Re: grain wagon

Posted by Leroy on April 15, 2018 at 06:42:53 from (66.118.123.39):

In Reply to: grain wagon posted by Howard Parker on April 14, 2018 at 20:41:08:

I would say Fir or Pine as both are strong enough and lighter weight than any of the hardwoods and total weight was a big consirn at the time those beds were made. They wanted as light a weight as possible to give more carrying capacity without going over the rated capacity of a running gear the bed was put on. And in the day of a hundred bushel rated bed a hundred pounds heavier made the load allowed 2 bushel less and 2 bushel was a big thing then. Not now when loads are 500 bushels or more. And back in the day a bed made out of the heavy wood like oak was called a horse killer. You take a wagon and lay the floor of a light weight wood on and try moving things by hand, notunload that and load it up with the oak and see how much harder it is for you to push it by hand. And factory wagon beds were pine for the stringers for its strength and lighter weight. Beds were made with the same toung and grove flooring that was ysed to make the porch on your house that is called 4" but actually has a 3 3/4" coverage and if it would stand the weare and tear and weather on your outdoor porch on your house it would stand the use in a wagon bed floor. Over the last few years I have bought dozens of flat hay-grain wagons for an Amish machinery dealer I work with supplying him with things not avaible in his area and If I see a wagon with a hardwood floor I would not even bid on it. And I have wagons setting here now for my own use that have that pine toung and grove porch flooring in them.

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