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Wagon Too Big For A Horse

───   03:31 Tue, 17 Apr 2018

Wagon Too Big For A Horse  | News Article

Largest Covered Wagon

The world's largest covered wagon is 12.2 m (40 ft) long, 3.65 m (12 ft) wide and 7.6 m (25 ft) tall, and was hand built out of Illinois oak and steel by David Bentley (USA), The Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County, Illinois, purchased the wagon for $10,000 (£6,147) (R120, 401.00) from Bentley.

The wagon was built to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the famous Route 66. A 3.6 m (12 ft) fibreglass Abraham Lincoln sits on the wagon seat.



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