Well oftentimes when we run across a wagon, we kind of look at the outward results, but
we don't always realize just what all is involved in the mechanics of how a wagon
goes together and how it works. And why? Well this video is showing some of those inside things that
you just don't often see, or maybe understand, that they're there, but they have a purpose.
Well last week we ended up with a 28 bushel wagon. This week we're going to extend it
up a little bit and turn this into a 45 bushel wagon, even though it will never haul grain again.
I'm not ready to do the final assembly of the box to the undercarriage, but I do need to do kind of
a dry run. There are some things that I need to kind of test fit before I do that final assembly.
Well when I was searching for old original irons to put onto this box I ran across this
brake ratchet that I thought would work, so I sand blasted it cleaned it up, painted it, but
when I put it up against this box I realized that this right front standard is kind of in the way, so
I had to go back to the drawing board and went back and looked through my junk pile,
and sure enough, I did find another one and I think this one's going to be a better fit.
Well the wagon boxes seldom, if ever, are permanently attached to the undercarriage.
They're designed to be lifted off and substituted. as needed. Well between this box and the bolsters
there's another secondary set of boards that does a double function. It keeps some of the
wear off of the floorboard itself, and with a double cleat on the rear axle over the bolster,
this is what keeps the box from shifting front to back.
Now since the front axle and the front bolster pivot on the kingpin, as the front axle turns,
the front bolster is somewhat free to kind of float, but the kingpin head sticks above the flat
surface of the top of the bolster, so I'm going to put a hole in the center of this sand board.
to relieve for the kingpin, so that these sand boards actually set down on the bolster themselves.
Well the single cleat behind the front bolster will keep that bolster in the correct position,
but the rear bolster is going to take a double
cleat, so when the brake is applied this box doesn't shift on the undercarriage.
When I get this box in its correct position to the undercarriage I'll go ahead and nail,
through the floorboard into the sand boards, and that will position the box in its permanent
position. So if there's a couple other things I need to check. We're going to
put a pan box in the back of this, underneath the box, underneath where the chuck box is going to go,
so I just want to double check some of those measurements first before I really
lock it into place. Anyway, I hope we'll get into that next week, maybe putting on
some bows and making some progress on this wagon.
Once again, thanks for watching!