old farm trailers as a source of parts.

If that tongue is attached the way I think it is, I wouldn't put a load on that trailer. See attached photo if you don't see the scary part.......

 

I guess they needed to lighten up the old hay wagon.

 

How about some WWII searchlights?

 

I reclaimed 2 wide five front axles and a 35 Ford rear end from farm trailers. Jim

 

I recently picked up 3 old farm trailers for the hefty price of $25. After stripping them I ended up with 4 good wide 5 front drums, 4 wide 5 wheels, 2 sets of round back spindles with the arms still attached, 2 very nice '38 hub caps, a '35 banjo with the perfect '35 radius rods still attached, 2 early 28 model a wheels, a model a rear cross member and an unknown year rear spring.
I'd say that's a pretty good haul for a $25 investment.

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This is from a copy of the 1938 Montgomery Ward Catalog I picked up at an estate sale:

 

Funny this was up this morn. I just found an old trailer yesterday at my local s**** yard had a forty something axle and juice brakes for 10 bucks. about a month ago i found a 35 ford truck front end and rear end complete under an old hay wagon. It had been in a barn and was never used the guy said he put new brake shoes on it in the 50s. Took it apart he and had. They had never touched the drums and looked brand new so im putting the 35 fronts on my gowjob

 

This is a wagon that my dad made back in the 40's. We used it as a rack wagon to haul hay when I was a kid. I think he said it was a 1928 model A frame. I pulled the rotted shell out of the blackberry's a few years ago and built a box wagon on the running gears. Painted it up as a Purina Chows to honor my Dad who worked for Ivan Dayhoff Elevator for 40 years. Pulls behind the old International H Farmall and looks pretty cool.

 

This one was made from a 40 or 41 Ford P/U. They cut the front of the frame off and bolted the box to it using some 4x4s and long carriage bolts. The tongue was made of 3" pipe. They split the front axle to widen the wheel base and welded it back together using some big angle. They cut the tie rod in half and welded it to the angle to lock the wheels from turning. I scored some round back spindles and '40 wheels and traded the juice brakes, spring, and a little industrial cart I got with it for a '35 grille and a '35-'36 wishbone and spring.




I've got my eyes on another one made of what looks like a '37 front end and a bunch of wood and a skull or two.

 

A junkyard by us sets aside old trailers and sells the axles for $5 over s**** price. One day i went in and cut out at least 10 old Henry axles for the grand total of $176.

I have also acquired a running gear for what appears to be a 33-34 frame and axles.

From what ive heard, flat racks off 40's Ford big trucks mounted on light truck frames were also commonly used as silage haulers. I have one of those too, it has a tongue hitch welded on the front...

 

For what it's worth, the diff gears on my '47 Plymouth came from a farm spray rig. Evidently, a lot of them were built around here with flathead mopar running gear.

The Guy who sold them to me said they'd never been run over 30 MPH, and they looked like it too.