Wife brought home another treasure.

[Chris142]

She brought home this old wooden wagon to be yard art . Kinda goes with my mineshaft I guess.

 

[Owen Lucas]

That wagon has to be 120 years old easy. Wait......you have a mine shaft!?

 

[Chris142]

That wagon has to be 120 years old easy. Wait......you have a mine shaft!?

I wondered how old that wagon may be. Any identifiable features to look for? Here's my mineshaft.

 

[AZjeff]

She had it hitched to the FJ?

 

[Owen Lucas]

Any identifiable features to look for?

I just guessed because it doesn't have rubber tires and reminds me of what came after wooden wheels of the early cowboy era. So this must be between then and turn of the century when rubberized wheels and pneumatic tires became prevalent. I don't really know though.

 

[Chris142]

She had it hitched to the FJ?

Brought it home On the trailer

 

[PimTac]

Looks like an old buckboard.

 

[Chris142]

Looks like an old buckboard.

It has leaf springs. They go across and not front to back.

 

[CR94]

She had it hitched to the FJ?

A team of horses would be more appropriate.

 

[RoadDukie]

I think your wife did good. I like it!

 

[atikovi]

She brought home this old wooden wagon to be yard art . Kinda goes with my mineshaft I guess.
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Gonna be hard finding tires for something that old.

 

[Chris142]

Gonna be hard finding tires for something that old.

What ever will I pack the bearings with?

 

[CR94]

What ever will I pack the bearings with?

What's the recommended maintenance interval on those?

 

[FordMan59]

What ever will I pack the bearings with?

I'm going to give you the answer everyone always uses on such questions. Whatever the owners manual suggests. Their engineers know their product best.

 

[Shel_B]

What ever will I pack the bearings with?

Early axle grease was tallow, made from animal fat rendered from beef or mutton. A less desirable alternative, sometimes used in a pinch, was rendered bacon fat, or lard. Save your rendered fat.

 

[Nick1994]

What's the recommended maintenance interval on those?

When the horse pulling it has drinken 300 gallons of water

 

[vavavroom]

There are probably spiders hiding on the undercarriage. Carpe aranea!

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

I wondered how old that wagon may be. Any identifiable features to look for? Here's my mineshaft.

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LOL. Reminds me of what I saw around Virginia City (NV)

 

[walterjay]

You check tire rack for tires.

 

[twouvakind]

Early axle grease was tallow, made from animal fat rendered from beef or mutton. A less desirable alternative, sometimes used in a pinch, was rendered bacon fat, or lard. Save your rendered fat.

And quasi environmentally friendly though vegans would beg to differ.