Montana Blacksmith Selling His Historic Home-Built Wagons
Folks with an eye for historical detail will appreciate wagons created by Bill Snedigar, owner of Snedigar Welding & Blacksmithing in Stevensville, Mont. Snedigar worked on the 4 wagons when he wasn’t doing custom welding work for area ranchers. Now retired at 90, he has 4 wagons for sale.
He built two delivery wagons, one for light town delivery and the other for heavy town delivery. His Yellowstone Park Tour Mud Wagon was used during the park’s early tourism years.
“It was the most challenging because I had nothing to go by except a black and white photo,” Snedigar says.
All three of the wagons are made of forged iron and oak wood to be pulled with single or doubletree horse hitches.
His fourth wagon has the most interesting history, he notes. It was imported from Austria for a countess living on a Montana ranch. She had Snedigar make her a replica to race in Kentucky, because the 1930’s Austrian cart had won two world championships.
When she died, Snedigar was given the original racing wagon, which he had fixed up.
“It was bent up because it had been in the races that make the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races look tame,” Snedigar says.
With the historical racing wagon back in its original glory and his own three creations, Snedigar invites entrepreneurs and individual to contact him for more details. Prices range from $10,000 for the light delivery wagon, to $15,000 for the mud wagon or race wagon to $18,000 for the heavy delivery wagon.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bill Snedigar, 767 Porter Hill Rd., Stevensville, Mont. 59870 (ph 406 777-3142; lablover4520@yahoo.com).
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Montana Blacksmith Selling His Historic Home-Built Wagons AG WORLD Folks with an eye for historical detail will appreciate wagons created by Bill Snedigar owner of Snedigar Welding & Blacksmithing in Stevensville Mont Snedigar worked on the 4 wagons when he wasn’t doing custom welding work for area ranchers Now retired at 90 he has 4 wagons for sale He built two delivery wagons one for light town delivery and the other for heavy town delivery His Yellowstone Park Tour Mud Wagon was used during the park’s early tourism years “It was the most challenging because I had nothing to go by except a black and white photo ” Snedigar says All three of the wagons are made of forged iron and oak wood to be pulled with single or doubletree horse hitches His fourth wagon has the most interesting history he notes It was imported from Austria for a countess living on a Montana ranch She had Snedigar make her a replica to race in Kentucky because the 1930’s Austrian cart had won two world championships When she died Snedigar was given the original racing wagon which he had fixed up “It was bent up because it had been in the races that make the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races look tame ” Snedigar says With the historical racing wagon back in its original glory and his own three creations Snedigar invites entrepreneurs and individual to contact him for more details Prices range from $10 000 for the light delivery wagon to $15 000 for the mud wagon or race wagon to $18 000 for the heavy delivery wagon Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Bill Snedigar 767 Porter Hill Rd Stevensville Mont 59870 ph 406 777-3142; lablover4520@yahoo com
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