E-Bay Carrier just sold

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

wonder why they would charge so much for a cast set ? am I naive in thinking you only need one good track link to make a pattern, then the metal from the old links are melted down plus some extra bits to account for lost material in the smelting process you can drill the pin ways yourself iwht a good pillar drill no ? my thoughts were if you are going to make new tracks you could CAD a design to incoroporate track pads for the road to make them last a touch longer .

Richard,

You're right, casting new track links is the easy part, albeit they have to be hardened. The difficult (and expensive!) part is forging/machining/hardening track pins.

Secondly, yes, I suppose one could make a padded track, but realistically it would be a lot more money and frankly, considering carriers have relatively little ground pressure, a waste of time. Rubberized tracks might allow a bit more traction on asphalt, but probably not enough to justify their design & manufacture.

[RichardT10829]

that would be why no one has done it i guess. i will pu my mind to the pin problem then see if i can get the cogs turning....Iam lucky in respect of alot of contacts within engineering and metal fabrication....unlukcy in respect that i live in the UK.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Guys,

Could you please post links or Ebay item numbers? I´dlike to drool over some of this stuff also.

Thanks,
Hanno

[rob love]

Looks like I was partly right about the track going for a bit more than the $2400. It was actually a lot more...$6309 Cdn on a snipe in the last 11 seconds of the auction.

It's getting so we will have to start hiring security guards to protect our carriers when we are away from home.

Item number: 270307022385

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rob love

Looks like I was partly right about the track going for a bit more than the $2400. It was actually a lot more...$6309 Cdn on a snipe in the last 11 seconds of the auction.

It's getting so we will have to start hiring security guards to protect our carriers when we are away from home.

Item number: 270307022385

Thanks Rob,

Bren Gun (Universal) Carrier, Unused (new) Tracks- WWII Item number: 270307022385

My guess is these tracks are take-offs, I´ve seen rolls like this before and they were never new. As far as I know new links came in sections of 21.

H.

[RichardT10829]

yep there is more track up in Australia too

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/bren-gun-carr...1%7C240%3A1318

[Lynn Eades]

Basically carriers were fitted with a continuous length of track at the factory, but in a service situation it was supplied in 21 link sections.