Wife brought home another treasure.

[53' Stude]

What's the recommended maintenance interval on those?

 

[spasm3]

Gonna be hard finding tires for something that old.

w

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.

The rendered fat will have a sodium add-pack, like Valvoline!

 

[Shel_B]

w

The rendered fat will have a sodium add-pack, like Valvoline!

I wonder if HPL makes a Super-buckboard, euro version. Schaeffer makes grease that's suitable for buggy and wagon axles. There are at least a few wheel and wagon shops that carry it.

 

[Shel_B]

What's the recommended maintenance interval on those?

Typically, about every 40 miles, although some wagon makers (and wagon masters) recommended 3x per week. Of course, that depended upon the conditions in which the wagons were used.

 

[AZjeff]

I'd look on the Shelzoil website for correct lubricants.

When the horse pulling it has drinken 300 gallons of water

drinken?? We don't speak German on here.

 

[Dave Hess]

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

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Looks like something I would see at Disney World.

 

[Langanobob]

Your wife is a keeper. First thing I’d do is treat the wood and metal surfaces with suitable preservatives. That is a real historical artifact and I’ve seen way too many of them rotten and falling apart.