Tank parking

[Jan_Donadoni]

Hello,
tank driving is a real joy !
But tanks also spend most of the time properly parked somewhere.

The question is : how do you leave your tank parked ?
a) resting on the tracks, that is with suspensions compressed.
b) suspended, that is resting on the tank under (belly) which should leave the tracks hanging and the suspensions fully extended?
c) other (????)

Actually I have found that it is pretty practical to have the tanks parked on the belly on small wooden 4 wheeled "trolleys" which allow me to move them and park them pretty easily. It also allows me to make so "dry runs" to check the whole drive train.

[yves mouton]

Hi Jan,

I use this for my tanks,



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This is also used for motorcycles, it is not expensif
the price is 65 euro.
Hope this helps
greetings Yves

[Marcel de Groene]

Hello Jan,

Interesting question. For now I use the same solution as mentioned by Yves, so suspended.

Regards,

Marcel

[John Fitzsimons]

I have the same lift as Yves. My one did not come with an extension to lift the tank with the jack in the middle but by attaching a length of pipe I can now slide the jack to the middle and lift.

[Steve Stuart]

My tanks are kept elevated, the Tiger is on blocks and the Comet on a modified motor cycle lift which uses a socket extension bar and ratchet to operate it underneath the tank.
I do this for two reasons, firstly, so that it does not drive off the lifting table by error and secondly, for running the tracks over winter when the humidity in the garage goes in the wrong direction or after driving in the wet as it will keep the tracks from corroding solid.
Does having them elevated have any bad effects on the suspension, it does leave the tracks quite taught on the Comet?

All the best
Steve

[Adrian Harris]

> Does having them elevated have any bad effects on the suspension

For the tanks such as the Tiger, presumably the weight of the wheels and hubs etc will be twisting the torsion bars back beyond their resting state and putting more twist into them ?

Adrian.

[Luca Fossa]

Uguale a John Fitzisimons, è la soluzione migliore e se hai bisogno ti posso indicare dove prendere.



............................ sorry but i know he lives near me ..........anyway the text translated is :

I have the same configuration of John Fitzsimons, it's the best one and the more practice.

[Roland Wallick]

I just park them. 1st batch Panther and one of the original Pz IVs so Ive had them for some time. They are just fine. No need to treat them like infants. After all they are Armortek tanks.

[Tim Bowman]

Hi Jan

As Roland and Adrian said, the Panther has been sitting on it's suspension for 2+ years(except when I overhauled it for other reasons) and it's doing fine.

I have a motorcycle lift but only use it for working on them when needed.

Otherwise, they all just sit parked when not driving them.

best regards
Tim