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Posts : 8 Join date : 2013-07-17 Age : 84 Location : Prince Edward Island, Canada
![Hitching Oxen to Wagons Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Hitching Oxen to Wagons Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:12 pm | |
| I am building an ox wagon of the general type used by the Brits in the Anglo-Zulu War and I'm having trouble finding the method used for hitching. All of the models that I've seen show a pole type hitch but I think that is incorrect. It is stuck in my mind that the Boers used a chain fastened to the back underside of the wagon then brought forward, fasten to front underside then hitched to each yoke. I'm sure that I read that somewhere but can't find the reference. That type of hitch, if I recall correctly, made it possible to turn the 12 - 16 ox teams much more tightly. I've looked at lot of images of oxen in-spanned but none show the attachment clearly. Can anyone shed light on the method or refer me to a good reference? |
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![Hitching Oxen to Wagons Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Wagons used in the AZW Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:30 pm | |
| Hi Snowyowl, Be very careful about transport wagons used in the AZW. There were two general types, one very common was that used by the transport contractors (usualy Boers, as at Isandlwana ) and the other the British army wagon. They are quite different in appearance. Which one are you modelling ?
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| ![Go down](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | | snowyowl
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![Hitching Oxen to Wagons Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Hitching Oxen to Wagons Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:43 pm | |
| I wasn't aware that there were two types. The one that i am doing would be the type used by the Boer contractors. I'd like to see both types as I might do a model of the British Army one next. |
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![Hitching Oxen to Wagons Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Hitching Oxen To Wagons Sat Aug 17, 2013 3:07 pm | |
| Hi Snowyowl Try using the search box as I think someone has previously posted some pictures of the wagons used . I'm sure there are pics of the wagons etc in one of the osprey publications . Cheers 90th . |
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![Hitching Oxen to Wagons Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Hitching Oxen to Wagons Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:37 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]John Dunn's Laager - KwaJimu Collection. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Crossing a Drift - KwaJimu Collection. These are the examples of the local wagons and ox-harness. I try a dig out a GS Wagon for you. 'Jimu |
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