Talk:Bramah Joseph Diplock

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What was demonstrated to Winston Churchill on 16 February 1915? Was it a Pedrail wheel or was it a continuous track? Biscuittin (talk) 19:22, 31 January 2012 (UTC)


 * A bit late in the day, but the answer is the latter. Diplock had abandoned the Pedrail wheel some years before. This article is terrible. Hengistmate (talk) 12:03, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Diplock/Pedrail/Chaintrack/Hornsby confusion.
About these photographs of crawler tractor on the Bramah Diplock article:

This: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pedrail1.jpg is not a traction engine fitted with the pedrail chaintrack. Nor is it an invention of Bramah Joseph Diplock; nor was it produced by the Pedrail Transport Company of London. This vehicle was designed in 1904 by David Roberts, managing director of Richard Hornsby & Sons of Grantham, and not connected in any way with Bramah Diplock or his various "Pedrail" devices. It still exists, in the Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset.

Similarly, this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pedrail2.jpg is another type of Hornsby tractor fitted with the body of a Rochet-Schneider automobile, pulling a trailer fitted on the same system. Nothing to do with Diplock. Please correct the captions, or you'll just be spreading misinformation and confusion.

Both the Pedrail and Hornsby were trialled by the Army, but their minimal resemblance is irrelevant. I quite agree that the terms "pedrail" and "chaintrack" are used somewhat carelessly. The task is to explain that.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/hornsby-tractor.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc7zncOFA5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TGgLrS9Sfs

This link seems to lead to a book on fishing: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nOR1ar67VJ8C&pg=PA271&redir_esc=y

The rest of this article needs a major rethink and the various articles on the Pedrail Wheel, Pedrail Machine, and Bramah Diplock pulling together.

The biographical stuff is welcome, but the article is all over the place. Please correct the photocaptions, at the very least. Hengistmate (talk) 12:40, 1 December 2021 (UTC)