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Posted by Bob Spooner on December 07, 2004 at 07:21:53 from (63.113.151.30):
All,
I've recently aquired a small (6.5' X 10.5') haywagon. I'm planning on restoring it and using it around the property to move stones to where I'm building walls, carrying the kids around on hayrides, etc. This particular wagon had been sitting around for 20+ years. It is all there and in remarkably good shape save for the tongue. This wagon was equipped with a sliding tongue that actuated drum brakes on the rear wheels for over the road use. The tongue has been lost. Fabricating a tongue is not a problem. However, the stories i hear of backing these things up have me a tad worried. I wonder if I could put a rigid hitch on this thing to make it tow more like a regular trailer. If I leave the front wheels turn-able, and put some kind of spring mechanism on the front tie rod will the wheels turn on their own to follow the tractor? The front steering on this wagon (and maybe all hay wagons for all I know) has no castor. This means that the wheels will do the same thing being pulled forward or pushed backwards. though that might mean that it does both poorly. I would be grateful for any input. Bob
East Hampton, CT
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