[AT] HayWagon build up.

[Spencer Yost]

Cooks mp-32.  Great people, well built saw and in my eyes better than Woodmizer.   but it will be a little like tractors. If you really need the dealer support you my need to go with a bigger name like woodmizer.  But cooks has great telephone support and fast parts shipping.   So I have not needed a local dealer. The one repair I have had to make, was on the Kohler engine while under warranty. They were very helpful in making arrangements with the local Koehler dealer to handle the repair. It went very smooth and I was very pleased.



Spencer Yost

> On Oct 30, 2017, at 12:24 PM, Mogrits <mogrits at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Spencer,
> 
> What mill do you have? I have been thinking about getting one but there are
> so few around me I am not that familiar with them.
> 
> Warren
> 
>> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 10:50 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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