Great War truck Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 (On a historical note this pile actually consists of 85,000 tires). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 "this one's flat... this one's flat... and this one..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 "There must be one for a Dennis, here somewhere" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B. Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) "What about a silage pit ?" or "There must be one round here." Edited June 6, 2010 by David B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 ok i know the buy one get 100 free offer was good but they are all diffrent sizes:nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Larkin Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Ok, we've got the tyres, where's the rest of the lorry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 BP was grasping at straws for practical ideas to stop the oil from reaching the beaches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 This will keep out those pesky huns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 I'm getting tyred of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk3iain Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Not "O"s,... I said hose...garden hose!!!! (Remembering Ronnie Barker) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond 981 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 We purchased a job lot to beat the rise in infllation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) Explosion at the "Michelin Man" factory kills hundreds, but search continues for survivors.... Edited June 6, 2010 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Treading new ground with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Their tireless efforts resolve a surrounding problem R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 How "tread lightly" started. . . R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 'Cor blimey its airless around 'ere R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Le Regiment De Transport des rouleau sans air R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Not a caption, but just to say I'm amazed there would have been such demand for replacement tyres (assuming this is a WW1 supply dump scene) - surely being solid rubber they would last a long time in the relatively soft ground conditions? My 200T water press was obtained after the Great War, no doubt secondhand by my great grandfather specifically for pressing these tyres off and on. I wouldn't have thought that in civvy street they'd wear very quickly either. Can you enlighten us any further on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpltomo Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 The prototype polo mint was not a great success as they thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 My 200T water press was obtained after the Great War, no doubt secondhand by my great grandfather specifically for pressing these tyres off and on. You have an ex WD 200T water press!!!!! Photo, photo, photo, photo (please). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 The majority of the US trucks would need six tyres each. The mileage you could expect from a set is in the thousands, certainly not more than 10,000. High speeds and bad roads would reduce this figure further. At the end of the war the US had exported over 40,000 heavy trucks to France, so if they all needed new tyres at the same time that would be 360,000. As you can work out they could get through 85,000 tyres very quickly. I am just trying to find out where this photo was taken, but i think it was at the main truck repair/reconstruction depot just South of Paris. I have just written an article for MMI on this depot (having found a great big bundle of original photos), and hopefully it will come out in the September issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan turner (RIP) Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 If we can hoop la all the huns out there the war will be over in a month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 "Hey Pal, who is this Mademoiselle of Armytires anyway ?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 "Hey Pal, who is this Mademoiselle of Armytires anyway ?" Ooooooh, that is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 40,000 trucks? I had no idea of the scale of mechanisation. Water press - no evidence of it being W.D., but must be pretty old. Was installed in the garage immediately after WW1, and would certainly not have been new! When I said 'these tyres' I meant tyres just like that on steam wagons and no doubt ex-WD trucks then in civvy use. Will get a pic anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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