Re: tank tread and traction [TANKS]

["Evan Ronnerud" <vikingofrohan-at-gmail.com>]

Also, rivets only work if you have enough material squished on each side of the treads to hold them together. Extended driving on hard surfaces or even occasional encounters with such could snap or grind away one side of a rivet, giving you a spectacular case of "Flap Track."

Evan Ronnerud

On 1/26/07, OdysseySlipways-at-aol.com <OdysseySlipways-at-aol.com > wrote:

In a message dated 1/26/2007 5:58:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rcmac143-at-hotmail.com writes:

I would like a lot of traction with my tank.  I notice some tanks have
tracks that are very close together like tank #t017 amd t018.  Tank #t018
even took the extra step to countersunk the hole for the rivits.  I am
thinking about putting in the rivits in the opposite direction so the rivits
could stick out 1/8" on top of the tread  for extra traction on snow and
ice.  what is the disadvantage of doing this.

driving on hard a surface and marking up the ground (if it's one someone's property)

 

Chris
Odyssey Slipways

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Evan