Track joining rig

[Bob Gould]

Simple does the job. I hardly had to swear at all!

[Fabrice Le Roux]

Bob,

Nice one mate. I have gone with the cheap n cheeful option on the Sherman before.

cable tie track strap

If the vehicle is on a table then using a racheting strap to press down and compress the suspension will generally make enough slack to to slip the track pins though.

Going to make a turnbuckle tool like yours to take down to the woods for driving days. Thanks for sharing.

cheers Fabrice

[Bob Gould]

Fabrice. Cheap n cheerful but It does the job Problem with a KT is the tracks are very heavy and the pins have to go through several bearings so i need the precision tighten/slacken feature of a mini turnbuckle. The turnbuckle i use is a M4 from ebay at about £2.99. Its only a couple of inches long closed

[yves mouton]

Hello Bob,

I also use 2 racheting strips on my tanks,
and this works very good.

For me the best way to do this, you let the tank a little bit touch the ground with
the tracks. Than i put the tracks together ath the front, just under the trackwheels.
best regards Yves

[Bob Gould]

I'm sure cable ties work well...but its just far too easy for me. I live a complex life

[michael hilton]

Me to, Bob, I loaded around seventeen paving blocks in the hull.....that did the trick ....Mick

[Chang]

Hi Bob,

That is a nice tool and idea to do the job.

I used two to three G-clamps to do the work, under the idle wheel area. For Olaf's late type track a bit harder because of the double weigh.

Lerh Chang