Rural Heritage August/September 2025

the same pole in both positions you could make the receiver on the side stick out to the front that distance. I already had a tongue with a yoke bolted on that would work for three horses, so I didn’t bother with that. I can find another pole if I want to switch it to a two horse cart but I don’t have any plans to do that. The safety railings on these old carts were held on with one bolt on each side and often got bent or came loose. I just welded it back on at the end. Nice to have a good railing. One last point on attaching yokes. A three horse hitch is one place where every yoke must be attached to the end of the pole. Safety chains are fine for two horse teams, but three horses can really take a yoke off the front of a pole even when they are properly hitched so a yoke must be attached.

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