craig johnson Posted July 28, 2011 Share #76 Posted July 28, 2011 I made a quick post before and should have given more information. The reason I dont want a brass Drawbar is because they are not WW11 production. I purchased 3ea. RL-35's from the Netherlands some time ago. One of the carts turned out to be decent copy of an original. It came from Greek surplus this way. When I bought it I was told the data plate was missing but it never had one. Expensive lesson learned. The Cart also has a lot of cast brass/bronze pieces on it. The rims are copy's also and an M3A4 Hubcap will not fit the hole pattern So if you own a RL-35 made from a lot of brass pieces you may have paid to much like I did. The axles are brass the pipe is steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 28, 2011 Share #77 Posted July 28, 2011 Thanks for the additional info, Craig... My cart is ex Swiss Army, so not Greece and didn't come thru that Dutch dealers who had the Greek lot... The towbar is the ONLY parts which is brass on my cart and has most likely been on the cart forever... Would it be possible that original towbars were brass? Have you seen any that are in fact iron/steel? What I did notice and wrote earlier is that the cast parts which are aluminum on utility carts are cast iron/steel on reelcarts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig johnson Posted July 28, 2011 Share #78 Posted July 28, 2011 Ive noticed on the RL-35 that the Tongue is welded to the Bracket instead of the usual rivets. If the other RL owners would take a look at there Carts I would like to confirm this is standard from the factory or just the way they were repaired after the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig johnson Posted July 28, 2011 Share #79 Posted July 28, 2011 Robin Bartels Drawbar is steel. The quality of my Brass Drawbar is not very good. Also all the other Brass parts on the Cart are of inferior quality and the axle has a hole in it from crummy casting. I knew if I said Greece there would be other country's that sold them. Just trying to make a general statement. Quote "What I did notice and wrote earlier is that the cast parts which are aluminum on utility carts are cast iron/steel on reelcarts..." Makes the kind of heavy doesnt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 28, 2011 Share #80 Posted July 28, 2011 What I meant is that it might be possible that the brass parts/carts could have been built in Greece alone. I have seen other repro carts with documented post WW2 Greek military use where even the body was completely rebuilt but to a much poorer standard than the Johnston Lawn Mower built examples.... To me it makes sense that parts were steel on the reelcart, as they would have seen heavier use then a utility cart. Also the reelcart rims have bearings where the utility carts roll on bushings... All this make the reelcart indeed heavier than a utility cart.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 28, 2011 Share #81 Posted July 28, 2011 Ive noticed on the RL-35 that the Tongue is welded to the Bracket instead of the usual rivets. If the other RL owners would take a look at there Carts I would like to confirm this is standard from the factory or just the way they were repaired after the war. I think they were made that way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 29, 2011 Share #82 Posted July 29, 2011 RL-27-B axle, can be mounted on the support RL-31? The RL-31() Reel Unit takes the RL-31 Axle with a GC-4-A Crank and GC-10-A Brake as shown below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alsace1944 Posted July 29, 2011 Share #83 Posted July 29, 2011 Thanks for your answer Johan :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 30, 2011 Share #84 Posted July 30, 2011 Wel, it's been put back together and here's the result.... September 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 30, 2011 Share #85 Posted July 30, 2011 July 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted July 30, 2011 Share #86 Posted July 30, 2011 July 2011 Looks very good, Johan! ...I have found a DR-5 in father's depot, nobody knew it is stored somewhere there I will pant it and send here some photos in september, the cart looks looks better when the reel has a colour stripe on Best regards, Frankie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted August 16, 2011 Share #87 Posted August 16, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted August 16, 2011 Share #88 Posted August 16, 2011 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 I was very careful when I was putting the Swiss colour down, but I haven't seen any orange stamp. But it would be nice to put it there.. Frankie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted September 2, 2011 Share #89 Posted September 2, 2011 I have finally completed the restoration of the GC10-A brake which came with the cart; the one on the cart in the picture above being a NOS example from my collection... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted September 24, 2011 Share #90 Posted September 24, 2011 Looking for an original RL-35 Drawbar. Must be all steel with no brass parts.Thanks Brass example :thumbdown: Hello, Craigh, what is the secret? The all steel type is younger? Older..? Would you tell us? F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted September 25, 2011 Share #91 Posted September 25, 2011 The wnd of one fairy tale :ermm: http://milweb.co.uk/classifieds.php?type=7 ...my Reel cart for sale... Frankie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig johnson Posted September 29, 2011 Share #92 Posted September 29, 2011 The Drawbar is made of brass as is a bunch of other parts on the Cart. The the RL-35 in the link was a complete foreign made vintage replica. I base all this on being able to compare three examples sitting next to each other. There was not one thing WW11 vintage on the brass RL-35. I can only assume that the brass Drawbar is a foreign made copy. I will never be convinced that it is WW11. The Drawbar does make and Ex reproduction copy until I come across a real one. If one comes up for sale I wouldnt pass up on it if the price is right. Here is one example. RL-35 Axle Brass/bronze copy. Notice the casting hole. Photo Gallery link http://handcartz.smugmug.com/Business/RL-3...#21161121_WLsgF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted November 11, 2011 Share #93 Posted November 11, 2011 this cart's tow bar looks steel.. And it seems there is no "A" o na data plate. http://www.milweb.net/webverts/59740/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy144 Posted December 9, 2011 Share #94 Posted December 9, 2011 Hi I have become the latest member of the RL-35 owners club...... :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: I have not wasted any time in striping it down this week with grand plans to fully restore it, but.... Having stripped it down and started to clean all the components it has far too much original paint left. so i have decided to clean and preserve the remaining paintwork. I will take some pictures of my progress tomorrow. Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted December 9, 2011 Share #95 Posted December 9, 2011 Having stripped it down and started to clean all the components it has far too much original paint left. so i have decided to clean and preserve the remaining paintwork. if it's good enough to keep as is, then by all means leave it that way... As they say it's only original once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted December 11, 2011 Share #96 Posted December 11, 2011 Naw, its only original as many times as some says so. Look at all the 'original' painted helmets out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig johnson Posted December 19, 2011 Share #97 Posted December 19, 2011 Clean RL-35. There is no "A" correct. Tom could you post the serial number for the Hand Cart list on my website?? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy144 Posted December 19, 2011 Share #98 Posted December 19, 2011 Hi Yeah i have look using my spy glass and there are no signs of an A. I am back at work tomorrow, i will get the number off the cart. Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy144 Posted December 20, 2011 Share #99 Posted December 20, 2011 Hi The serial No is - 2862 Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig johnson Posted September 20, 2012 Share #100 Posted September 20, 2012 Could someone please measure the tongue on a RL-35 Cart. Just the pipe length. Might as well start working on mine. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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