Obviously, the problem in the lower photo is that they are attempting to put it on the wrong side!
- JeffStringerObviously, the problem in the lower photo is that they are attempting to put it on the wrong side!
No ... that 'side' is just standing by, the left side is already installed.
Pretty cool pics!
- JinxThis page has 13 photos of the T28, some of them close-ups. Maybe of interest to some of you?
www.naritafamily.com/S...age_01.htm
- Buq-BuqAnyway, for those of you who aren't familiar . . . what you don't see on the upper photo is the guys with ropes that walk behind the entire 'trailer-track assembly' to stop it colliding with the towing vehicle. For some reason, the 'trailer-track assembly' was not attached with a towbar, but with tow cables; this necessitated a human-powered friction-braking system. Capstans were bolted to the sprockets of the outer track assemblies, and ropes wound 'round the capstans. A crewman (or two?) would then walk behind the entire train, applying friction to the capstans as-needed to stop the entire 'trailer-track assembly' from ramming into the towing vehicle when on a slope. Since the maximum vehicle speed was only 8 miles per hour (and practical speed probably much less), this isn't as big a problem that it seems � although I imagine that you wouldn't want to do that for any great distance!
- DontosAll this talk of T28 has my interest up. I'm wondering if the detatchable outer track is SN matched to the vehicle that it was produced.
I went nosing around the T28 today and the outer L & R track assemblies match SN's but in the short time I had, I couldn't find anything similiar on the 'inner vehicle'
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