has many but most are listed as cast iron steps. My book of historic horse drawn wagon hardware shows steps of steel and malleable iron. No cast iron. I suspect the "antique" wagon steps listed on Ebay are incorrectly labeled as cast iron and are probably malleable iron or steel but I am not sure. I don't know how to tell the difference in a photo of malleable or cast iron. Were any historic wagon or tractor steps made of cast iron? I think they would be too brittle to support a sudden thrust of a heavy person jumping up or down on a step. If I did this cut/paste stuff right, a photo of the steps I am wanting, if they are malleable iron, is attached.
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