[or-roots] What is a fresno team

[Barbara Wulf]

http://www.elkpointhistory.ab.ca/Local%20History/Transportation/road.htm



Come 1915, I worked on the hauling of earth with dump wagons. The four-horse fresno had come into being about that time -- it was about five feet wide, a big steel eye bolt fastened to the center of the fresno on both sides and a heavy steel bail fastened to the eye bolt that the horses pulled on. It also let the fresno pivot the front part up or down. The way you loaded it was with what they called the Johnson bar. It was fastened on the back part near the top about four to five feet long. A man walked behind and held the bar with both hands. This was hard work. If you wanted to dig deeper you lifted up the bar and the fresno's nose would cut deeper. When full you just pushed down hard on the bar and the fresno would come out and slide along by itself unless it hit a stump or rock, then it would trip over and you would lose a load.


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: D. J. Brotherton 
  To: Oregon Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:21 PM
  Subject: [or-roots] What is a fresno team


  I have an obit from Eastern Oregon in which it states 

  "he drove a  fresno team to help build Grizzley Road."


  What I want to know is what is a "fresno team"? 

  I can't find the term on the internet or in the dictionary.  Is it a type of horse?  A type of wagon? A misspelled word?  

  This was around 1920-30's I think.  The obit is from Jefferson County, Oregon.

  Dolores in Colorado
  djbrtb at kci.net
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