robinb Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share #101 Posted September 20, 2012 47" of visible pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig johnson Posted September 20, 2012 Share #102 Posted September 20, 2012 Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted October 2, 2012 Share #103 Posted October 2, 2012 While scrolling thru the new Book on Market Garden ( http://www.d-day-publishing.com/operation-...of-the-day.html ), I came across this picture showing a Reelcart from the 506th Parachute Infantry in Holland in the fall of 1944... Picture with full caption is also on my site here: http://www.theliberator.be/handcart.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesy1275 Posted October 3, 2012 Share #104 Posted October 3, 2012 I've thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread. Since buying a M3A4 last week, I am well into carts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted October 3, 2012 Share #105 Posted October 3, 2012 I've thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread. Since buying a M3A4 last week, I am well into carts. Well, it seems you're hooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 24, 2013 Share #106 Posted July 24, 2013 A friend has recently acquired RL35 (not A!!) cart #402, and it came with the following tow bar... Any info on these???? Original??? Foreign??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 24, 2013 Share #107 Posted July 24, 2013 It is also fitted with these unusual Firestone S3 red dot tires... Rather uncommon, n?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmv Posted July 29, 2014 Share #108 Posted July 29, 2014 Just got a Reel Cart serial #1850. The draw bar has a brass (painted o.d.) middle section and is marked EX6886 which doesn't look like an US number to me. I am missing two parts so if anyone could help me locate one I would be very grateful! - The GC-10-A brake (I can use two) - The main axle ! (not the RL27 or draw bar) The axle of the RL-31 is too short. If someone could give me exact measurements I could try to make one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 29, 2014 Share #109 Posted July 29, 2014 The draw bar has a brass (painted o.d.) middle section and is marked EX6886 which doesn't look like an US number to me... My 1944 cart came out of the Swiss Army with an identical drawbar... Could be a replacement part... Dimensions are exact as steel bars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted August 11, 2014 Share #110 Posted August 11, 2014 Johan is that a tandem trailer in that 101st A/B Holland picture of the Bantam trailer and Reel Cart combo ? Regards LLoyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted August 11, 2014 Share #111 Posted August 11, 2014 Yes, it looks that way.... Looking thru the Orange book and others MBT and T3 within the 101AB seem to have been generally equipped with the tandem hitch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted August 11, 2014 Share #112 Posted August 11, 2014 Nice picture......I have a genuine tandem trailer a 1943 Bantam trailer with my jeep.... and that .may make for a very interesting conversation piece....when we do 101st A/B Holland impressions...were going in September but as 82nd (504th/505th) Grave and Nijmegen.....whats the going rate for an RL-35 Johan ? Regards Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted August 11, 2014 Share #113 Posted August 11, 2014 Ive seen them incomplete with new tires at around 750 up to 1500Euro for an Ex-Swiss Army with only a coat of postwar paint with all accessories and WW2 tires... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy144 Posted August 11, 2014 Share #114 Posted August 11, 2014 Nice picture......I have a genuine tandem trailer a 1943 Bantam trailer with my jeep.... and that .may make for a very interesting conversation piece....when we do 101st A/B Holland impressions...were going in September but as 82nd (504th/505th) Grave and Nijmegen.....whats the going rate for an RL-35 Johan ? Regards Lloyd Hi My RL-35 is for sale to good home if it is of interest. Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted August 11, 2014 Share #115 Posted August 11, 2014 Tom Please email me at lloydrichards36(at)btinternet.com Many thanks Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted February 21, 2016 Share #116 Posted February 21, 2016 Hello This is a older topic but i hope you experts are still in to the RL-35-A ! There is a possibility that i can buy a rl-35-a, i havent seen it yet but i do know it missing some parts, the two handles to be precise. In the picture of Johan i see that the handle has gc-15 marked on it, i can buy the handle that Frankie bought with the a3+ on it, in your opinion is this original ? Thanks, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted February 21, 2016 Share #117 Posted February 21, 2016 No idea, Peter... The one Frankie had is the only one I have ever seen marked like that... Still better than nothing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted February 21, 2016 Share #118 Posted February 21, 2016 Johan i suppose your right, but it would be so nice if this handle is the real deal !!! Reading back this discusion over Greek bronze parts on a reel trailer, i wil take a magnet with me when i am going to visit te one that is offered me. ( there is going to be no surprise on that subject thanks to this forum ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share #119 Posted February 21, 2016 Back to the question about the A suffix on the data plate. I have no proof, but I suspect when the bracket for the braking rope was added to the cart the designation of the cart was updated to the A model. My 1944 Signal Corps catalog shows a picture of the RL-35 cart without the rope bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 9, 2016 Share #120 Posted June 9, 2016 Did all of these reelcarts come with an orange SC acceptance stamp on the right side above the dataplate? If so, can someone post a nice detailed picture along with some measurements? Thanks Just bumping this to check if anyone has a picture of the SC stamp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Master Posted May 28, 2020 Share #121 Posted May 28, 2020 I wanted to add the WWII DR-4 Wire Reel to this thread that I just restored. When I found it in Bastogne about 20 years ago it was rusty and pitted. I have sandblasted it to bare metal, filled in the pitting, repainted, stenciled (I make these btw) and restored it to look like a freshly factory produced reel ready for shipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkajoe Posted July 5, 2020 Share #122 Posted July 5, 2020 Hi all, tried to get on Handcartz website to register my RL- 35-A, but the site doesn’t want to work for me, so I’ll post the serial number here, if that’s okay. S/N 1830, 1944, and is in NZ. Just on the handle bar issue: mine has the bronze bracket on it with a EX number, the rest is steel. It is said that this is post WW2. Still, using common sense, could this be an early one, since bronze/ brass became a strategic material during the war and probably still was long after. To me it doesn’t compute that items with a expected short life-span are made from durable and valuable materials....Also: a similar EX number appears on the tires: Firestone USA. Sorry for bringing this up, as this might be a well researched topic, but I am relatively new to the cart-scene....... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 5, 2020 Share #123 Posted July 5, 2020 Hi Mike, can your cart be traced back to having been used by a European nation after WW2? Greece or Switzerland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor Posted July 7, 2020 Share #124 Posted July 7, 2020 I also got one home recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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