[AT] HayWagon build up.

[Steve W.]

Spencer Yost wrote:
> It appears I may have gotten my cart before the horse. I have my wood
> ready, and all of my plans drawn up. I'm already to build it up  and
> guess what: That haywagon will not slide apart. Took me a pretty good
> while to even get the stay bolts and the set screws out of the way.
> It's become very clear to me that the inner tube is rusted really
> tight to the outer tubes. I've tried heat and hydraulic jacks.
> Nothing is even coming close to budging it. I wouldn't bother since
> I'm a small farm but even for me this hay wagon would be too small if
> I didn't get this thing slid apart.
> 
> Any tips?   I thought somehow rotating one axle while holding the
> other axle still would break the rust better than trying to pull it
> apart, but I couldn't think of a good way to do that. Maybe two
> forklifts?
> 
> PS:   Think this thing is a model 953.  Here is the ghost of a decal.
> At first glance that second number looks like a six, but I think it's
> a five


Go grab a couple big candles. Heat the pipe enough that the candle will 
melt when applied at the seam. Now pull the parrafin down the tube by 
heating it slowly away from the seam. May take a couple candles to get 
the wax the full distance. Now anchor one end and hook a tow strap on 
the other so it stays under tension. Then go down the tube with two hand 
sledges and hit 180 degrees from each other. Should jar it loose and the 
wax will act as a bridge/lube across the rust.

-- 
Steve W.