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Post by cobber on Jul 28, 2012 18:50:42 GMT 10
Kaybe  , YOU'RE WHAT ! .... GOING TO REPLACE IT !   What's wrong with it  ...it's got plenty of caster  should go where it's pointed....all you have to do is put some WD40 on it and paint it cream ...or white, with a red waist line, put a bit of chrome on it if you must ..... and it'll look like it's meant to be there   . Do I want it ........................................ don't think so ..thanks  . Cobber. |
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Post by kaybee on Jul 28, 2012 18:56:14 GMT 10
Do I want it ........................................ don't think so ..thanks . Cobber. ....me either...it's horrible...... ;D |
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Post by cobber on May 22, 2013 14:11:02 GMT 10
Been a bit slack with this thread But here's one that is special. Fitted to Isambards Globe caravan down at reply # 18 A nicely made Globe jockey wheel that she tells us works like a dream  Cobber. |
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Post by cobber on Sept 10, 2014 9:10:03 GMT 10
Another example of the two handle screw type jockey wheel shown earlier. The van, bought from 'Burwood caravans' in Hawthorn Vic. In 1955 can be seen Here A fairly basic jockey wheel on a van in TasmaniaPhoto doesn't show if it has a handle, I suspect it doesn't. Looks like you just man handle it up or down and stick a bolt through the locating holes.  Cobber. |
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Post by cobber on Feb 8, 2015 12:35:14 GMT 10
A couple of patent applications for bits and pieces. THIS ONE for a retractable jockey wheel in 1961.  THIS ONE for 'Dymwood' scissor type stabiliser legs.....1946.  And THIS ONE again by Frederick Reinhold Dymke and Albert Edward Wood to keep the mechanism free of mud ..... took 'em until 1959 to come up with this one.  |
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Post by don on Feb 15, 2015 13:01:03 GMT 10
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Post by shesgotthelook on Dec 23, 2015 14:10:30 GMT 10
The jockey wheel from our 1947 Bondwood. One wonders why it looks like it has been in the ocean but the rest of the van is ok?  |
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Post by cobber on Dec 23, 2015 14:44:48 GMT 10
G'day SGTL Is that it ? no way of winding it up or down ?  What sort of clamp holding it to the 'A' frame does it have, was that the secret, loosen the clamp and slide the thing up or down Cobber. |
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Post by shesgotthelook on Dec 23, 2015 15:32:35 GMT 10
Sorry Cobber, I don't even have the wheel. pmandlm (Paul) offered it to me but I declined. Do you think I should have kept it for historical purposes?  |
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Post by cobber on Dec 23, 2015 16:45:01 GMT 10
SGTL, you declined ! It looks like the Kenworth wheel might have been common popular in vintage days, I have one on Ol '36 so, it could come in handy as a spare part for somebody..... one day You can fill up a whole shed with bits that " might come in handy one day " Cobber |
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Post by fordprefect on Dec 27, 2015 22:12:53 GMT 10
Hi All,
Does any one know about artwell jockey wheels.
I have one normal type with rubber tyre.
One ratchet self drive
And the bracket welded to the viscount ambassador is also made by artwell.
Thanks Alex
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Post by 1950sbondwood on Jan 19, 2016 22:47:58 GMT 10
Jockey Wheel from 1951 Bondwood caravan   |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Dec 5, 2016 17:17:41 GMT 10
Hi Cobber, In your never ending search for 'vintage caravan truth', I thought you might like to note that Furness caravans used "swing up" jockey wheels on their caravans, which could be tucked away from harms way for travel. I haven't been able to find a reference to a similar type of wheel on this thread. Modern caravans and trailers often use a swing up jockey wheel too, which just goes to show there's scarcely anything new in the caravan world that wasn't developed in the 'vintage era'. Following are some photos of the "swing up" jockey wheel on Brenten's Furness which I took at the 2016 Vintage Caravan Nationals at South West Rocks. The photos aren't the best but they do show how the wheel operates. I'll get better photos next time I see Brenten's van, including perhaps one with the wheel swung up for travel.  From memory, the actual jockey wheel itself is cast iron. (Brenten can correct me if that is not correct.)   The handle for the jockey wheel is also used for the corner jacks. Very handy!  Don Ricardo |
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Post by brenten on Dec 5, 2016 17:38:13 GMT 10
your correct don the wheel is cast iron....the rest is made from mild steel ...brenten
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Post by cobber on Dec 5, 2016 18:49:28 GMT 10
G'day Don R, Thanks for drawing our attention to Brenten's jockey wheel, I also took photos of that van at the Nationals but didn't realise it had a swing up jockey wheel. One of the interesting things I like about vintage caravans is the way builders back then were experimenting with different ways to find the best way of achieving an end result. You have missed a couple of examples of 'swing up' jockey wheels in this thread This one made by Henderson in the 1950s and fitted to Ol 36 around that time presumably, and there are two more examples further down the page in that same post, one of them a "Globe" fitting ..... AND another "Globe" over the page HERE most of them different ways of achieving the same objective. I know, you were just testing me Don R to see if I am still here Cobber. |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Dec 5, 2016 20:08:21 GMT 10
I know, you were just testing me Don R to see if I am still here Hi Cobber, Thanks for pointing out those examples. Fancy missing Ol' 36's jockey wheel - folded up and all! Sacrilege! I'd like to say that I was just testing you, but I know I should be truthful. Apparently I wouldn't know a "swing up" jockey wheel if I was looking straight at it (apart from Brenten's!). One of the one you referred to was even a photo I took - the 'possible Adventurer' which we now know isn't an Adventurer (although we still don't know what it is).  Perhaps I need to get my eyes tested? Or perhaps I should just remember the adage "Publish in haste, repent at leisure" (Mason Cooley). At least I've drawn attention to the fact that quite a lot of manufacturers used "swing up" jockey wheels!!  Don Ricardo |
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Post by cardygeorge on Feb 16, 2017 21:02:36 GMT 10
Well looky what we have here!  It looks the same as the "Flying Buttress" as described by Don on the Gason. Sadly the wheel and shaft are no where to be seen, although if I search in my Grandfather's shed it'll probably show. In this photo it looks to me like the threaded shaft has left it's mark on the barrel  The exciting part is it finally confirms the Old Girl started her journey somewhere in the 50's |
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