CJ2A jeep West.Aust

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day,

i found another family archive photo which may be of interest and actually has military connections.

The photo is of our family camping at Indian River Delaware about 1954.
The interesting part is the trailer is a Ben Hur WW2 trailer.

Dad bought it new as best I remember from a surplus outlet. I think it was all wood construction as by the time dad sold it in 1973 it was very rotted. Later war ones were all steel construction I believe.

They were not designed to be towed behind Jeeps military or otherwise, but dad fitted a pintle hook to the back of the jeep shown in the background and it worked. Carried all the camping gear for our annual vacations at the seashore for a few years.

He did some outright dangerous things by todays standard such as carting a ton of anthracite coal in it 40 miles from the coal region of PA to our home for the coal fired home heating system. he only did it once, however, until mom put her foot down and demanded we get it from a local supplier. Winding, steep, roads in a Jeep with a ton of coal behind him was a recipe for a disaster.

Hope this is of some interest.