British 10-cwt trailer reference thread

[Hanno Spoelstra]

So what are we seeing here? Definitely not a standard 10-cwt trailer. Could it be a civilian one?

"Royal Dutch Princess Irene Brigade Belgium.
Transport column of the Princess Irene Brigade in a Belgian village 25 miles from the Dutch border. Date: 1944-09-15"
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Source: Dutch National Archives - http://hdl.handle.net/10648/af21ae8c...8-003048976d84

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

So what are we seeing here? Definitely not a standard 10-cwt trailer. Could it be a civilian one?

I have no idea......seems it has really narrow tyres and 4-lug wheels? Maybe an axle of a civvy 30's car?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

I have no idea......seems it has really narrow tyres and 4-lug wheels? Maybe an axle of a civvy 30's car?

Yeah, civilian is most likely.

Some comments from another forum:

"the consensus from a previous discussion was a one off built most likely on British chassis due to the easy clean wheels used on lots of British cars."

"The Dutch Irene Brigade bought there cars, trucks, trailers etc from many sources including civilian. After their landing in Normandy they passed a location were the German army left behind a lot of equipment and the Dutch took what they could use. They took a lot of German tool trailers among other trailers, cars and even some halftracks that were used until the end of the war."