Carrier Track Variations

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by David Herbert

We now need someone to post pictures of ... WW2 German Maultier track.

Hi David, I recall studying that Maultier wheel with you at Beltring many years ago (see the links Tony psted above). The Germans only patterned the Maultier suspension on the Carden-Lloyd system, but manufactured the components themselves which differed in size and detail. The Maultier track was the same track as on the German Panzer 1 tank.

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Here's a nice picture of the bogie wheels & tracks on a Ford Maultier (source).

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(source)

[David Herbert]

Hanno,

Good grief ! Your memory is better than mine. As you say, Pz1 track.

Keep well and best wishes to the family. David

[James P]

Here is a good reference source for German tracks, wheels. German road wheels for tracked vehicle where big on stamped/welded and riveting in there construction, cast road wheels not so much.

http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/

[Lynn Eades]

Do you still have one Perry, that you can measure?

[Perry Kitson]

Lynn, I am no longer in possession of the pins, but I might be able to coerce the fellow who has them to take a few measurements.

Perry

[rob love]

I have plenty of the shorter pins, and a few of the normal ones. I'll get a shot of them after supper and post it.

[BCA]

The so-called Swiss track pins are too short to use in normal track pads. I suspect the Swiss modified the normal track pads by trimming them narrower (why would they do that? No idea.) and producing appropriately shorter pins. These short pins were abundant in USA and very likely came from Southeastern Equipment in Augusta Georgia who sold many ex-Swiss T16s in the 1970’s to early 1980’s. We need someone to inspect their ex-Swiss T16 and see if the track pads are modified Original T16 and Canadian Carriers use the same length of track pin.