T16 and Bren carriers for sale on Milweb

[kevin powles]

Hi, I went and saw an old boy a year or so back to buy some carrier wheels off him, he had once restord a T16 that came out of the pounds scrap yard. We got talking about T16 wheels and he told me they produced the solid disc type to prevent sabotage from the enemy, apparently you could disable the vehicle by putting iron rods through the wheels jamming he tracks, he was about 90 years old and seemed to know what he was taliking about.

this could be the reason?.

[horsa]

Anything is possible. Its too bad that so much of the history has been lost, or at least temporarily misplaced. For T-16s with solid disc wheels, I know of three people personally that have them in complete sets on their vehicles. Ray in New York, Dan in New Mexico and Brennon here in Texas. Sure there are a lot more out there.

On the wheels, there were at least four variations that we know of. The straight spoke, curved spoke and solid disc we mentioned. But there are actually two patterns of curved spoke wheels. Some have a casting on the back that is a raised projection which we've been told is used to help sling mud and snow buildup off before it can harden up on the spokes which can cause issues with the tracks and sprocket. Some of the T-16s also have ice scrapers on the rear at the back.

One other good thing about the solid disc wheels is they can be reversed to allow presentation of the side with the best rubber and metal surface area. Guess this is possible with the straight spokes as well. My carrier has curved spokes so flipping one around would look really odd.

[RichardT10829]

Pablo50cal has solid wheels on his carrier (resides in Argentina) This carrier is now advertised on John Bizal's website, being sold with another one (more complete.. as a pair) $12000 for the pair.......bargain if you ask me !

http://www.midwestmil.com/2T16salep1.html

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

Pablo50cal has solid wheels on his carrier (resides in Argentina) This carrier is now advertised on John Bizal's website, being sold with another one (more complete.. as a pair) $12000 for the pair.......bargain if you ask me !

http://www.midwestmil.com/2T16salep1.html

Those are sold, apparently, but there's another one offered for sale: http://www.midwestmilitary.net/T16salep1.html

This is an excellent carrier as is. Ready for fun in the dirt. Runs and drives excellent. Some extra parts included, but needing restoration. A fine piece of light weight armor that you can haul on a regular trailer and afford. Any other tracked armor is going to cost you way more than this. These are highly sought after, so if you ever wanted one, don't wait. It won't last long. An additional set of tracks are available for separate purchase, should you desire to have a back up set. Road wheels have good rubber and no damage. Sprockets are in good driving condition.
Located in Iowa.
We can arrange shipping inside the USA only. No export unless you pay the license fees or you arrange your own export with a licensed party.

Price: $31,000.00
For more information, contact Roger at 319-230-7300 or kathyh@jtt.net

[RichardT10829]

I had put that image of the T16 in the bows and covers thread as it had close ups on the brace bars used for the covers... ???

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

I had put that image of the T16 in the bows and covers thread as it had close ups on the brace bars used for the covers... ???

Indeed, you did. I moved it here because you are always on the lookout for carriers for sale. Also merged any "T16 for sale" threads I could find into this "mother of all".

Only later I realised you were adding to the discussion on Wartime T-16 Universal Carriers with Tops / Bows, so I have moved it back there and added a quote here.

I needed to clean up that thread and hope you don't mind.

Regards,
Hanno

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/la...ad=61079&cat=1

here is a T16 for sale on milweb...it has the bows for a cover a half decent close up photo too

i have no connection to the seller.

[RichardT10829]

No probs at all Hanno it had gone a bit pear shaped