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Old 06-20-2017, 09:11 AM   #15
sourdough
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Originally Posted by Javi View Post
Just a note: A Model A pulling a 4 wheel farm wagon would most likely have not been overloaded... at least not in carrying capacity... a 4 wheel farm wagon would have very little tongue weight.... Brakes and HP now that would be another matter.. but then 10 miles an hour was fast in those days... My Dad's family left Oklahoma in a wagon to move back to S. Texas when he was in his early teens.. because they couldn't afford a Model A or fuel for one..

^^^ My thoughts exactly. I've pulled 4 wheel farm wagons with tractors and pickups. None of them had any weight to speak of on the tongue. Now pulling the load and stopping it with a Model A would be another matter.
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