M100 cdn

[rob love]

At one time I had a trailer with serial number 19, and, as Brian mentioned, the CFR did not match the serial on the drawbar, which was 70019. Stripping the paint did reveal that number on the body however. I suspect that the first batches of trailers out of MCI were more likely to match or come close to matchng CFR/serial, but as production sped up, the assignment would have varied more.

In the early 80s, as part of a re-life project for the trailers (and perhaps a little make work project for civilian companies) the majority of the trailers went downtown for sandblast and paint. This resulted in the plates getting mixed up. I mostly used the stamped CFR to try and properly match the plates to the trailers, but found several trailers whose stamped CFRs did not exist in our area. So some of the mix-up appears to have happened years earlier.

Scotty posted all the available serials in an old thread years back indicating somewhere around 1400+ trailers. Note that there are a few M105 1.5 ton trailers mixed in the CFR range. http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...3&postcount=23

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[Eric B]

Hello Rob

Thanks for the link to a previous topic.

Still looking for any details on mods and variants.

Saw Scottys list and tried to download it but must have been too large, have asked him for a copy of it.

Shame the exact numbers are not listed on the vehicle data sheets as they did for the 1/4 ton 4x4 and other vehicles.

Thanks
Eric

[Peter Phillips]

Hi Eric, I'm in possession of 53-71069 and it is fitted as a linesman trailer with a few mods on it including;
a) side compartments created on the inside by running metal front to back along the beveled portion of the box, both sides. The unfortunate part it also caused two holes to be drilled through the data palte for bolts
b) electrical ground lug on right front corner
c) large metal loops installed on each corner outside of the box

Tom Clark has found a picture of it in a manual somewhere which I still need to get a copy of. I don't think (?) it had a unique ECC though.

[Eric B]

Hello Peter

Photos would be of much interest. Who knows this may just bloom to become a small book rather than just an article.
Thanks
Eric

Originally Posted by Peter Phillips

Hi Eric, I'm in possession of 53-71069 and it is fitted as a linesman trailer with a few mods on it including;
a) side compartments created on the inside by running metal front to back along the beveled portion of the box, both sides. The unfortunate part it also caused two holes to be drilled through the data palte for bolts
b) electrical ground lug on right front corner
c) large metal loops installed on each corner outside of the box

Tom Clark has found a picture of it in a manual somewhere which I still need to get a copy of. I don't think (?) it had a unique ECC though.

[derk derin]

I came across this photo I had in my album from 20 years ago when I was visiting the Moose Jaw Armouries. An early serial number on an M100 trailer. Not sure if it was still in service then or part of the vehicle collection. Rob Love would know the story on it as he spent a few hours working on vehicles & trailers there at one time!
Regards,Derk

[derk derin]

Here are the 3 M100 trailers I once owned;
The green one:CFR #53 70300 serial number 0310
91T:CFR # 53 70768 serial number 0778
I no longer have the info for the 3rd trailer as I never restored it and used it so have no paperwork on it anymore. Has the Airborne lifting rings attached.
Derk

[rob love]

Originally Posted by derk derin

I came across this photo I had in my album from 20 years ago when I was visiting the Moose Jaw Armouries. An early serial number on an M100 trailer. Not sure if it was still in service then or part of the vehicle collection. Rob Love would know the story on it as he spent a few hours working on vehicles & trailers there at one time!
Regards,Derk

That was out of service by that time and in the museum collection, waiting to be put out to the front of the armouries with the rest of the vehicles. I had done a quick restoration of it at the time.