My Sad Sprockets

[ron]

OK Mate will I will take pics and post in the morning,
Regards Ron

[ron]

Hi Lyn just gone through a few pics and found this one showing a track support ring fitted to the marmon herrington carrier conversion that I found some time ago it is only fitted on the one side as the large diameter round plate takes the weight on the other side,I will take pics of the ones on my carriers tomorrow, as you can see there are a large number of bolts holding it together regards Ron

[ron]

Hi Lyn here is a pic showing a set of track support rings fitted, as you can see they give a lot of support to the track and take all of the weight, these would be very easy to reproduece, Regards Ron

[Aidan]

Do you think maybe the support rings were used for a large fan belt to run stationary machinery? with the tracks off?
Aidan

[ron]

Hi aiden, No mate they are army surplus and the carriers were fitted with them at the time they were manufactured,over the years I have bought dozens of them, but not any more like all parts in our hobby things are getting harder to get, Regards Ron

[Aidan]

Hi Ron , yes I noticed alot of Lp1's are poping up all over your country. what would be the % of carriers Now, since that video of "Year of the carrier came out". I recieved a copy of that Video at a Military show in New York last year. Great stuff. Aidan

[ron]

Hi Aiden
THe boys who keep the records of the carriers could better help you with the % of carriers still around, the L P 1s are as rare as rocking horse s,,t there are a fair number of LP2 and LP,A,s still around, but maybe not much more than a 100 or so but what I mean with the 100 or so is I am refering to 100% complete, I dont count the chopped down ones and the many incomplete ones, to me just a pile of cut up metal with a number on it does not make it a carrier,( YET) I do not aim to insult anyone with this comment its simply my opinion right or wrong, Regards Ron