From: Frank Robertson (froberts@midsouth.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jan 05 2006 - 21:25:02 PST
I restored a WW2 M20 armored car, same as the M8 Greyhound, just no turret.
It has 6 9X20 wheels and weighs over 14,000 lbs. According to the manual,
with tire pressure at normal inflation, and 3" ground penetration, it has
10.4 lbs ground pressure.
Robertson Sniper Restorations Webpage Link
http://home.midsouth.rr.com/w2sniper
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
Of Bruce C. Beattie
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:00 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] tiger tanks
Why Henry, Are you having problems with your wife?......:-) Bruce
ygmir wrote:
> ya,
> But, if you put that 100 lbs. in a 1" block of wood, on your foot,
> you'd be
> hurtin'.....
> Total weight is different than psi. If you had a 100 lb. thing on two
> wheels, with 5 sq. in. of area on the ground each, that'd be 10 lb/sq.ft.
> not to bad.
> If we could get the dimensions of the footprint of a track for said tank,
> calculate surface area in contact with the ground, in inches, double
> that (2
> tracks), and divide that into the weight of the tank, it'd be
> clear.......
> Anyone got that info?
> It's surprising how much area there is on something like a track.
> A fellow I know has a snowcat. it weighs about 4k lbs. he drove right
> over
> his wife (in the snow, of course), centered right under on of the
> tracks,and, all it did was put some minor scratches/bruises on her,
> and ruin
> here attitude for the day. He even stopped (on her), to see what
> everyone
> was yelling about.....
> "Of course, it was an accident, dear..........."
> It was a great story, she even laughs about it, now.......
> MV content:
> I'd sure like to buy (one that I can afford), an SUSV, or, Weasel, to
> try a
> similar experiment.
> Any one got one for sale?
> Thanks,
> Henry
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] tiger tanks
>
>
>> All I'm saying is that it sounds like such a small PSI for a vehicle
>> that weighs, I believe someone said 160,000 pound, is that right?
>>
>> I fully understand that track laying vehicles have a small amount of
>> Pound per square inch against the ground but this seems like such a
>> small amount. I believe that I could let you roll an object over my
>> foot that weighs as much as a hundred pound or so and it wouldn't
>> break anything but I'll be dammed if I'll let you roll a combat tank
>> over my foot which should be about the same, right?
>>
>> I read in the manual for my 1943 Cletrac crawler tractor that it puts
>> 17 pound per square inch on the ground and it only weights about 3000
>> pound. I think somethings wrong here fellers.
>>
>> Straighten me up, PLEASE!
>>
>> Sonny
>>
>
>
>
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