Aust. One Ton trailer info. required

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

A couple I will ask... if you look closely at the first photo you will notice a curved pattern of bolts which attach the guards to the trailer.

Now...my anecdotal information is that all the humbers we received out here came with a british built trailer. The one Richard Farrant described earlier in this thread. The FV 2401 A

To bring them in line with the ones we built out here, the Brit built ones had their round guards removed and replaced with the square ones.

AND were re-plated to indicate they were an Australian No 1 Mk 1 Trailer

Righto - over to the experts. Is the above info correct?

Hi Tony,
Interesting, since the first time I saw one, I thought it was a British one, as apart from the simple mudguards and different wheels, the rest is absolutely identical, down to the X pressings in the side and the drawbar components, not to forget the hubs.
regards, Richard

Edit:
Just looked at Mike Cecil's excellent book, Mud & Dust and see that Corio built the trailers to a British War Office design. Maybe they originally had the round mudguards and changed them later as they were close fitting around the tyre and could get damaged. This explains a lot.