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What is the difference in a trailer and a wagon. I always thought a trailer had non steerable axles and a wagon had a steerable axle. Right or wrong? I have seen the use of both on this sight. Just wandering!
 
(quoted from post at 07:14:00 09/15/11) What is the difference in a trailer and a wagon. I always thought a trailer had non steerable axles and a wagon had a steerable axle. Right or wrong? I have seen the use of both on this sight. Just wandering!
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I think I agree with that concept, although there are probably many gray areas.
 
I agree, tho at times I bet I mixed that up myself in talking about things.

--->Paul
 
My thought would be a wagon has four wheels or stays up even on its own and a trailer has 2 wheels or more spaced unevenly, ( poorly described but i know what i meant to say)
 
You are right on the wagon, the one without a steerable axle is usually called a cart which could have one or more axles. A trailer is any thing that can be pulled behind a truck or tractor wheels or not.
 
my thinking, wagon is any animal with the tires on the four corners,sprung or unsprung.a trailer is one thats sprung with one or more axles in,or near, center. and a cart is a unsprung trailer.
 
It's all about location. Around 'here', a wagon is either a child's toy or an animal-drawn wheeled vehicle; pretty much everything else is called a trailer. Hay trailer, cotton trailer, cattle trailer, grain trailer, 2-wheeled trailer, 4-wheeled trailer, tandem wheeled trailer, etc.
 
A wagon can stand on it own with a steerable axle and tongue. A trailer needs a tow vehicle under one end. Any number of wheels under either.
 
In SWND all wagons are trailers but not all trailers are wagons. Wagons have a steerable front and are miserable to back up, but they are still trailers, as they trailer behind something. Except if it is an implement like a trailer plow, there is no steerable front axel, it means it is not a 3pt.
 
In my understanding locally a wagon is made to be pulled by an animal or a tractor and a trailer is licensed and made to be pulled mainly on the road by a licensed vehicle. Not sure why I thought that, but that seems to be how it is used around here by at least some people.
Zach
 
well around here they are only "cotton trailers" when you put the sideboards on.until then they are "hay wagons", or a "stage" for the town dance,or a "float" in the parade!
 
This is what we call a cotton trailer, 'though they've mostly been replaced by modules.

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and this is a (locally called) feed trailer

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Way I was taught, wagon is off-road or farm, trailer is mainly on-road. A trailer that bears all of it`s weight on it`s own axles is a "full trailer" like on-road fuel pups and van pups for doubles. A trailer that puts weight on the tow vehicle, fifth-wheel or tongue type, is a "semi trailer". Most people think semi trailer means a one for a big truck, but in reality the vast majority of highway trailers for pickups and big trucks are semi trailers.
 
These parts a wagon is the running gear on a gravity box or hay rack, etc. A trailer has two or more axles placed center or aft. a cart never has more than one axle and is pretty much only used by the Amish.
 
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