Wheels For The Bucket List CDT Carriage Ride | Engels Coach Shop
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- The Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada is a destination trail for hikers, bicyclists, horseback riders and buggy drivers. B & R Merz began their CDT journey early in 2019, meeting many new friends along the way and creating lasting memories. Because of snow in the high altitudes, they skipped the greater portion of Colorado and have dreams of returning to the trail and completing the trail drive. In the meantime, we are replacing the light rubber tires with a heavier style that will hopefully withstand the miles still ahead.
These adventures only spark the imaginations of what our courageous forefathers undertook to traverse the western plains and mountains when they traveled from St. Louis the the western regions and the logistics of dealing with wagon repairs along the way, without the comforts of pickups and horse trailers for support.
Hats off to the Merz family for following t heir dreams and checking another item off their bucket list. You can follow their adventure on their published blog below:
The Merz blog: travel.topicwis...
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I am amazes, not surprised, that the wood held up so well. I tell you if I was to build the wheel it would have lasted 500 feet. Can you imagine the shock the wood went through with no rubber. Our forefathers knew what they were doing. And these videos are a testament to the craftsman of old kept alive by Dave. I look forward to see this every Friday. Know that we appreciate you and your slow methodical way of doing things. No wasted effort and years of experience quite evident in this set of videos and something to show at the end of it all.
Thanks Frank.
As someone who has dabbled in metal, wood, composites, and other materials, it is always such a joy to watch you practice your art. It's a pleasure to watch someone who knows exactly what to do, and exactly how to do it. Thanks for another great video, and nice wheels.
That is a very neat tool for helping remove those rim screws, very simple but oh so very clever. Having the right tools sure does make a job go easy.
He should sent it to MrPete for his what is it segment!
Paddington 60 let’s get some more of those special shop mane tools on a segment. Please
Paddington 60 I noticed that too. I bet you couldn’t find one in a hardware store. Amazes me as to how many tools he has made.
I believe you will find every single tool you will ever need to repair, or make from scratch, a buggy or wagon in Dave's shop.
I hope that Dave will explain it for us.
And once again, someone's dreams will come true, courtesy of the unassuming Master Craftsman we've come to know as Dave. You two stay safe and thanks again for allowing us along on your journey.Thanks also for providing the information on the Merz family's adventure.
Thank you sir.
Back on June 1st, 1973, My girlfriend, her younger brother, and I rode our horses from south western Oregon to Whitehall, Montana. It took us 58 days. We probably could have gone all across the country by that time, we arrived in such good shape. It's a kind of thing that made you appreciate cars, grocerie stores, and outhouses! We camped at one place near the Snake River that had been visited by Lewis & Clarke. That was a real thrill to know they had been there! I know just how you felt on your trip!!
Thank you again Mr Engles, another very interesting video.
When I was going through my apprenticeship back in the 70s I had the honour of working with 2 tradesmen made in virtually the same mould as yourself. Easy going, laid back, fellows who went about their work with gay abandon. Very hard for an apprentice to follow at times, but the end result was always perfect. Both gone now, but I think of these guys daily for the skills and attitude towards the task at hand they gave me. Most of our work was done on equipment built in the early days of electrification here in Australia, very old but is good condition. This is why I look forward to your videos, they take me back to a bygone era of working with minimum technology, hands, brain power and respect for the job at hand.
Thank you very much for your time and energy.
Cheers from down under and please stay safe.
bravo de France monsieur pour vos paroles, Pierre De Vierzon France.
Merci Pierre. Rester en sécurité 👋👋👋
Thanks for sharing. I'd like to go back and say thanks to those who are no longer here also.
That's pretty cool that someone can actually fix an antique coach. Thank you Mr. Engles for sharing your skills with us.
I’d like to find the 7 misguided individuals who gave this a thumbs down and give them a Dutch rub....😂 Enjoyed following along. Dave’s got a pretty good life there me-thinks....small town, mountains, beautiful scenery, wide open spaces, a cozy shop to work in, especially during those winters!, working with old things from better days, using beautiful wood to make new “old” things, and just a wonderful easy-going personality.....kinda my bucket list right there come to think of it!!
Threw my bucket list out when I retired, just doing one day at a time now with whatever I want to do.
Since COVID there's only yesterday, today and tomorrow. Not really any dates or days of the week.
Love to watch a master craftsmen work and you sir are of the highest calibre you all keep safe on that side of the pond best wishes from Liverpool England
There's something wonderful about watching Dave work.
600 miles horseback with a pack horse in tow. Sweet.
After I lost my sight my bucket list got smaller and changed but I still enjoy listening to you.
Top of my list is to meet you in person. Maybe this summer if God gets us out of this virus. Up to Him.
