Re: mud and oil [TANKS]

["Derek Engelhaupt" <tankme-at-gmail.com>]

I have some 1/2" foamed PVC sheet that I am using for my track pads.
They will be pinned through the hollow pin 50P roller chain that I
picked up for $10/box.  Hopefully the environmentalists are right
about how long the plastic takes to break down and they will last
forever (at least last my lifetime)...

Derek

On 9/14/07, Clark Ward Jr <ki4gyt-at-gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I was just reading your exchange with Chris about oil and
> gathering dirt.  With steel hinges, I'd go with dousing them with oil,
> and cleaning the dirt off later.   I've seen some nasty rust on steel
> hinge pins that got wet.  Of course, that was in a saltwater
> environment, but I think your tracks will last quite a while the way
> you're doing.
>
> Probably longer than my masonite & bicycle chain tracks :)    (cost
> about US$30)  When the masonite gives out, I'll consider doing the
> hinge tracks; they'd look very close to the original FT-17 tracks, I
> think.
>
> --
> Clark
> M60A1 "the Beast" under construction
> FT-17 "Frenchy" also U/C
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> KI4GYT
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