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TGIN

09-29-2004 04:46:41




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Gona build a new hay bed for wagon this winter . I`m going out in the woods and cut down a Red Oak and have sawed for the lumber , thats what I have and have always used . Just wandered what everyone else around the country uses .




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DuaneWKKC

10-04-2004 08:30:04




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
Last wagon we built we used 6 x 8 (20')Red Elm for the beams, 4 x 4 (8') Red Elm for the cross members and 2 x 6 treated yellow pine tongue & grove for the deck. Wagon was built approx. 25 yrs ago. Will change the running gear before it needs a new deck. No matter what you use, keep it in a shed, will last till you break it that way.

Duane W.



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Leland

09-30-2004 17:54:41




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
Use white oak and then drowned it in linseed oil top and bottom will last mant years.we also build ours were its 5 bales widethat way we get 25 bales to a layer.



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JD-A

09-30-2004 17:29:54




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
Am a woodshop teacher, cut the walnut to 2.25" & set it in the barn for 10 years then make gun stocks out of it. Fixin' to restore my first wagon bed, goin' to use rough sawed oak from eastern Oklahoma only problem is it's usually a little green & will shrink some. Ought to work good luck



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JOHN HARMON

09-29-2004 17:17:23




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
Since April '04 I have Built two 36"w x80'H Kitchen Curio Cabinets and one TV Armoire. Wood of Choice ? 4/4 and 5/4 Red Oak at $3.92 for 4/4 and $5.06 for 5/4 per Bd. Ft. and you guys are building Hay Racks out of it? Unbelievable!!



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thurlow

09-29-2004 20:07:50




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to JOHN HARMON, 09-29-2004 17:17:23  
Well John, go take one of your blood pressure pills and sit down before you read this..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...ready????? Red Oak is the firewood of choice around "here"; untold thousands of ranks/cords burned annually..... dimensions usually about 20/4 or 24/4.



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JOHN HARMON

09-29-2004 17:20:12




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to JOHN HARMON, 09-29-2004 17:17:23  
Don't get Stressed by the 80'. I meant 80". Don't know how to correct after the Post is Made. Any Suggestions?



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kyhayman

09-29-2004 13:53:16




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
I build several to sell each year. By far the white oak flats outlast the red (quit doing reds a few years ago). 3x10s 20' runners, 2x6s 20' side rails, 1.5x variable x 8' flooring. Right now paying $.52 a bdft for white oak 16' or less, $.70/bdft for 20'. 3/8" carriage bolts for the side rails to the floor and fence plank nails (16d twisted, case hardened) to attach flooring to runners.



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KURT (mi)

09-29-2004 08:29:05




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
Something you could try, A guy I know drives a lumber truck. Contractors call the store and ask for banded lumber that may have a few bad pieces in it and they get the whole lift for $50 or so. You may want to call around and see if a lumber yard will sell you some lumber for cheap. Cant hurt to ask.



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paul

09-29-2004 06:58:52




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
Up here in the North white oak is better than red.

Dad made one from whatever he had cut at the time. Most of the front is elm. The back 7 planks are black walnut.

--->Paul



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jnewark

09-29-2004 05:27:59




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
white oak is slightly more resistant to rot... I spect you have both...
jack



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Nebraska Cowman

09-29-2004 05:05:29




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to TGIN, 09-29-2004 04:46:41  
Red Oak is good.
Everybody has their own choices.
Mine is American Steel



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ben uk

09-29-2004 12:18:12




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 Re: Wagon Bed in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 09-29-2004 05:05:29  
Mines British steel!



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