How were those two blocks kept in place so they didn’t suddenly go walkabout ?
Sorry but no idea. I have not seen any sort of retention mechanism when they have been removed. I have wondered that myself.
Perhaps they were bolted down and used only back in the early war days when loading the small tanks into the Faun?
I hope no one minds my trying different things photographically?
Regardless of the gross weight issues of overloading the trailer, without tracks only the inner road wheels of the Pz. III are going to just barely fit on the deck of the trailer. It would be a VERY close fit. It would have been risky, in more ways than one to have that tank loaded on the 115 as in the several real-life photos seen above. I hope they had it seriously cross tied with no slack in the tie-downs.
But hey, it was war. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
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As Robin later, has very correctly pointed out, the Pz.III in the photograph is being supported by additional cross planks on the trailer. So my modern concerns here where being taken into account even back in the day.
I did not notice that! - Good catch Robin.
Previously posted photo from H.P.:
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100% entertainment & education - I may have missed prior reference but what’s your view of sagged/weighted t*res…? 
I generally go for sagged tires but if you are not sure how you are going to finally pose the model, then sagged tires on an unloaded vehicle won’t look right.
Interestingly Das Werk has actually provided very soft hollow tires for this model so if you were to add weight to the tank sitting on the trailer the tires just might actually sag under the weight.
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I had the same sort of misgivings about offering the Faun with a choice of three rear spring load settings. I appreciate being given the options but that means I have to decide how I will be posing the Faun while it is still under construction and then I have to stick with that pose throughout the multi-year life of the model!
Soon I suspect someone might start making the rear springs out of the same soft rubber that Das Werk used for the tires on the 115. Then this future model vehicle could actually react to whatever load was placed in it.
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Excellent point Robin - I did not notice that.
In case you wonder about the cake icon by your callsign …
It’s your one year anniversary on the site,
enjoy it while it lasts,
it’ll be gone tomorrow …
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More Panzer II’s :
Better (?) version of one of the pics posted by Mike
Early trailers
Bridge layer :
4,7 cm PaK(t) auf Panzerkampfwagen 35R(f) :
H.P.
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FYI ~ The fourth and fifth of H.P.'s photos directly above are of the earlier 8ton 115 trailer with the vertically mounted winch, one has the double mounted spare tires and neither have adjustable deck ramps.
Cake Robin ??? One year anniversary ??? – I think this is inaccurate.
I did not even notice the cake - but of course in actuality I have been involved in the Armorama website for many, many years now and was even a patron for most of that time.
It is accurate.
You registered on this new forum platform (Discourse yada yada yada …)
on the 16th of October last year.
See underlined part of your abbreviated “CV”
You registered on the 16th but your first post was on the 20th
EXACTLY - the NEW format. Which has always been in part my point; that the new format totally fails to take into consideration the long-standing participation and past submissions of your membership.
The earliest post of mine that I can find (after a quick search of the archives) is August 23, 2012.
So an automatic pat on the back from the software after only a year under the new regime seems somewhat of a bit comical.
I’m following this with interest. I can understand the concern of weight on just two axles. That’s a trailer worry. But obviously they weren’t concerned about road damage. Heavy loads now days more often than not have multiple axles to protect the road rather than hold the weight.
Just thinking out loud.
bruce
BGT ~ Which is why the Germans later had the 4 axle, Sd. Ah.116 recovery trailer!
Hey Mike you have the opportunity in your Avatar to insert a brief biog, that’s where you could put your prior membership details…I might do the same, only just thought of it 
165thspc I doubt they were worried about road conditions when they had so many tracked vehicles running up and down on their roads.