I've always wanted to just jump on a horse like they did in the old days and just start heading out. No particular destination, just riding until it gets dark and then settling down for the night. I sometimes think that technology has spoiled us into being too complacent without any real goals of adventure to achieve. Hats off to you, Dave, for living the dream!
Ooh I wish I could make wheels like this..... I just love them.... just beautiful....
I could tell by looking at that lady that she was the hot rodding type!! better set her up w/ speed rated tires.
I Bet it felt wonderful to be part of someones Bucket list achievement / God bless 🙏😀💖
LOVE SEEING THOSE SPECIALIZED TOOLS PEOPLE MAKE TO HELP GET THE JOB DONE LIKE YOUR ANSWER TO THE SPINNING BOLTS. GREAT WORK.
And the craftsmanship us amazing as always. You make the difficult seem easy. My hats off to you.
Dave…. Hi from Scotland. I just love watching you use the techniques for putting new tyres on wheels. Especially watching you use tools that you have developed, like all true craftsmen do, to make life easier. Glad you managed to tick one box on your bucket list
I suspect many of your viewers would have a visit to Engels Coach Shop on their bucket list; it's certainly on mine.
Amazing lady! And she certainly wore out those tires with real effort, more then a few miles and a lot of smiles.
Always a great treat to watch you work while I have my breakfast on Saturday morning in the UK. Take care, Stay Safe in these strange times.
I love watching these, I go to my 93 year old mothers house and we set and watch your videos on her television through my TH-cam account, she and I really enjoy them. Thanks for posting these...
Very cool and good for you.
Must give you great satisfaction that a customer rings you up and says fix my buggy wheels. I know it would for me. Cheers Dave.
Just so much craftsmanship coupled with years of experience. Excellence.
The bucket list solution for some is to make a cover for the bucket. Dave keeps getting a bigger bucket. His last item, I think he'll build a wooden hot tub!
Mistrzu,jesteś niezwylke miłym i pozytywnym człowiekiem.Pozdrowienia z Polski.
Great life advice. As one who has been fortunate to come much farther in life than he ever expected, I agree wholeheartedly. And I applaud your personal example. Very cool! My bucket list, thankfully, has been getting shorter. But as I've become older as discovered something my younger self knew but didn't really think much about - that when it's all said and done, your family is the real treasure and satisfying thing in life. The family investments you make in your younger life pay the greatest dividends later on. The bucket list is great, and I've enjoyed mine, but it would be nothing without the family around. I'm gathering you know that too. Great video and sage advice. Very excellent, as always.
Well said!
One of the things on my Bucket List Dave was to Visit you at your Shop in Joliet... Check One Off the List! :)
My only bucket list is when all this virus s##ts over is to pay a visit to Engles Coach shop ..from over the pond .stay safe all you guys and girls lots of love from over the pond from the Victorian workshop
That'll make my day for sure!
Nice to see Diane in the background :-)
Another interesting video. I guess those tires are good for a few thousand miles. If your town ever has an anvil throwing contest you have to let your viewers know. We want to see you chuck an anvil twice the distance than any of your competitors.
I would love to hear about your trip one day!
Another great 20 minutes that just flew by.. Was that a body slumped over your pack horse (2 mins). Bounty hunter added to all your other skills.?
Dave...your Trek to Great Falls reminds me of the Summer when I spent three months with Fred and Barbera on a Ranch outside Zortman, down near the Missouri River, as a boy. No Electricity, No Running Water, No Television, No Telephone, No Central Heat, No Flush Toilet, had an Old Outhouse instead...PEEEUW!!! Pretty Old West Living' to be sure.
Living Accommodations was a Very Old 4 Room Shack with a really Low Ceiling of a House in literally the Middle of Know Where Montana...miles & miles & miles from anyone. Heat was supplied by a Big Ole' Cast Iron Wood Stove. Yes...that meant we had to Chop & Split Firewood by hand with an Axe. We did however have a couple of Luxuries! We had a Refrigerator and Kitchen Stove that ran on Propane. And I remember in the evenings when all the Work was done we either Listened to the CB Radio or Played Buck Owens Records on an Old Portable Record Player. Both were Connected to a Car Battery! Twice a day I Hand Milked the Cows. Twice a day I had to Hand Carry 2 Five Gallon Buckets of Water to the Kitchen Crock. Mostly what I did everyday was Ride Horses all day long Herding Cattle or Horses from one Distant Pasture to another with an Indian Ranch Hand who really knew his way around that Vast Country...he was a Great Guy! Kept me in Stitches Constantly! Some days we spent Fixing Fences or going to Town for Supplies and doing Laundry at the Laundromat with Barbera. Barbera Prepared all the Meals Daily. She was a Good Cook with a Very Sweet Personality and a Very Pretty Young Woman too!
