Posted by Harold Hubbard on August 08, 2011 at 05:59:32 from (205.209.16.24):
In Reply to: 2 axle wagon? posted by dave2 on August 07, 2011 at 22:40:11:
Not mentioned yet is the fact that individual wagons have their own kinks,(sometimes literally), I have a couple that I can put anywhere, any time, and a couple more that to quote my father "would make a man curse, if he was in the habit of it". Most of them need to be tightened up a lot. If you can swing the tongue two feet either way before the wheels move, then you will always be going nuts. Likewise, if the reach is bent so the wagon dog tracks, it will steer quicker one way than the other.
Uneven ground may not actually affect the behavior of the wagon, but it does mess up your perception of it. They definitely back down hill better than up.
If at all possible, I push my wagons with a front hitch on my pickup. Some times we pull them in and pull the empty wagon out backwards.
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