Antique Wood Wagon Wheels For Sale

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*Antique Wood Wagon Wheels For Sale*
Here are some items that are for sale or of interest to folks interested in old wagon. All items on this page would need to be picked up by the buyer. Questions can be directed to me at either macivj@windstream.net or at maciver.john@gmail.com

A 1930s era New Idea Horse Drawn Manure Spreader. Lot No. 129, Refurbished in 2005. I had no offers on the spreader, so I have been using it on the farm, so I guess it is off the market at the moment, but an offer around $2500 could get me to change my mind. I built another draw bar with a regular reciever hitch on it, and pull the spreader with my pickup truck. I can then use the tractor loader for cleaning stalls and loading the spreader. This system is easy and works well.		This nice looking horse drawn #8 machine with wood body was manufactured by The New Idea Spreader Co. of Coldwater, Ohio. The wood is in reasonably good condition concidering its age, and any bad wood or broken parts have been replaced. It has not been restored to original because I have had plans of using it on the feilds, so things like the bearings on the beater bar have been replaced by modern roller bearings. Appart from using it for farm work, the spreader would look good as a static display, and always gets approving comments by visitors to the farm.

I bought these antique wooden wagon wheels from an antique dealer in New Hampshire in the mid 1980s to make a wagon when I lived in New England. I did use the large set of wheels and frame for a cart to haul wood on my farm in Greene Rhode Island. The Big Wheels are about 42" in diameter and about 14" wide. They come on an axle tongue combination which is about 70" wide outside of rim to outside of rim. Almost all of the metal work was hand made by a blacksmith and is in good condition. Add about 6" for the outside hubs for full width. Whole assembly is about 10' long from tongue front end to rear edge of tires. The large wheels and axle go as a single unit. They are for sale at $800, with the buyer to pay for shipping. The photo below shows the worst area on any of the wheels.The remaining wood in this area is sound oak. The wheels are generally in very good shape for their age.		All of the wheels and the wood tongue and cross beam appear to be built of oak. The two smaller wood wagon wheels are about 35" in diameter and about 10.5" wide. They have cast iron inserts. All of the wheels are in good condition with only minor superficial wood loss due to age. They all have steel tires in good condition. Small wheels are a pair and should remain together. The smaller wheels are for sale at $300 apiece with the buyer to supply the shipping. The split wood tongue is mortised and pinned into the wooden cross member, and hand made wrought metal work ties it all together. The axle is also blacksmith made. This section was originally the front steerable part on a large wagon, and the pivot wear plate and pin hole is in the middle of the cross member.




In the late 1800s, there was a black smith shop across the street from me in Greene Rhode Island, and a lot of the original hand wrought iron ended up buried on my property. With a metal detector, I found probably a ton of hand made wagon parts. It helped foster my interest in smithing, and after I took some blacksmith courses at Mystic Museum in Connecticut, I set up a recreational shop at home. When I moved to Missouri, I brought a lot of the old hand made originals from Greene Rhode Island with us. These pieces should go to someone who appreciates original hand made iron work who would like to give some authenticity to their wagon building project. I can show pictures of individual items if you email me at macivj@windstream.net or at maciver.john@gmail.com . A look at most of what I have. Axles; There are 10 axles. The top one should go with the two wood wagon wheels above because it is the closest match. Numbered from top, 1 Heavy Duty, has two spindles, no nut, has two "U"bolts 2 lighter duty, has spindles and wheel nuts 3 short, nice, for small carriage, has nuts no spindles 4 Curved, for drop carriage? has nuts, one spindle and mounting fittings 5 Broken in the middle at bolt but complete. Has nuts, no spindles and some mounting brackets. 6 No nuts or spindles, has one bracket 7 nicer small axle, has nuts, no spindles, nice mounting fittings. 8 Curved has nuts, no spindles, some mounting hardware. 9 Nice, has spindles and parts of the wheel hub still attached. Has pivot point slide hardware and mounting hardware. Has wheel nuts. 10 Axle on the right. Curved, has nuts, no spindles, a complete pivot slide hardware and includes tongue hardware and the metal wheel hub Metal wagon trim parts. Wagon front steering and tongue hardware There are eight sets of springs. Three of them appear to be bookend matches for an individual wagon. Some have steps. Some steps and parts. Some of the virgin steel wagon axles and hand forged wagon parts I have piled up in the barn. I have springs and many fittings and hand forged wagon parts left from a smithy across the street from my old farm in Greene Rhode Island. They deserve to be put back in use. I always wanted to build a wagon or two but time seemed to get in the way. I can take individual pictures of items of interest, and we can determine a price, or sell the whole thing as a lot.