I will Never Forget the first day, we Rolled in Quite Late and was Very Dark with no Moon. I got out of the Pickup Truck and Heard this Blood Curdling Screaming from the Prairie. Sounded like a Woman Screaming for Her Life! I was Terrified! "What's That!" I exclaimed aloud. Fred, my Host for that Summer, said, "awww, that's a Mountain Lion." Five Decades later I learned he was Right! A Female Mountain Lion does indeed sound like a Terrified Screaming Woman. I know because I looked it up on TH-cam ;)
I love it when people push the limits on what "acceptable use" is on equipment. Just proves how durable the items produced are.
Yes, but remeber those are old (or at least "oldish") implements, that actually have a decent margin of use beyond specs. I wouldn't dare push anything recently designed that far, probably not even close to their stated limits...
A sign of a true craftsman, makes it look easy
A 20 minute video that just flew buy in a wink, thank you.
oh boy the boss chaught u red handed lol
if anyone would like a brief excurion into the life of a wheelwright this one covers it, just simply superb. from deconstruction to rebuild this has it all in less than 20mins. but of course what it doesnt represent the depth and breadth of your knowledge and skill to just do and do to perfection.
out of interest, how many more miles can she expect out her new sweet running wheels?
The editing is a joy as well, keeping the interest at a high from start to finish at the right level, keep it up Dave.
Another good video. There was an old gent who liked to get the most out of things. He said he would run the tires on his car till the air showed through. Keep the wagons rolling. 😎👍👏
Very neat. It always amazes me how steel that seems so strong can wear like it does. The tire worn to the steel wire was also interesting to see. As an avid hot rodder I enjoy watching your videos and explanations. I like seeing the parallels between wagons and early automobiles. Thank you for your videos Dave.
They are directly related huh.
#1 on the Bucket List is the Canadian Rockies via the Rocky Mountaineer Railroad.....once again Thanks Dave
I've been wondering for a while how those wheels were made. Thanks for taking the time to post the videos. I enjoy watching a master Craftsman at work.
Thank you Dave for this video. It comes as a positive reminder that virus lock down is just another bump in the road. Metaphor intended. Home run on this one Dave, and, again; Thank You!
Take care,
Thanks and stay well also.
Thanks as always for taking us along on the ride Dave.
Cheers from Tokyo!
Amazing as usual, I love the tool for holding the slotted screws in place while you undo the nut. If someone gave you one of those for your birthday it would take a while to figure out what it was for!
Great video Dave and the story of the Lady’s Bucket List of the Buggy Journey is awesome. We enjoyed your 5 week pack trip too. Thanks for sharing with us both of those stories and the rebuilding of those Buggy Wheels. Fred.
Hi Fred.
I saw you Diane sneaking into the video!
Hi Jason, I didn't know the camera was on.
Such talent. Love the craftsmanship
Hi Dave,
You made that repair look easy. It's a pleasure watching a master at his craft. Stay safe.
With the condition those tires are in, imagine how many shoes the poor horse went through!
is that what y'all call recaps good fer another couple thousand miles now
I remember you telling me about that ride you did and I remember thinking to myself that I'd like to do something like that. Better learn to ride a horse first though. There's a bloke up the road a bit that does that. I might just go and have a talk with him before I get too much older. I trust that you and Mrs. Engel are well and a long way away from that COVID19 business. R. Pauline & Chris.
Couldn't imagine what it takes to please the one thumbs down guy (or gal) at the time I watched your video. Great content and great stories. I love the Big Sky country. (Born in Libby!). Settled now in Bama, but a recently added item on my list is to pay you a visit. Maybe next year after this virus hub-bub is settled. Hope you can put off retirement til then :)
You're welcome anytime.
I think there are a few people who go from video to video and give thumbs-down and never watch the video. Can't stand to see someone else do a good job, I guess.
I do enjoy watching a rare skill.
as always Sr. you are a true craftsman
Excellent--and a very nice mule at 1:41. We used to try to raise blond mules out of our Belgian mares, we had several but lost several as well. I never really had a bucket list, just whatever came into my head to try I did. Some of course were failures but those were the ones I learned from the most. I have noticed something recently, we had a lot of pictures of our days past, but we never look at them anymore. I wonder if that is what happens to everyone. I have had to slow down some since turning 80, I am learning that a man has to KNOW his limitations.......
Sometimes it's tough to admit to them though.
Once again, thanks for sharing the stories and your work.
I have a schacht motor buggy here in Australia and we carry a heap of electrical ties for wire breaks, just tie the tire on a dozen times or more around the rim, and keep going, it wont look good but it will get you home.
Upgrading to Load Range E :-) Good Job, Mr. Dave!!!! VERY ENJOYABLE VIDEO!!! Thank You!!
