Howard Bantam wheel modifications???

[bish]

I’ve recently purchased a job lot of Howard Bantam spares and accessories ( I wanted the mower attachments that were in this lot). With the job lot came three rolling chassis on inspection the one chassis has what I class as the normal wheels and the other chassis has wheels with a solid section the pictures should show what I mean. What I was wondering are these wheels genuine Howard items or a homemade item? Does anyone know the purpose behind this style of wheel.

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[vhgmcbuddy]

Could the solid centre component allow better weight support / distribution when using equipment on soft ground e.g. Ruts formed by wheel tyres aren’t so deep in soft ground?

Keith

[vhgmcbuddy]

I’ve come up against them on numerous occasions so I would say that they aren’t home made. But going through all my manuals I’ve not yet found any reference to them.

[stuart]

According to my service bulletins the very first Bantams used a Villiers MK25C 2 stroke engine and “drum” type wheel centre.You have an early model there !

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