Monday, November 06, 2017

#8 RB 50's

As seen here, with the addition of the seat wagons, the Dressing Room Tent was eliminated and Performers dressed under the seat wagons.
Some people liked it and others said it could hot and miserable!

Posted by Buckles at 11/06/2017 05:38:00 AM

2 comments:

4pawfan said...

You can see the small driveshafts bolted to the side of the wagon with carrier bearings about every five foot or so. At the end of the wagon you can see the end of the shaft where the coupler from the jackshaft from the jeep would have hooked up to. It looks like the small take off has blown out as the grease is all the way down one section of drive shaft.

These takeoffs only raised the wings up until the deck was lowered and held up with poles on the ends. The -H- member in the other photo went up and down as well with the power take off.
There was a threaded shaft that screwed into a threaded pipe on the -H- member to raise and lower the deck.
I never could see the wing take offs as they were folded against the wagon I had looked at and only got to see the inside -H- takeoff gear box.
p.j.

06 November, 2017 12:57
Roger Smith said...

As with the placement of trunks in the late dressing tops, these spaces in and between the seat wagons quickly became bones of contention. Where your dressing room was placed, in wagons with prime proximity to the Back Door, indicated your standing on the roster. If you had wagon space, you were better regarded. If you dressed on the ground between the wagons, your status was reduced. However hot these sheet metal ovens may have been, some considered them lofty spaces akin to studio bungalows for the movie stars.

06 November, 2017 19:57

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