Building a wagon to pull behind a Wheel Horse

[russellmc301 600]

i cant find any pics but the c-160 loves the hay wagon and pulls it with pleasure.

[Ed Kennell 35,581]

You are the Master Mechanic Cleat.     Do you think it may have had larger wheels on the rear originally ?

[cleat 4,936]

No;

 

I raised the front and now need to raise the rear.

This was done to gain ground clearance in the front.

 

Edited March 24, 2016 by cleat

[cleat 4,936]

18 hours ago, russellmc301 said:

i cant find any pics but the c-160 loves the hay wagon and pulls it with pleasure.

My buddies say I am crazy for building up this 4 wheeled wagon but I liked them on the Farm and we use them all the time here at work to move piping etc around.

 

Looking forward to using the wagon this summer.

[ACman 7,505]

Love this build , been wanting midsize wagon for a while . One of my jobs as a kid was mowing the grass , between the farm , and the AC dealership . When I mowed I had to mow around everything and I mean everything . I think we had the best manicured farm around . All out buildings , barns ,silos ,bins and if it moved you moved it to mow . Now at the dealer ship our show lot was a large triangle grass lot . My saving grace was a HMI skid steer with a hitch for the front . I could go up to a wagon ,scoop up the tongue put the pin in . ( without getting out of the seat ) With that little machine I could push any piece of equipment backwards wherever it needed to go . I never did mastered backing up a 4 wheel wagon with a tractor .

[cleat 4,936]

Rear wheels have just been bead blasted and painted.

Tires have been cleaned up and I have new tubes.

 

Once the paint cures for a few days I will assemble.

 

 

[TDF5G 2,051]

That's a great way to paint wheels, getting the front, back and inside all at once!  Gonna have to remember that!

Edited March 28, 2016 by TDF5G

[MWR 321]

Cleat, your wagon project is most impressive.

 

 

And on another note, the best advice I've heard on backing a wagon is to "Cut it both ways and come straight back!"

[cleat 4,936]

Finally got the steering pivot out of the frame.

Pin was seized into place with nothing else holding it and it stuck out the bottom.

 

Freed up pin, drilled hole for a cotter key to hold it up.

Cut it to length then drilled and tapped a 3/8 hole in the bottom for a puller if ever needed.

 

Pivot itself will go into work for bead blasting and paint.

 

 

[Digger 66 3,476]

On 3/19/2016 at 11:03 AM, cleat said:

I picked up this old wagon frame from work.

 

Your picnic table has wheels on it , how fast have you had that sucker going ? 

Edited April 3, 2016 by Digger 66

[cleat 4,936]

Ha Ha.

Not too fast.

 

Makes it easy to move around for mowing grass.

 

That poor thing is going to fall apart soon it is so rotten.

 

Makes a good bench for painting and working on, no good for eating at any more.

 

We have a nice table and chairs on the new deck now for that.

 

Edited April 3, 2016 by cleat

[wallfish 15,905]

1 hour ago, Digger 66 said:

Your picnic table has wheels on it , how fast have you had that sucker going ? 

How about one of these? Toyed with the idea of building one but haven't gotten inspired enough to do it.

http://www.redneckrepairs.com/video/drivable-picnic-table-that-can-do-wheelies/

[Ed Kennell 35,581]

Would that be licensed as a RV ?

[953 nut 51,483]

16 hours ago, wallfish said:

haven't gotten inspired enough to do it.

You could build it in time for the Big Show, hang a  grill on the front and it would become a "Custom".  

[cleat 4,936]

Steering pivot and pivot pin have been cleaned up and painted. Pin just has the little bit that will protrude painted, the rest will be heavily greased on assembly.

 

[cleat 4,936]

Rear axle has had plates welded in to raise it by 3".

Frame was then sanded and fully primed.

Bottom has 2 coats of red paint.

A receiver hitch was welded onto the rear of the frame for either hooking up a trailer like a train or for pushing while someone steers the front.

 

[19richie66 16,876]

very nice work

[cleat 4,936]

Frame flipped, sitting on pieces of teflon to protect paint on bottom.

Top of frame then painted.

 

[cleat 4,936]

Rear hubs and wheels installed.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 16, 2016 by cleat

[cleat 4,936]

Wagon frame completely assembled.

Just need to build the wood deck and sides.

 

 

[rick 215]

Nice job!

[woodchuckfarmer 333]

Are you going to build a nice oak bed with sides and urethane it  ?     Would look cool .     Wayne

 

[AMC RULES 36,940]

Kinda thinking...    

some strategically placed diamond tread aluminum might look pretty cool too Cleat.  

When all polished up, would really set off that beautiful  red.   

 

 

Edited April 17, 2016 by AMC RULES

[cleat 4,936]

Deck is built. No sides yet.

 

 

[AMC RULES 36,940]

Purr...D