Source for gun cart wheels?

Started by Logan, February 26, 2015, 03:13:20 PM

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Logan

I have Dave Steier directions for building a gun cart.  He lists Northern Tools as one source for the wheels.  Does anyone have other sources for cart wheels? 

Also is there another name the tires are known by on the market other than "cart wheels"?

Thanks

Pit Mule

Just about any Farm & Home store should carry them. 20 inch solid rubber tire with a spoke rim. Give Menards a shot, think I've seen them there also.
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Logan,

Most wheels from this time period are bound with Iron, commonly referred to as "tires".
Wheel construction can be rather complicated with the methods of construction and materials used during that construction.
I would recommend finding a "wheelwright" to make your wheels, providing you want them to be historically correct in there construction.
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Sir Charles deMouton-Black

OK for SASS, but NCOWS has rules limiting wheels to metal & wood.

P.S; Not to draw a line in the sand, completely needlessly, but to encourage our Pards to check their organization's rules before investing too much time & money.
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Sir Charles

Excellent point from two approaches to answering a question!
I like to address the historical issues first. What ever modern alternative, the original poster choses to do after that, is purely up to them and their idea of authenticity.
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God and the soldier we adore.
But in times of peace and all things right,
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted"
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Blair

hp246,

These are as is said, "decorative" pieces.
I would not suggest using them for a guncart.
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Blair
A Time for Prayer.
"In times of war and not before,
God and the soldier we adore.
But in times of peace and all things right,
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted"
by Rudyard Kipling.
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Blair

hp246,

Use what you find is best for the organization you shoot within.
That is only my suggestion for you.
My best,
Blair
A Time for Prayer.
"In times of war and not before,
God and the soldier we adore.
But in times of peace and all things right,
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted"
by Rudyard Kipling.
Blair Taylor
Life-C 21

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