Another very rare find

[George Moore]

Correct,
A very early type.

The photo was from a belgium source, stating BEF equipment being loaded.

Where and when is not known, but on the photo, near the top, a light car is visible with white edges to the mud-guards.

Rumour has it that early Scammels went to France with the BEF, none returned.

This era is fascinating, as so much obsolete. outdated equipment was used to supplement the BEF.

George.

[George Moore]

Just re-read the post.

The middle vehicle is the AEC 850 (FWD R6T) recovery version.
Again a very rare beast.

I know of a couple of photographs of these in service with the BEF.
1. A shot of one towing a trailer loaded with a light tank, and towing a bren carrier
2. In Steve Zalogas book "Blitzkreig", hitched to a taskers trailer, loading a light tank
3. A very poor shot of a vehicle dump in France, with one way back in the background.

I can email these if you wish.

Sorry about the first response, late night and old age not reacting too well.

George.

[Hans Mulder]

Is anyone aware of a single axle variant of the recovery trailer used by or in Canada? Last weekend I spent some time 4X4ing in the bush and in additional to several 6X6s I found several different military trailers and lots of land rovers. Pictures coming soon!

[George Moore]

This was from an earlier thread on MLU.

Any use ??

George.

[Hans Mulder]

The trailer I located in the bush is more similar to the four wheel trailer, in that the tongue does not hinge, and is level with the trailer deck, not rising as the two wheel trailer hitch does.

I'll have to post pictures when I remember to bring my camera in.

[colin jones]

Thats very intersting. The carrier in the first picture is 3166 and the experimental carrier with front steering that I have is 3168. I would asume that mine was around there when that shot was done.
Colin.

[Lynn Eades]

on the numbers game, I wouldnt be surprised if you'd owned 3167 as well .
On a more serious note, the two pictures show two different carriers and two different trailers. Are the two pictures together as a result of research, or were they taken at the same time as part of trailer trialing?

[Alan McGuinness]

Originally Posted by George Moore

Correct,
A very early type.

The photo was from a belgium source, stating BEF equipment being loaded.

Where and when is not known, but on the photo, near the top, a light car is visible with white edges to the mud-guards.

Rumour has it that early Scammels went to France with the BEF, none returned.

This era is fascinating, as so much obsolete. outdated equipment was used to supplement the BEF.

George.

George,

The middle photograph at post #14 appeared in the London paper Motor Transport for 21 August 1937, and probably other periodicals around the same time. It shows vehicles touring the Eastern Counties. The story says:

A column composed of mechanical vehicles of all arms left Aldershot on August 13 for a tour of nearly 500 miles through the Eastern Counties in order to give the public an opportunity of realising the extent to which mechanisation has been applied in the Army.

There have been one or two similar Army tours on a small scale in different parts of the country, but the latest, which returns to Aldershot on September 4, is much bigger than any that has so far been organised. The route chosen includes Shoeburyness, Colchester, Clacton, Felixstowe, Lowestoft, Norwich, Cromer, King's Lynn, Peterborough, Bedford, Watford and Slough. Demonstrations are being given at many towns visited.

The column includes the following: Mechanised Cavalry: Light tanks and personnel carrier. Royal Engineers: Equipment of a section of a Field Company. Royal Corps of Signals: Wireless and telephone equipment and mechanical cable-layer. Infantry: Rifle platoon, mortar detachment and machine-gun section, with all mechanised transport, machine-gun carrier and anti-tank guns with towing vehicles. Royal Tank Corps: Medium and close-support tanks.

There is also a searchlight with crew, the latest types of water truck and office truck, and a compressor truck for excavation work by the Royal Engineers.

The photograph... illustrates on the extreme left a heavy transporter used for the conveyance of tanks and for heavy recovery work. It has a detachable rear bogie and is fitted with a winch for hauling tanks on to the platform. In the background is shown a personnel-carrying truck, and immediately in front a breakdown lorry, with jib and winch and four-wheeled trailer used for recovery work. On the right are seen an Austin 7 two-seater car, a compressor truck used for operating pneumatic tools and a water-tank truck.

I hope that's of interest.

[lynx42]

Hi Andrew,
The rumor mill tells me that your trailer is off to South Australia.
Regards Rick.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by lynx42

Hi Andrew,
The rumor mill tells me that your trailer is off to South Australia.
.

destination, Rust Hill by any chance ?

[lynx42]

In a word, YES!!

[Mike Cecil]

Hey, Mike, were you joking when you said:

'They only made 10 of them Andrew' ??

I seem to recall more than that were made.

Mike C