[AT] HayWagon build up.

[Spencer Yost]

Thanks - I feel the same about pressure treated.   

I say I got the wagon for free but actually I bartered some labor for it. The guy I got the hay wagon from delivered it with three white oak logs on it.   He has an equipment trailer he needed a new deck for.   Since I have a small saw mill I cut his lumber in exchange for the running gear.   The logs were 16 feet so I just cut a bunch of 1-5/8 thick for him, then for me 5/4 boards for the deck, 10/4  boards for the runners,  and 8/4 boards for the crosspieces and rear trim that the rack attaches to.  I'll use 5/4 for the rest of the trim.   The logs were of such a diameter that cutting everything 8" wide worked perfect(16 and 24" bolts after slabbing) so that's what I did.  Don't think I will have enough for the rear rack.  I have one smallish 8' white oak log of my own that I think I can saw a rack out of.  I will definitely have to cross my fingers sawing that one.

Spencer Yost

> On Oct 29, 2017, at 10:07 PM, Henry Miller <hank at millerfarm.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Length is about how sharp you turn relative to the tongue length. You
> don't want the wagon to hit the tires. (I've never seen this, but a few
> times the tires were too close for my comfort when I was riding on the
> wagon back to the barn). I'd measure everything and check that it fits
> before I started cutting anything. 
> 
> Be careful about what wood you use. Treated seems like a good idea, but
> modern treated wood will rot the iron out in a few months. I don't have
> a great answer, either spend the money for white oak (or other wood that
> won't rot),  use dry pine and paint it (several coats) first; or treated
> but paint the wagon good, then paint the dry wood (lumber yard treated
> lumber is often wetter than code allows), and put zinc (anti sieze) on
> anywhere metal contacts wood.
> 
>  I've never done any of the above, but I've seen enough rotted wood in
>  hay racks to figure it is worth more effort than the last guy did. 
> 
> -- 
>  Henry Miller
>  hank at millerfarm.com
> 
>> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017, at 03:51 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>> I scored a free John Deere Haywagon. Not sure of the year but it looks
>> old enough to put on my 430 V :-)
>> 
>> Two questions:
>> 
>> Does anyone know a way to ID these things? Other than a ghost of a John
>> Deere decal and green paint  have no idea as to year or model.
>> 
>> Is there a certain convention to how far the the bed extends past the
>> front and rear wheels ?  No one I know around here has wagons anymore or
>> I would just go measure one.  Obviously it can't extend too far in front
>> of the front wheels or it will interfere with steering, but it must
>> extend some.   Most wagons I have worked on the wheels are symmetrical
>> under the bed so once I get a good dimension for the front 'll just use
>> that for the rear.
>> 
>> The running gear is actually in good shape, but it has no bed. The
>> running gear was adjusted as close together as possible for storage, so I
>> have to pull it apart for a 16' bed I've sWn wood for and need to know
>> how far to pull it apart.
>> 
>> Thanks!!!!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Spencer Yost
>> 
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