carrier wheels and tracks

[eddy8men]

alastair
i'll have a look tomorrow in the daylight and let you know, by the way how many wheels do you need for the loyd ?

eddy

[Lynn Eades]

These things go in circles. This has been discussed before. I would break them up now into manageable sections, ans soak them in oil for a few weeks. Then I would try to get each link moving, using a couple of suitable pry bars. I would then leave them to drain, and dry out before fitting. I used waste hydraulic oil, but imagine used auto trans oil would be good.
This has probably kicked off another round of "track abuse" including beating, burning, blasting, dragging etc. You could have just towed those dollies about 20 miles, with a load of power poles on it. if they went around without breaking the pins, they would have eventually come right.
I can, from experience, tell you that when they are really bad, you can use a lot of gas, and time, trying to salvage every second link. Have fun.

[RichardT10829]

i can recomend the electrolysis bath method its cheap and labour un intensive

[eddy8men]

the last set of tracks i had i freed off with a block and sledge hammer and they rotate nice and easy, the trouble was it was a bit labour intensive although to be honest i had one of my labourers do most of it but this time round i might try my roadbreaker with a bit of a mod to one of the steels, i know there's better ways to do it but i prefer to just hit stuff until it bends to my will.

you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

eddy

[shaun]

its also a good way to loose those christmas pounds from all the turkey. 14lb sledge hammer and just keep swinging at the track. it works wonders for the track and the waist line ! remember the REME moto "when in doubt - give it a clout, the bigger the doubt - the bigger the clout ! "

[eddy8men]

Arte et marte

[shaun]

as ever - "twist to open" - REME joke ! are we going to form a REME carry section ?

[Lynn Eades]

Are all you people with this disease, ex EME, REME, RAEME, etc? If this is the case, then this disease is work related.

[The Bedford Boys]

Originally Posted by eddy8men

the last set of tracks i had i freed off with a block and sledge hammer and they rotate nice and easy, the trouble was it was a bit labour intensive although to be honest i had one of my labourers do most of it but this time round i might try my roadbreaker with a bit of a mod to one of the steels, i know there's better ways to do it but i prefer to just hit stuff until it bends to my will.

you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

eddy

My dad has a different take on that saying eddy:

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't drown the b*stard!!"

[RichardT10829]

HAHAHAHAHAHA Classic

[ajmac]

My track (when I find a good set) is going to the acid tank, if they can hang a Range Rover body in it, I am sure they can fit a tiddly bit of Carrier track.... should come out like new an hour later.

Eddy,
I'll need the full eight, worst case, once I've seen the farmer it may drop to six or seven depanding what he uncovers in his shed

[eddy8men]

i need to use the tracked bogies as a temporary sled for my churchill hull (18 tons) as there are no tracks and the wheels are shot to hell, so i dug them out last week and set to work. i wasn't looking forward to trying to free the links up as they looked really solid but seeing as how i was using my digger to move them around i had the bright idea to stand them upright and use the digger bucket to free em up and it worked a treat, an hour and a half later all the bogies were freed up and i never got off my arse to do it (bit easier than a sledge).
while i was messing around with them i noticed they had been painted olive drab so they were definately originally military, whether the whole sled assembly was or just the bogies i don't know as the rest of the sled is still at the yard where i bought them from so i can't check it but it raises the question again of what were they, i wouldn't want to cut it up for the wheels and tracks and find i'd destroyed something rare. any ideas ?
cheers

[eddy8men]

the tracked sled mystery has been solved, a chap on hmvf posted this pic which pretty much nails it. unfortunately the rest of the tracked sled i bought is at nelson green's yard as i couldn't transport the whole thing in my van. the good news is i now have a daf 4 tonner and the next time i'm over that end of the world i'll pick them up and restore at least one.
quite fitting that an ex REME fella like myself should end up with them

rick

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - I'm with Lynn on this one. When we built the Blitz half-track we fitted the tracks even though there were some frozen sections. Slow driving freed the tracks to the extent that they now need tensioning. Therefore if the tracks are in a driveable situation, drive. You can always repair broken pins.

Bob