Dad and I built two box wagons in the 50's. One had conventional "auto" steer, the other was an old wood wagon steer gear (front axle pivots on a center pin), with car axles replacing the wood axles. We hauled grains with the boxes on, hay and straw bales with the boxes off. Helping a local dairy farmer bring in straw, a friend and I worked behind a hired baler. We used the dairyman's 2 wagons first. 64 bales (2 rows of 4 high and 8 long) per load would be 8 fork sets of 8 bales each. After loading the third wagon (my dad's "auto" steer) the same way, we realized that there would be more than 64 bales left to load. Remember, we are behind the baler. The contract baler was also a local farmer and was busting our butts running a little faster than would be normal, all the while smiling. We got to 64, added 2 more layers of 16 bales, one row of 8 more down the middle and one single bale on top, total of 8 bales high. I pulled that load about one mile to the dairy farm on a gravel road. My friend had to get off the top bale to go under wires across the road. You know that the county grader always left a curb at driveways. The farmer came out yelling that I was going to dump his straw in the ditch. Nope, ain't gunna happen. I made a wide swing and very, very slowly eased that wagon into the driveway. The wagon swayed but did not tip. WHEW! His son came out with a camera and took a picture. I have never seen it.
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