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[Andy]

Gee I was gonna say porta pottie and field telephone. I'll stick to stuff I know from now on

[Stan Hoover]

Originally Posted by Steve McCarty

Didn't they still grease the axle?

Wheels were made of wood and the axle also, the pitch/grease mixture was a lubricant

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

Wheels were made of wood and the axle also, the pitch/grease mixture was a lubricant

I understand that the wheels and axle were made of wood, but it seems to me that the application of grease would still slick things up a bit. Under the carriage of a field piece (cannon) there hung a grease bucket which they used to grease the axle, also made of wood. I think they'd do the same on a wooden axle of a wagon. When I worked on a farm in the early 60s we greased ever baring on the tractor and the plow. I suspect that habbit started before barings.