Jerryjeeprichard Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Anyone have an idea on what these trailer wheels may have been off? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Antique narrow-crop weeder/cultivator ? Antique sulky ? Boadicea's chariot ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 They look like Smith gun wheels. Are they available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I agree with Adrian smith gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jerryjeeprichard Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 That’s definitely them. The shape is perfect……. The history I know on them. They were fitted to a crudely made cart with a galvanised tank to providing drinking water for a remote cottage. Over years the cottage fell into decay. Eventually falling into the brook behind the cottage. This is where we found the first wheel. The second wheel didn’t surface for some years later and turned up significantly further down river. I always thought they had some military connection but wasn’t sure. We pulled both wheels out of the brook and up the bank. Just so they didn’t get washed away Whether or not they are still there as it was 12+ years since I walked that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 They are unlikely to have improved over 12 years! Would be interesting to see if they have survived, they really ought to be saved. Roughly where in the country are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerryjeeprichard Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 They are located in Derbyshire. We’ll off the beaten track. When the weather improves slightly I go and see if they are still there. From memory we had deliberated recovering the wheels at the time. And gave up with size and weight. Vs location. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 A replica Smith gun is something I've thought about making before now, you've got to start somewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 They used one in Dad's Army 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Five Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 This reprinted manual has photographs and instruction for the Smith gun. https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/home-guard-instruction-1943-battlecraft-and-battle-drill/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Citroman said: They used one in Dad's Army 😉 Was that the time they used onions as projectiles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Yes it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwardle Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 There is an original one in the small arms collection at the Land Warfare Centre in Warminster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 There is also one in the national army museum collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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