Wheels
 

I have just received the wheels I sent to be coated with polyurethane.They look pretty good to me.

Wheels
 

Great Job I could use more rubber on Mine
Jeff

wheels
 

I need to think about getting mine done pretty soon. How much $ and where did you get them done?

Does anyone in Australia do the British wheels?
I know Bob does the Aussie rim.

Anthony
 

Probably you could do them in the same mould. You might need to make a packer for in each side of the wheel ,or maybe you can have the new rubber turned down to the correct profile.
What carrier do you have?

Hi Lynn, I hear you are the oracle. I will be picking your brains in the near future.
I have a Mk1 pommie carrier.
Regards.

Anthony
 

Thankyou for the compliment. I have been called a lot of things, but I guess you dont get called an oracle until your old.
Maybe you can tell us a bit more about your carrier. There aren't too many "pomme" carriers about. Ben seems to have the only one in the U.K.(on this forum at least) There are obviously a few here and there (New Zealand and Australia)but not many anywhere else.
Do you know exactly what she is? Does she have a T number? What sort of a state is she in? Can you post some pictures?

British Wheels
 

Hi all - I will take Lynn's advice on board. I will have to obtain a British wheel and take it, along with my mold, to my rubber guy and get his advice. I could also possibly get an insert made by the mold manufacturer. Leave it with me.

Bob

The cost per wheel(in batches of 4)was $160.00.The killer is shipping.The process is a layering and oven curing and then they turn them on a lathe to the correct profile.The company is urethane roller specialist,inc MO.The contact is:
Judy Robben 1 800 367 1136.Nice people to do business with.

clarkray,I take it this is a layer of poly over old rubber? have you checked into polyurethane on steel as a replacement for rubber?

it will still be wound onto the rim with a binding agent Dave.... the test is weather or not it has the same hardness / durability as natural rubber. as stated above they tend to spin it onto the rim, cure it / steam it to the correct hardness then profile the wheel on a lathe. the problem with our carriers is the horns on the tracks tend to catch the edge of the wheels and chunks of rubber can get torn out... the only way to see if the material is ok to use is to folk out and test it :)

Hey Dave,it is not polyurethane over rubber.They remove the rubber entirely.In fact most of my wheels did not have any rubber at all.They did ask for the first wheel to have rubber so they could test the hardness and mesure the profile.
They bonded the poly to the wheel and I expect that it will outlast me by a long time.

Thanks clarkray for the the contact info (and the quick response) and all you that responded asking all the other tangible questions. Considering the required quality of the end-product, and if it stands up to the usage, it's a pretty good buy.


Carroll

OK,that's what I would have thought to be the best way.Going to be very interested to see how this works.
I am wondering about using a mold fabbed from a good wheel,and injecting polyurethane.Any thoughts on this? Is it worth a try,or should I just forget about it?

Wow, this is awesome! I am the new owner of an ex-Swiss T16 and this is the main item I need for now. Thanks!

located in Bath Great Britain

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bren-Gun-Carri...item2c5d0fc3a2

seller nothing to do with me!

(I dont do carriers only daimlers)

wheels
 

I have bought two of these trollies last week and am collecting on Thursday, I spoke with him on the phone today, he asked what they were off so I told him, he now seems to have doubled the asking price on the remaining trolly. I think £47 a wheel is two much. will post up some pics of what he has remaining Thursday.

kevin.

Schoolboy error right there Kev.... i saw these a few weeks back but they were out of my reach he wanted 95 / trolley or near offer.....before he knew what they were that is.

here is the newly listed items....shame folk have missed out on some bargains there..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_826wt_1139