LSVW trailer question

[rob love]

Re: Carports. The federal government cannot put up an inexpensive building....can't be done. We had a bunch of pole sheds recently built here in Shilo. No electricity or lighting in them....as soon as you string a light they would require fire sprinklers. In order to have fire sprinklers you will require heat. In order to have heat you now have to build the shed as an insulated building. You can see where this is going.

You will see a lot more stationary vehicles in the next couple years as the DND mothballs up to 50% of it's SMP fleet as a cost cutting measure.

[Robin Craig]

Marc and others

While not to do with these trailers but the bigger older ones, the Maker's name on some is Manac if you spell it backwards it is Canam. They make many structural steel items like bar roof trusses and the like. Same folks just a different division.

R

[rob love]

Robin: Interesting...I did not know that. It would appear that Manac trailer was the original company and it acquired canam steel in 72. It would also seem they have thinned out their Cdn trailer production and have acquired US plants. They now manufacture many of their trailers in the South.

Here is a link to the companies history: http://www.manac.ca/about-us/

[Marc Montgomery]

So if I understand correctly
The Cdn Forces have in their inventory M-104CDN3, and M-104CDN4, and the slightly smaller metric trailers Im thinking of , "Trailer Cargo 850kg SMP CDN1"

Curious though, many of these SMP CDN1 have been released for sale with little to almost zero apparent usage...I presume there are many still on strength, but why release several in almost NOS condition?

Meanwhile, in many places around the world vehicles are parked under simple pole structures with rounded corrugated tin rooves...Protection from the sun in some cases , and precipitation in others.

Shame we should do that here but cant for reasons Robin and Rob L mention

[Robin Craig]

Where do you draw your evidence that any of the LSVW trailers have been sold as surplus?

R

[Ed Storey]

There have been a some DEW CDN1 Trailers ECC 132501 that have been disposed of.

[Robin Craig]

Dear Ed,

Through what process were they sold?

They don't show up from last summer to now through PWGSC disposal site when searched.

R