[SEL] IHC cart wheels

[Curt]

Tommy,
I've seen several IHC trucks as you describe. What year is yours? It 
would be fairly safe to assume this was the transition year.

The zig zag hubs had to be a significant cost savings for IHC. The old 
knobby style hubs had to be difficult to set up to pour with the sand 
pattern boxes, and cores, and different widths. I believe the zig zag 
style was done with a simple 2 piece steel die, which firmly gripped the 
spokes, and slipped together like fingers.
Curt

Judge Tommy Turner wrote:

> I have a 6 HP Famous portable that has the knobby wheels in the front 
> and the zig zag in the back.  I know its original and I've had several 
> IH folks tell me they have seen this before.  Possibly different 
> suppliers or a switchover was made and IH just used what they had 
> during the switch.
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
>
> Germoamer at aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 9/13/2005 8:16:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>> curt at imc-group.com writes:
>>
>> << These old style IHC wheels are what I call knobby wheels. In 
>> otherwords where the spokes enter the hub there is a heavy knob at 
>> each spoke intead of the newer zig zag style hubs. >>
>>
>> Curt,
>>
>> I have a number of IHC carts and some have screw greasers and some do 
>> not.  My 1914 "original" Famous does not have greasers but has the 
>> zig-zag pattern.  My 6-M   carts both have zig-zig pattern with screw 
>> greasers. Both of these engines are 1925. I have one "not original"  
>> 6 Famous cart with knob type wheels and no greasers.  So, it looks 
>> like IHC made a change sometime for the grease cups, but not sure when.
>>
>> Tom Schmutz
>> Concord, Va. USA
>> Germoamer at aol.com
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