OT / Hay wagon question

Has anyone ever given hay rides where they had to take their tractor and hay wagon (cart?, whatever you call it) to the place where the rides are given? What I want to know specifically, is can you pull a hay wagon down the highway behind your truck, or are they not meant for that speed? Or does it depend on the cart itself?

A tandem axle trailer makes a good hay ride wagon, as opposed to a four wheel wagon with steering by the tongue.

By the way, it is easy to keep a four wheel wagon from swinging back and forth. You use a spring to take all the slac out to one side: connect the spring from the tongue to the drag link on one side. I have a Model T wagon with a spring like this and it will pull 40 mph every time.

Also, most farm wagons don't have brakes, especially the older ones.

I can probably start a pretty good argument with this, but here goes: ;->

Trailed device terminology -

Trailer = Wheels mid-vehicle or further aft, significant tongue weight on tow vehicle. May have 1 or more axles (or pairs of wheels)

Wagon = Wheels at each corner (front wheels on spindles to allow turning) Must have 4 wheels, may have more (usually on aft end if more than 4, again for turning).

Cart = 2 wheel affair with weight balanced over the wheels. (Think horse cart, ox cart, etc.)

Nathaniel
P.S. This is based on my current understanding, is open to correction, and is worth exactly what it cost you. (Grin!)

Gene