buckboards

Open frontier wagons

A buckboard is a simple four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon with a flat wooden platform instead of a body.

The platform flexes over rough ground, giving a springy ride.

Common in 19th-century America for light hauling and transportation, buckboards appear frequently in Western fiction: They loaded supplies onto the buckboard and headed for town.

vehicle

wagon

Wheeled hauling vehicle

seat · axle · springs · buggy · horsecart · conveyance · chassis · flatbed · bench · footboard

frontier

prairie

Open grassy flatland

westward · ranch · trail · dusty · rugged · outback · wilderness · frontier · Old West · plains

horsedrawn

harness

Straps controlling an animal

  • reinsBit-attached steering straps
  • tracesSlight remaining amounts
  • horseDomesticated riding animal

team · hitch · whip · bridle · singletree · doubletree · collar · draft horse · tack · driving

Categories
Opposites
vehicle enclosure and luxury

buckboardsbroughams

Enclosed horse-drawn carriages

carriages · stagecoaches · landaus · limousines · chariots

historical vs. modern transportation

buckboardselectric vehicles

Battery-powered motor transport

self-driving cars · automobiles · cars · trucks · SUVs

Family

buckboard

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G