Well this one brought back memories. When I was a kid, in the 50's, , our kitchen range was a grown up version of a stove like this. It was fed with corn cobs and my brother and I had the job of keeping the cob basket full for Mom. We had a small shed (the cob shed) to keep the cobs dry and that Dad refilled whenever he shelled corn. I can remember my Mom opening the top on the left and dropping cobs in as needed.
Now I heard the story a bit differently. Old (or young) Bach had been playing cards and drinking with several of the other sheep-herders and at one point he left the group for a spell. The comely young daughter of one of his fellows was sitting alone by the campfire. Well sir, suddenly there arose a ruckus. The young woman took unkindly to Bach's uninvited advances, pulled out a six-shooter, and fired several shots into Bach's wagon from her position on the ground by the fire...
Now us Aussies don't get the wool pulled over us often. But I rekon I see some truth in that yarn. 😂. Wonderful series as are all your videos. Thank you from down under. 👍🇦🇺
What a fantastic tale, and told expertly also Dave. If you ever decide to hang up your tools, you have a more leisurely pastime to while the days away with your audience👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻😄😄🏴🇬🇧
I have loved following you on this wagon, hearing the stories of the history of this project. Thank you so much, Dave. I could listen to your voice all day. God bless you
I have a stove just exactly like yours. It's in my Blacksmith shop and I still use it. Great little stoves!! The poor man didn't sleep well that night I bet.
I first discovered your channel while you were building the Borax wagons. That got me hooked. Your attention to detail and historical accuracy is a joy to watch. You are a rare craftsman in this day of throwing things together. This sheep wagon should be good for another 150 years and the borax wagons even longer. I'm 85 and remember when there were more real crsftsmen who worked with more basic tools. Keep up the great work.
I love to see you work. I started watching you because my mom told me that my grandfather use to rebuild wagons. I watch you and think about my grandfather. I never net him . But watching you make think about him doing his work. I want to thank you for this . This is as close as I can get to my grandfather. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You make me so happy watching you work. It brings me closer to my grandfather I never met. Thank you for that . God bless you 🙏
Dave, I wouldn't doubt that your story is true. Generally, the cattlemen saw the sheepherders as invaders who destroyed the public grazing lands, which they had to share on a first-come, first-served basis.
It was not rustlers who shot up the sheep wagon. There was a cattle rancher from North Fork . His name was Lucas Mccain. Also known as The Rifleman. Lucas caught the owner of this wagon grazing sheep one summer day on his ranch , he fired a warning shot . The shepherd and a rather homely lot lizard were seen jumping from the interior of the wagon and heading for the tall timber . Lucas then unloaded his 44-40 Winchester into the wagon .
Pardon me sir. I haven't seen any previous comments, but couldn't you put the stove in through the back of the wagon without having to dismantle it? Just my two cents thanks!
I have an old 1947 CC , Coke wet cooler that came from the front porch of an old general store. It must have said "shoot me" to someone, and they did. They hit it in a sweet spot , going through both sides just high enough to rip the bottom of the ice box. Patching the floor of the box so it would hold ice water, I left the hole in the sides for conversion. 16:32
Almost could be the story of Blackey or Wic who sheepherded for my Grandfather who by the late 30's had about 5 herds (5,000) or 50 flocks (100) that were summer ranged on the west and south sides of Cloud Peak in the Big Horn Mountains. But the devil is in the details as the sheep wagons were with the doors & stove on the back end of the wagon with a step not on the tongue end like this one.....but it could almost have been a story of my family. After WWII Grandpa replaced the canvas tops with aluminum so that they provided more protection from the weather.....love these walks down memory lane!!!
Another episode bringing colour to the past. I also love the stoves. You can always get a small fire gojng and warm yourself or do a pudding or pot roast
When I was young and growing up on the farm we has a kitchen stove like yours ,but much larger, the tops we called lids and your handle was called a lifter, and so the old kids joke to what was the three main parts of a stove, was 😁 lifter leg and poker
There were incidents of cattlemen massacring sheep and herders in the Big Horn Basin just south of you in Wyoming. There is a book written about it. The book covers the time marauders were finally prosecuted for this, and went to the State Pen in Rawlins.
100% of this type of cooker rusts out at the base cant be avoided its condensation. So 100% fine to replace it with new metal IMHO. The man has the skills to do it may as well do it.
A great craftsman and a great story teller also.Sounds like the truth to me. Could have happened just like that . Thanks for taking us along on your journey through history.
Dave , so much work to make old parts fit and look somewhat nice , I guess it’s easier to use new wood and metal and it looks so nice , besides a new wagon can go right out camping the old buggy just needs a spot in a museum! LOL
Place stove on its side after removing the removable items. Then go in legs first and rotate for the remaining legs to go in. Then stand up and reassemble.
If only things such as that wagon could talk, the stories it could tell. American history was rough back in them days. Another great build series, looking forward to the next one. As always, great video. Cheers :)
Excelente trabajo de recuperación y mejor la historia aún de esos orificios de bala. Es bien como tú dices: "Quien cuenta último la historia..." Gracias por compartir experiencia e historias de vida. Un fuerte abrazo! Germán, Lomas de Solymar, Uruguay.
