1916 GMC Logging Truck Remnants.... For Sale

[Gerczak]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/855118006221786

 

Not mine and I know no more details than the facebook post.  

 

Can anyone explain what they were trying to do in 1916 with those wheels?  It looks like 6 wheels within the wheel?  I beleive they were made by Jaxon but unsure what their purpose would be.

Edited September 20, 2023 by Gerczak (see edit history)

[Layden B]

They absorb the shock of having hard rubber tires.

[Gerczak]

Were they powered and rotate within the wheel?  Kinda like a planetary system.  I am just not sure how it worked.

[Layden B]

I believe that they did not rotate at all! Just acted as a cushion between the rim and the center of the wheel. It is our expectation of them to roll around that sends us down the mental path to a dead end.

[Walt G]

those are way cool, had never seen that before and I have seen many many wheel "options and improvements".

I would love to own one  of those wheels just to restore and look at and marvel at the ingenuity of the era to think that would help the ride. Outstanding.

Again all developed in a day before computer, electronic thinking and designed with a pencil, a slide rule and creativity

[TOM H. S.]

Hi Gerczak, You would do well to be able to buy this old unique GMC relic of a by-gone era, if nothing else as lawn-art with the hope of selling some parts off of it.

The relic antique quality of those wheels is one I could see being sold of e...bay. Such items having the GMC embossed logo would be another highly sought after relic.

Best Wishes to you.