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Originally Posted by Jim Burrill
Hi folks
Exploring the opportunity to put a couple of carriers in an event next year in Pennsylvania on a 14 mile road convoy and ending with a reenactment battle in a town square district.
I am trying to gather documentation to support allowing bren carriers to be used in the convoy. You may know that in the States, metal tracked vehicles are not allowed on the roads.
That is due to the fact that really, all metal tracked vehicles are construction equipment and their tracks have grousers or cleats and would tear up asphalt paving.
No one making highway laws factors in Bren carriers!
So, since they are allowed in the UK and the EU on highways, Does anyone have any leads on tech documentation or road regulations that set the weight or track styles that allow them to be legal?
I know a carrier's weight foot print is less than a city bus's footprint, but does anyone have better documentation?
leads to government websites that have that data is fine also.
ANy help is greatly appreciated!!
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Which jurisdiction owns the roads, municipal, country or state? They will have been built to different standards of road bed, supporting layers and thicknesses of asphalt. Somewhere I read an engineer's comment that older asphalt was harder because the oil refineries weren't as efficient at getting all the assorted hydrocarbons out of the feed stock. Modern refineries are much better at making better fuels with less air pollution, and the remaining tar is less sticky and durable.
Speed of the run is another factor to consider. Higher speed will mean the steering and braking inputs will be putting more stress on the road surface. If you intend to putt putt along in 2nd gear, the carrier's trackpad 'moment' will be long enough to make the corrections without likely scuffing or skids. But as Rob mentioned, pivot turns and hard stops will dig deeper.