From: rcakitty@verizon.net
Date: Tue Aug 24 2004 - 07:31:39 PDT
Well, it's like this! I HOPE the military DIDN'T use these(but I must admit I don't know for sure). What these WERE(emphasis on were)was a misguided attempt to power a dead(tag or pusher)axle. There was no method to adjust belt tension,they slipped badly when wet(and during what weather conditions do you NEED additional traction!!!), IF you had them on a tag(behind the driven axle)axle and they actually did transmit some power, going forward would attempt to pickup the tag because the tension was on the top of the belt - - and lastly, if you had a flat on an inside dual tire,you had to disassemble the belt drive on that side to get at it!! Not the brightest bulb on the tree! Robert Anderson 8/24
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> From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2004/08/19 Thu PM 02:18:25 CDT
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: [MV] powered tandems
>
> Many years ago (1950s) it was common (in NE Ark where I lived) to see
> commercial trucks that had drive shaft to front tandem axle and between
> tires on both front and rear tandems was a large pully and a very large "V"
> drive belt on each side between front tandem and rear to power rear tandem.
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> Did the military ever do anything like this??
>
> Everette
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