military trailers

[George McKenzie]

I have a 8 ton Fruehauf Military trailer with a dolly The plate reads
Army corps of engineers .Low bed machinery trailer
Maximum speed 30 mph .Maximum payload capacity 8 ton .Net chassis weight axel front tires 5030 LBS . axel rear 5040 LBS. Tires back 900x20 ,10 ply 55 lbs pressure OCE,PO 55 893 Fruehauf Trailer Co Detroit US Registration No W-095494
Front dolly has 750x20 Tires .It has a goose neck with a 10 foot deck and beaver tails with ramps . likly hauled small cats and carriers

[George McKenzie]

To add to this .When I bought it the previous owner had welded a ring on the front to be able to hook it to the back of his big deck truck. Then change the back axle and 40" springs to a 3 ton truck axle welded solid to the frame .This way they were able to haul D 7 cats weighting 25 tons on it after the war .I put the front dollyback under it .It has 8 tires all together .Does anyone have a picture of this trailer .I would like to know just for some detail .Thank's George

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hello George,

I think this would be the one:
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Here´s one in action on the Alcan Highway in Alaska:
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HTH,
Hanno

[Niels V]

There is a Dyson trailer for sale here https://www.generaaltjes.nl/Adverten...d-trailer-1942

[George McKenzie]

My PC crashed after the last post ,Thanks for the picture The 16 ton looks like it too only bigger .I also have a fuel trailer that my Dad bought after the war ,My Fordson N bomb hauler pulls it in the parades. It hauled fuel to the air planes in the UK in ww2 ,Have not seen another one like it. Also I have a 10 CWT trailer .

[motto]

I would sure like to know how the Studebaker on the trailer got so mangled. I can't imagine what would do that without apparent damage to the cargo body.

David

[Lang]

Dave

I think if it got airborne off a bridge or into a creek with a load of gravel or other loose contents the cab would act as a progressively collapsing unit while the load spilled forward over the top of the body sides (you can see the rear of the cab has been pushed). I doubt the result ended well for the occupants.

Lang

[George McKenzie]

My trailer looks like the top picture .The one with the truck on it looks like a 16 ton ,Mine likely came off the Alaska Hi way Park brothers had it and they worked on the hi way .When they built the hi way they kill one soldier a day with trucks going over the side .