Reference: British WW2 180 Gallon 20-cwt Bowsers restoration

[Ian L]

Just found these photos of the 'user manual' on the internet, the top picture is the first photo of a bowser that is identical to my 2 bowser trailers.

Main differences with my mine compared to all other photos I have seen are:
11:00 x ?? wheels/tyres on mine.
Wheel archs have a curved profile rather than flat.
Steady legs are the same as British 10cwt trailers.
No lifting eyes on the water tank.
Side shelves have wooden slats going across rather than longitudinal.

Does anyone have a user manual forsale of any information please ?

thanks Ian

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[Ian L]

Diagram of 180gallon bowser showing larger wheels and 10cwt legs, interesting box on the front, any photos ?
Interesting that they call it a 15cwt trailer as I understood that they had smaller wheels ? and the one with larger wheels was 20cwt ?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ian L

Interesting that they call it a 15cwt trailer as I understood that they had smaller wheels ? and the one with larger wheels was 20cwt ?

Ian,

Nice find those water trailers, good on you for saving them!

Please bear in mind there are differences between the British and Canadian built ones. Although the Canadian trailers were built to the British design, they did differ in respects of methods of construction and parts like brakes etc. The latter were off Ford CMPs on Canadian built ones. The difference between the Canadian 15-cwt and 20-cwt is one or two extra cross members in the chassis and 20" (instead of 16") wheels on special adapters to fit the hubs.

HTH