1 inch thick, 8 inches wide and 244 inches long calculates at 553 pounds of steel. These are the rear tires on these 20 mule team borax wagons we are dismounting. This will allow us to adjust the wood wheels that have acclimated to the Mojave Desert in California. Building and restoring horse drawn vehicles sometimes involves some unique wagons, and these wagons are literally the only ones like them in the world. Thanks for following along!

Good books about the Borax days:
The Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley https://amzn.to/3KJ4mXF
Around Boron https://amzn.to/3KZzwKx
Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley https://amzn.to/3EdzAUd

Good reference carriage books:
Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary https://amzn.to/2Hfoq4H
The Brewster Story https://amzn.to/2wzrUNq
Practical Carriage Building https://amzn.to/3cJALfR
Wheel making: Wooden Wheel Design https://amzn.to/2TIxfK8
Carriage and Wagon Axles https://amzn.to/3aGDXav
An Interesting account of an early English Wheelwright Shop https://amzn.to/39sAICR
The Wheelwright Shop, in Kindle form https://amzn.to/3bxYOhd

My metal marking pencil https://amzn.to/2Hu75oB
Metal marking pencil refills https://amzn.to/3744EDP
My Milwaukee Steel Cutoff saw https://amzn.to/2UzoFzx
I use Makita Cutoff blades https://amzn.to/39gln8f

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