My Sad Sprockets

[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