Honours Yard steam up.

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[sparkright]

Nice to see Black Jack nearly finished.

[1882]

Can anyone shed any light onto the Gold Medal with pneumatic tyers?

I'm interested in the size of the tyers, how the hub fits the wheel, the reason they have been fitted and when they were fitted.

This may seem a tryful rude, but the reason I'm asking is that my engine was fitted during its working life whith pneumatic front tyers aswell.

[Steam Scenes]

Originally Posted by 1882

Can anyone shed any light onto the Gold Medal with pneumatic tyers?

I'm interested in the size of the tyers, how the hub fits the wheel, the reason they have been fitted and when they were fitted.

This may seem a tryful rude, but the reason I'm asking is that my engine was fitted during its working life whith pneumatic front tyers aswell.

I have a picture of it taken in the 40's and they were fitted then so it was a working day thing. They had to move the perch forward to give them extra clearance. The engine went back to Burrell to have wider rear's with solid rubber tyres too prior to this.

[Phillip Jones]

Originally Posted by 1882

Can anyone shed any light onto the Gold Medal with pneumatic tyers?

I'm interested in the size of the tyers, how the hub fits the wheel, the reason they have been fitted and when they were fitted.

This may seem a tryful rude, but the reason I'm asking is that my engine was fitted during its working life whith pneumatic front tyers aswell.

Burrell 3631 also had pneumatics fitted, I presume it was to make the steering easier, the front axle with hubs is still knocking around the yard somewhere. I'll take a picture next time i trip over it.

[8_10 Brass Cleaner]

Quite a lot of 'timber' engines ended up on blow ups on the front.

I have always assumed this is because my experience shows me that engines tend to be very heavy on the front and dig in when the going is not good. I would have expected blow ups to improve matters, they are usually wider and would present a larger area to spread the load.

Not only that but they would provide buoyancy!

[UJ2225]

I believe a spare front wheel was carried within the back wheel during its working day.

As also noted above great to see "Black Jack" back on her wheels again... lovely old engine and an old favourite. I see she has lost her very distinctive and wide brass chimney top.

Jim

[00000]

How're they getting on with the very interesting Fowler tractor thats there?

[jfb]

what sort of dia are the wheels in last pic

[ronj]

Originally Posted by jfb

what sort of dia are the wheels in last pic

I would say they were around 6ft .