RE- Treaded soft rubber Carrier wheel

Aidan · #1 01-12-10, 06:37

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...g?t=1291181435
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...g?t=1291181435

My pal Mikes Carrier. He sent me these pic's to pass on as too, Do Not re tread your carrier wheels in soft rubber. Heat, Friction, Dirt, wetness will destroy the retread, as you can see. Aidan

The Bedford Boys · #2 01-12-10, 06:53

I would never have even thought to retread carrier wheels in soft rubber. The weight of the carrier alone would cause the rubber to compress and thus "bulge" out and rub against the track horns considerably. This in itself would quickly destroy the rubber I would think. Why did he re-tread them in soft rubber? Was it a money saving exercise or did the person that re-treaded them do it with the incorrect material?

Aidan · #3 01-12-10, 07:04

looks like it was incorrect material, all of his wheels as I have Noticed are in retread soft rubber, about 1/2". these were done before he bought his U. carrier. It felt to me it is hard rubber under the soft. Aidan

Hendrik van Oorspronk · #4 01-12-10, 08:14

Looks like someone made normal wheels from spanner wheels.

Greetings

Hendrik

Lynn Eades · #5 01-12-10, 10:32

with the bedford boys. We used to get tyres done on dock truck trailers, out of a urethane material. it was sort of shiney, and could be turned on a lathe. I think it would work well on carrier wheels. They took a lot of punishment on small dia. wheels, carrying heavy shipping containers on grip patterned steel ro ro ship ramps.

RichardT10829 · #6 01-12-10, 18:07

likewise with Bedford boys.... it is a hard natural rubber not soft. the stuff i have been looking to use is a Elastomeric composite which has the same properties as the original stuff (toughness wise) Feb will tell all i guess

khern2365 · #7 14-12-10, 23:14

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Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

with the bedford boys. We used to get tyres done on dock truck trailers, out of a urethane material. it was sort of shiney, and could be turned on a lathe. I think it would work well on carrier wheels. They took a lot of punishment on small dia. wheels, carrying heavy shipping containers on grip patterned steel ro ro ship ramps.

When I was a kid I remember reading in Field and Stream magazine about a "new" liquid rubber in a can called Poly Urethane. I have often thought if it would work on Boggie Wheels?? By the way who "resurfaces" forklift wheels etc?
Knox