WD45 and David Bradley
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Topic: WD45 and David Bradley
Posted By: 79fordblake
Subject: WD45 and David Bradley
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2012 at 10:09pm
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Used the WD45 and David Bradley wagon Saturday to move some wood. Going to get another load in the morning. I was wondering if anybody has info on David Bradley wagons and can tell me what year this one is? My Great Grandpa bought it new. It pulls great going down the road.   |
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Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 7:39am
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My boss has a David Bradley running gear with a grain body on it. The body is shot but I might be able to salvage the running gear. Would be interested to see what you find out about them. It has a tag on it but I can't remember the numbers. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: 79fordblake
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 7:50am
| The "high" sides to this one is hanging in the barn. It was used to haul grain to town with the tractor in the pic. Floor is in great shape on this thing. I cleaned it up real good last fall and treated it. |
Posted By: Bolivar Boy
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 8:47am
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blake. there were plenty of david bradley wagon running gear here in the ohio valley during the 50's and early 60's. at the time i would assume they were priced very reasonably, had adjustable wheel base and wheel bearings could be bought at nearly any repair facility.likewise, am sure the rim lug pattern would have been common, probably gm 6 lug light truck. many of the running gear saw mutli use platforms ie hay wagon with rack in front and back for making loose hay, rack in the back only for small square bales and 12 to 18 inch "sides" for hauling small grains or pulled behind the picker for ear corn. dont remember how the little ac round bales were transported. when coal was king you could see them toting a load of stocker or grade coal between field chores. the moderate turning radius made the db a pretty versatile hauler although the one we had had gimppy 600x16 tires which was a dominant tire size for the time but limited load weights to 1.5 to 2.0 tons. cant tell you how many tires we changed after a blow out on the way to the feed mill with a load of cash crop wheat.
suspect the running gear came in optional weight/load configuratuins. all the running gear i saw had home made wooden floors while the frame, rims and tongue were painted db red. tp studer. wooster, ohio.
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Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 9:48am
| I have what looks to be the same D-B gear with a D-B flare box and hoist. Used to be a lot of them around here with farm built grain beds like yours that would also convert to a hay flat in about 15 minutes. A person could spot a D-B gear, or any other D-M machine from a long ways away due to the puke colored green wheels, LOL. |
Posted By: Bolivar Boy
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 10:58am
| i stand corrected. butch boy is right concerning db rim color; although our running gear had the optional "pi** willy green" vs the standard "satin puke green" that butch recalls. ! |
Posted By: MBwcIll
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 11:43am
| Electric Wheel (Quincy Illinois) made or supplied nearly every brand of wagon. Weather is was for Sears, Wards or for tractor mfg's. Wheel color was about the only change. There should be a tag on the rear axle to tell you DB or MW and etc. But it will not have a build date. |
Posted By: 79fordblake
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm
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It has a tongue and groove wood floor in excellent shape...it has been kept inside its whole life. I didn't paint the wheels the correct green....couldn't find the right color at the time. Inside of the wheels are still original color.  Says E254 1004A. Tag Says: Model: 70011004 Serial: S-269173 Sears Roebuck & Co. U.S.A |
Posted By: Ky.Allis
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 12:30pm
| My dad had 3 DB running gears when I was growing up. They all had flatbeds on them for hauling hay. He bought them at Sears @ Roebuck as it was called then. They only thing I didn't like was the rocking front bolster. If you were on a incline trying to load hay,the front bolster would lean towards the downhill side making it hard to keep the bales from falling off. One day when dad was gone,I welded plates under it to keep it from rocking. Totally fixed the problem and it was almost a year before dad noticed what I had done. |
Posted By: Rog(NCWI)
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2012 at 10:40am
| I bought a chopper wagon 15 years ago with a David-Bradley running gear under it. The running gear must of been from the 40's because it was all stenciled. I painted it red (don't remember what machinery shade of red) and I was told that if you mix John Deere green and yellow together with equal parts you will get very close to the correct color for the wheels. I took pictures of the stencils and had intended to finsh it, but other projects got in the way like restoring a 37 WF. I thought that the booster front end was kind of good, but I can see when loading bales on a side hill may be a problem. |