I was on the edge of my seat Dave, I could listen while you spin yarns all day. Maybe start a second channel where you just tell stories of the old west.
That's not a damper, it's called the draft, the damper is near where the chimney is attached, or in the stovepipe, it dampens the heat down keeping it in the stove. I grew up cooking on these...😀
I see a book about a sheep herder in Dave's future which would go well with this sheep wagon in a museum. "It was a dark and stormy night when I was awakened by bullets piercing my sheep wagon." - - - -
my dad and i have shot various pistols calibers and rifles for fun. but that tin looks like .22’s 9mm-45 cal then you get into riffle calibers 308’s 243’s, 30 ought 6.’s theirs no telling what caliber bullet holes 🕳️ were shot through the tin. Bigger holes 🕳️ indicate 45- 308 riffles and might have sone 223’s AR riffle rounds. My limit but expensive round are bear 🐻 rounds 454’s Casul’s yea being at the range some not smart person decided he doesn’t need ear 👂 protection when the 454’s were sent let just say his ears were blown out he has hearing damage. needless to say we’ve not seen him back. if your going get into plinking for fun get hearing protection even if your teaching a grandson to shoot cans with a 22. unless you want him or family members going HUGH what ja say?.
Talking about bullet holes... on one of my photography trips to North Dakota, I found one early power plant that was retired in the mid '60s and it is literally _miles_ from anywhere. I was hard pressed to spot even ONE intact windowpane on this 3-story building!
My home town, Quincy Il. Comstock Castle factory buildings stood till about 15 years ago, or so. It was a common site along the river bottoms. below the bluffs Quincy was built on. It was a big factory with numerous buildings. In its heyday, it was one Quincy's biggest employers.
Every piece you put back in place is testimony to the accuracy of your restoration. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe. PS, I wonder if this segment was supposed to air on April 1st?🙂🙂
Seeing a rusted out heap of iron is never how it looked until long after. I'd vote for a refurbish. Be ok to leave it surface rust after but should be compete. On display it should have a tin cup measure, a coffee pot, a ceramic mug, a lard pot, an old skillet wrapped in brown paper.... Unmade bedding, spare wool socks hanging, tools, lantern, patent bottle of something.. Just tinking it should looked lived in when on display. Not a static wagon example, type sheep.
The western states of the US and Australian "outback" have a lot in common and one of those commonalities is bullet holes in anything that looks like it'd look better with a few bullet holes. Abandoned cars, derelict water tanks and anything that makes a decent sound on impact is a worthy target. I dare say we may even have had a few settlers homes and wagons get the same treatment back in the day. Thousands of American immigrated to Australian to seek their fortune after the gold petered out in California, including Teddy Roosevelt. I think those roughnecks must have bought their bad habits with them because a country like Australia, founded on convicts, corrupt police and military and outlaws, would never do anything so antisocial as shoot up the countryside 😇 although I may have back in the '50's when I was a boy.
A dear old friend and house mate of mine grew up in a town east of Harris Burg PA called Annville. He said ", if ifs and ands were, pots and pans, there'rd be no need for tinkers. A virtuoso performance of the kinetic and the desired result.
Sure sounds zackly like I heard the story told around the campfires many years ago Dave. Didn't get much sleep that night and was glad we had to leave the mountain the next morning. lol That's great that you were able to use all the tin like you did, made it fit right back like it should have been the first time too. This build will see History told over and over. Glad you are documenting the rebuild. Stay safe and keep up the good videos and stories. Fred.
If the slats are on the outside, they are in compression, much stronger and more durable than when on the inside, under tension. Excellent engineering....as always.
It's amazing watching the wagon come together, I've seen a few sheep wagons over the years, but I never knew what they were until seeing you build one.
Back when I was living in my trailer outside of Belgrade, I heated it with one of those sheepherder's stoves. Mine weren't near as fancy as either of these... just had a tin slide for the side vent and a tin box instead of a lower door... but it did have circulation all the way around the oven, so it heated and baked really nice, especially with Sheridan coal. Could about run you out of something as small as that wagon!
Dave, I mean this in the kindest way and don’t take offense to it, but, watching your videos day in and day out I have come to the conclusion that you could describe how and why paint dries - and make so interesting that your viewers can’t change stations…myself included! You are a natural teacher.
Hi Dave and Diane. Looks like a little sheet Metal work is in store. Looks like the Cast Iron parts are still in pretty good Shape for the most part, just Needing to be sand blasted and repainted in replicate the Original Stove.
I guess country boys are the same in a lot of the US. I've traveled over quite a bit of this country and bullet holes and road signs/old vehicles seem to be bullet hole magnets. LoL
The finished wagon must be usable and therefore a rusty range would have been repaired or replaced from over 100 years ago. It would also be kept clean and not rusty if in constant use. Therefore it is legitimate to de-rust and repair the battered one to make it look good, or to replace with a second hand version. In reality the shepherd would have found a second hand one as he was probably not a great blacksmith.
