. Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen ... And chapters on mules and ponies. Fig. 69.—Dog Cart. poses. Two-wheel dog-carts weigh about 450 lbs. Costabout $275. On four wheels they weigh about 600 about $450. The Jagger Wagon is for two persons. The bodyis attached to axles without springs. Weight, 200 , $100 to $125. construction—the wheel. The Hub of the wheel being at once its centre and foun-dation, mechanically speaking, should be particularly strongand of well-seasoned wood. Red elm, white elm, andparticularly the gum, are good timber for this part, as
. Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen ... And chapters on mules and ponies. Fig. 69.—Dog Cart. poses. Two-wheel dog-carts weigh about 450 lbs. Costabout $275. On four wheels they weigh about 600 about $450. The Jagger Wagon is for two persons. The bodyis attached to axles without springs. Weight, 200 , $100 to $125. construction—the wheel. The Hub of the wheel being at once its centre and foun-dation, mechanically speaking, should be particularly strongand of well-seasoned wood. Red elm, white elm, andparticularly the gum, are good timber for this part, asthey are not liable to crack in seasoning, or to split by thepressure of the spokes. The modern form of the hubis much shorter than that used even a dozen years ago,and though it may have some advantages in crowdedthoroughfares, where, as on Broadway, New York, col-lisions are frequent, it is undoubtedly a change for theworse, so far as strength is concerned, as it gives a shorterhold to the CONSTRUCTION. The Spokes should, for heavy work, be made of whiteoak of clear grain, and free from checks or knots—forlight carriages hickory is preferable—fourteen in the forewheel and sixteen in the hind wheel, except in vehicles ofthe lighter kinds, when two less in each wheel will the tenon or tang, which is inserted in the felloe, issquare instead of round, it will greatly add to the strength,though few makers are found who will take this spoke which is discovered to be defective, in any-way, should be scrupulously rejected by the carriage-maker; for one bad spoke will spoil the wheel. In abusiness wagon, the spokes should be set in the. hub inrange, or in a straight line, while in a buggy or light car-riage, they should be placed alternately, in and out, thatthe weakness caused by their light construction may becompensated for by the bracing position, Avhich this zig-zag position affords. The Felloes or Rim.—This part of the wheel shouldbe of t
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