Australian 5 spoke carrier wheels

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Jared Archibald

Anyway, if you look at the pic (although not very clear) it can be seen that this carrier has 5 spoke wheels on the bogies, but a six spoke type on the idler. This picture was taken in Jan or early Feb 1942 so the carrier couldn't be more than about a year old at the most (or much less). I always assumed that the 5 spokers were made by a later contractor and used as spares later in the war - this picture seems to refute that.

Jared

Hi Jared. Good on ya for reincarnating an old thread. If you look at the pic in post #30 of my link "This thread" mentioned at the top of this thread, you'll notr that that pic is captioned Circa 1941, so I think it's certain that these 5 spoke wheels are an EARLY variation, not late.