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Ralph Lovett


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I have recently completed most of the work on my WW1 Era US Army Escort Wagon.  This is the updated web page:   US Escort Wagon (lovettartillery.com)

 



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Wonderful work!  What's next?

 

Bosun Al



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That's brilliant. May I ask a question?

Forgive my ignorance, but it always seems that these wagons - British, German, U.S. - had a very poor turning circle. It looks to me as if the height of the front wheels limited them to a very small traverse, making steering difficult, if I'm explaining this correctly. Am I missing something?



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James, Yes.  I see the front wheel turning radius as a problem with most wagons.  They tried to mitigate this problem with the small diameter wheels to the front.  



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Would the poor turning circle of a wagon be noticeable if you had a team of horses pulling it?

I'm reminded of a comment by one of the guys who trained the team for the 18-Pounder gun in Australia for the WW1 centenary.

He made the comment that with a team of six horses you had think a long way ahead when you wanted to turn the team since they had a huge turning circle. 

Charlie

 



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Just a memory, but ‘back in the day’ the RHA displayed in Royal Tournament arena with 6 teams (?), given the size of the arena their turning circle was pretty small. My 2 penneth!



-- Edited by TeeELL on Wednesday 20th of September 2023 03:47:07 PM

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