I can’t shake the image of a Chariot race race pit crew; Dave’s voice, “Well Pharaoh, I got two others in front of you. We’ll git’ter done and get you on yer way real soon. It’ll be a new record.” Btw, you’re one of my favorites.
The highlight of my week. Thank you sir, stay safe.
Just when I think I've seen every tool out there, Dave pulls another "new" one off a hook on the wall. At 7:18 I don't know what that tool is called, but it certainly did the job.
What a professional. I always wanted to just get on a horse and ride the open plains. Your so lucky. Be safe.
Just a wee bit easier to handle than the Borax wagon wheels. What else is on your bucket list 🤔 👍👍🏴
Just a bit.
I really enjoyed this video and am impressed both by your work in repairing the lady's wheels and in the fact that you two have/are working on your bucket list. In 2017 I completed one item off mine when I rode my motorcycle around the country, 13632 miles in 7 weeks 5 days. Next time your town and shop will be on my route.
Hey, you're my kind of guy!
You really look at home on your horses:) As usual another great video, thanks for sharing
Always watching!!!
Good morning from SE Louisiana 25 Feb 21.
Dave wonderful video. I’m sure we all have a bucket list of some sort. Mine is pretty much what you accomplished. I’ve always wanted to ride with a huge Hurd of cows.thank you for sharing your time on the trail. A tip maybe, we always knocked the axle seal out with the bearing.
Driving out the seal with the bearing has been my practice for 50 or so years. A hardwood stick or an old plastic handled screwdriver frequently saves the seal.
Amazing bucket list journeys!!!
My bucket list :
1. Livestock Bucket.
2. Ice Bucket.
3. Mop Bucket.
4. Ash Bucket.
5. Pail.
I envy you that trip , sounds like it was pretty cool .
Really loved the idea of rebuilt, used, what it was used for, what the damage was and rebuild again!
then it remined me of my childhood, putting big wide tires on my first car!
Excellent video hope she makes it safely to her destination stay safe stay healthy
#1 on my bucket list... visit Engels Coach Shop.
Wonderful story and video. Thank you.
I love the purpose built custom tools, the hook tool to hold tension on that bolt head was great, I would have just cut off the nut with a grinder, but what you have there was the right tool for the right job.
You have proven that you are a true gentleman. The fact that you are helping a lady in need is awesome. Please give her my best wishes and good luck.
I enjoy watching a true Craftsman at work, I learned to be a mason in the 70's and I know how long it takes to hone your craft and make it look easy, thanks for great videos can't wait till the next one hope you and your family are safe and God bless.
The tool that keeps the screw from turning is great.
It's pretty cool to see a set of wheels, and know without a doubt how many miles are on them! Great work sir!
My bucket list is to spend time with you in your shop
I didn't realize that torx screws were traditional to wooden wagon wheels. You never stop learning I guess. Great videos.
You will have to update us when she finishes the trip.
Good to see and hear from you again.
Keep up the good work.
Have a great day God Bless.
I listed her blog site. I'm assuming she'll continue it.
I was going to ask if there was an eventuality you did not have a tool for, but that would have been daft. It's obvious, if you were to need a tool you'd make one... Great watch, thanks for posting.
Make someone happy again!
You do an amazing job every time it's a job I would like to do on my bucket list build my own cart with wheels 😎👍♥️
thank you Mr Engels
That home made bolt tool is AWESOME
Hello Sir
Thanks for the video and thanks for the Story behind your work and the personal view in your bucketlist
I have such a List too and i am working now on my List every day
The Feeling is very good to do that
I wish you all the best stay healthy
And greetings
Yours Frank
Dave, were you able to do all of that in one day? I'm a long time subscriber and never tire of your wonderful videos. Thanks for including pics of your trip, too. That was great! Loved the dog. :-)
Could have, but with interruptions I spent 2.
A new meaning to Bald Tires! Nice one Dave.
No bucket list involved, just miss Montana. Just a little further North and West of Engles small town named Missoula, maybe you've heard of it? Part of my old stompin' ground. across the Lolo pass and through the Selway/Bitter Root forest but I have an illness now and so I just wait for my master to come get me to take me to my long home. Plan on seeing you there one day, in the meantime, thanks for giving me some good entertainment and something to look forward to.
Great video,yours and Hers were great adventures, Had an old time friend who grew up in Round Up, Lots of open country there
Bolt holder for striped carriage bolt..what a cool tool,
Agreed with many other viewers, those tires worn out, no real breakdown. Maybe we ought to get a hold of MichelinMan USA for considering a new market for replacements ! My guess is, any bicycle tire would have lasted maybe less since these wagons have more weight on each tire. Thank you Dave for the video...kept up with the processes as you did them, I'm almost trained in tires after months of your videos but I still get nervous when pulling those wires on that contraption machine.
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