Interesting! The wagon will haul more items then my compact 1984 S10 long bed pickup. My truck has a 29 cu. ft. capacity while the wagon has a 40' capacity. The wagon also has 1 ton hauling ability while my truck only has 1542 lbs weight capacity. Of course the wagon can`t go 50 mph! Personally I would have rather gone to the extra expense & used mules for draft power. Of course at present our strong & fast Thoroughbreds from our farm would work too! I would want to make sure the wagon had real good brakes though. We have used our 1st farm sire to pull a stuck in the mud trailer free. The 4 x 4 Blazer just spun all 4 wheels. The tractor we had also kept just spinning its wheels to. The horse with his all hoofed drive had no difficulties pulling the trailer free despite the 6" of mud. Amazed us actually. Great video always like to see how things were done in the past.
Excellent, excellent, excellent!! Nice to see that some of our State's budget hadn't been waisted!! BTW... where did the fresh milk come from every day?? Did some families really bring a cow along with them? Thanks for sharing.... Ax
Only a very few wagons came with the very expensive blow up inflatable life preservers that enabled the wagon to just float all the way down the Columbia river.
Yes wagons float. However if the current was þoo strong the wagon could turn and flip. Drowning people and livestock. High water held up people all the time, they had to wait till water went down. River crossing was as dangerous as raiding indians.
You left out CORNMEAL. Cornmeal was more important than wheat flour. As 1, it was cheaper, 2 you packed it in a barrel so you could pack eggs in it. And 3, the most common poor mans livestock that wasnt in harness was CHICKENS. 2 most common was a $50 MILK COW.
These videos are fantastic! Very captivating, educational, and enjoyable.
I love these videos so much! Thank you for sharing with us.
Interesting! The wagon will haul more items then my compact 1984 S10 long bed pickup. My truck has a 29 cu. ft. capacity while the wagon has a 40' capacity. The wagon also has 1 ton hauling ability while my truck only has 1542 lbs weight capacity. Of course the wagon can`t go 50 mph! Personally I would have rather gone to the extra expense & used mules for draft power. Of course at present our strong & fast Thoroughbreds from our farm would work too! I would want to make sure the wagon had real good brakes though. We have used our 1st farm sire to pull a stuck in the mud trailer free. The 4 x 4 Blazer just spun all 4 wheels. The tractor we had also kept just spinning its wheels to. The horse with his all hoofed drive had no difficulties pulling the trailer free despite the 6" of mud. Amazed us actually. Great video always like to see how things were done in the past.
interesting video, I love the information about this important and historic time, thank you very much
Fascinating, thank you so much 👍
Excellent, excellent, excellent!! Nice to see that some of our State's budget hadn't been waisted!! BTW... where did the fresh milk come from every day?? Did some families really bring a cow along with them? Thanks for sharing.... Ax
Amazing i love your video what
Will pioneers do whenever
You hit water and do the wagons
Do flot and can i have a reply
From people or you
Only a very few wagons came with the very expensive blow up inflatable life preservers that enabled the wagon to just float all the way down the Columbia river.
Yes wagons float. However if the current was þoo strong the wagon could turn and flip. Drowning people and livestock. High water held up people all the time, they had to wait till water went down. River crossing was as dangerous as raiding indians.
You left out CORNMEAL.
Cornmeal was more important than wheat flour. As 1, it was cheaper, 2 you packed it in a barrel so you could pack eggs in it.
And 3, the most common poor mans livestock that wasnt in harness was CHICKENS. 2 most common was a $50 MILK COW.
What about tools?!?