Each of these has a story to tell:



Who gave this guy a hacksaw?



Apparently no spark at axle.



Plenty of metal left?



Modified for trailer.



Turned 180 for shock absorber.



Steel thrust bushing :0)

And every one of those is an acceptable farm repair!

Hey, I have a bunch of junk just like those. I also have the *trailer kit* bent spindle arms too.

Well, at least in the one where a spark plug part was used, they opted for safety by using a cotter nail.

Jerry - At least you said "cotter". A lot of people mis-pronounce that and say "carter" (as in Jimmie).

That fourth photo down really is a pretty cool way of locking the spindles to use a Model T front axle for a trailer! Kind of "tedious" I would think to get the proper amount of "tow-in" though. And for a trailer to track properly with no tendency to sway, you need just a slight bit of toe-in, maybe a bit less than a quarter inch or so.

Interesting "collection" of alternate uses for a "T" front axle Rich,.......harold

Jerry - At least you said "cotter". A lot of people mis-pronounce that and say "carter" (as in Jimmie).

That fourth photo down really is a pretty cool way of locking the spindles to use a Model T front axle for a trailer! Kind of "tedious" I would think to get the proper amount of "tow-in" though. And for a trailer to track properly with no tendency to sway, you need just a slight bit of toe-in, maybe a bit less than a quarter inch or so.

Interesting "collection" of alternate uses for a "T" front axle Rich,.......harold

I guess I'll never learn not to post when there's an ongoing conversation that keeps distracting my one-track mind! Sorry,....as usual,.....harold

The axle looks great! Spindles could do with some attention though.

Nice selection Richard. Unfortunately, I can top you. A country antique dealer had hoarded some 15 axles used in various horse drawn vehicles and trailers, the majority of which were T axles. I only wanted one of them. There was a 09-10 axle among them. The unfortunate bit was they had stopped the one piece spindles turning by welding them to the close fitting end of the axle. That wasn't as bad as the un-necessary cutting off of the spindle arms!!!!!

I found a good home for it though, and traded a whole bunch of new Ruckstell bits for my speedster.

Allan from down under.

I found enough pieces to build a good front end. If I had saved all the money I spent on bad axles I could have bought one good one. Allen's story of 15 axles reminds me of a shed in Montana we peered into years ago. It was maybe 10' X 12' piled to the ceiling with front axles. There were probably a hundred. Space, time and lack of interest kept me from pursuing them but I imagine many other parts were close by. Long ago.

Rich

One final thought on the trailer modification. I did pull a trailer about 1000 miles in 1972? It had the bent arm and welding to prevent movement. I don't recall if we checked for tow-in.





The axle in the fourth photo was not modified with toe-in in mind. It probably was just used around the farm. Or possibly was re-bend during use.