hay wagon is done

Don-Wi · Jun 5, 2015

My oldest came to the farm today and we finished up my new wagon. 8x16 wagon, 4' back, and ready to bale. Gonna finish putting the metal back on the baler tomorrow, and put a back on 1 or 2 more wagons I picked up this spring, and try to knock down a couple acres.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Fred Werring · Jun 5, 2015

Looking good

Fred

Bruce from Can. · Jun 6, 2015

Nice job. When we had a slide shoot on the baler and four flat rack wagons, I think we had the best set up
for small squares. Kicker wagons a easy to fill but, not so nice to unload.I have chopped 40 acres so far ,
and have 20 more ready to go today, we slipped a rain yesterday. Bruce

kevinecwi · Jun 6, 2015

Nice job. Even comes with hired hands.

CCer · Jun 6, 2015

Great job! I remember helping to build wagon decks like that in my younger days.

Mark - IN. · Jun 6, 2015

Looks great!

Mark

wijim · Jun 6, 2015

We are in the beginning stages of building one. Don what fasteners did you use 0n the deck boards? And how much clearance is there above the tires?
We had 4x9x16s cut from power poles hope they are strong enough. Now hope the weather cooperates we have a bunch of hay down, jim

Bob Bancroft · Jun 6, 2015

Wish you were closer. I have one I built years ago I'm trying to sell now. It's been kept under cover, but I need to be putting more valuable machinery in there. I was so poor, and stretching what I had when I built it out of scraps, that I left gaps between the floor boards. But I suppose I could claim I planned it that way so it would clean off easier!

Don-Wi · Jun 6, 2015

I used 16 penny nails in the nail gun to the stringers, 1/4 carriage head bolts on the side boards. I make up brackets that bolt to the stringers on the back for a 4x4 to sit in for the back, with 3/8" carriage heads holding the back to the uprights. built a few this way and it works well. If there isn't enough tire clearance I weld some square tube to the running gear to raise it up a few inches.

Donovan from Wisconsin

GordoSD · Jun 6, 2015

I used torx washer head screws. You don't want to penetrate or make indentations on the boards. That's where moisture will settle and rot out the wood prematurely.

wijim · Jun 7, 2015

Thanks all for ideas will get a pic when done.

Don-Wi · Jun 7, 2015

I got my construction plans from a wagon dad got from Gruett and 2 others we bought at auction that all had a similar pocket design for the back, instead of trying to bolt it somehow to the wood, which always tends to break or pull out.

Right now we've got 6 wagons,5 with backs and they're all attached in the same way. Once in a great while an upright will break, then we just unbolt it and bolt a new one to the back. We also borrow one from a neighbor that has a similar design, but with pipe instead of wood.

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