British 10-cwt trailer reference thread

[Alex van de Wetering]

I heard today that another trailer in our town was schredded into little pieces. Maybe the rims survived.

Oh no...


Here is one in " action" in Den Haag, 8 May 1945. Prinses Irene Brigade.



source: http://www.gemeentearchief.denhaag.nl

Alex

[austin tilly]

we´ve found and saved the parts from a 10cwt gs-trailer. The frame was gone, but the axle, rims and springs were saved.
Who can tell which trailers used this axle etc, so we might be able to make one.

Cheers,
Arjan

[Alex van de Wetering]

Arjan,

Good to hear that part of the trailer survived. I was looking at some pictures of Belgian army trailers earlier this week, which are offered for sale at a reasonable price. I think Hanno posted a picture of one on the forum before, but I can't seem to find it now. Anyway, these trailers seem to be based on the British 10cwt design, or maybe even based on actual British trailers. In case these Belgian trailers are modified British trailers, than you could consider using the wheels, springs and axle you salvaged to turn one of those trailers back to ww2 spec.

Alex

[Radek]

Hi guys,
one british trailer is on ebay for sell. It isn´t ww2 but qeit interesting.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=016


Radek

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

I think Hanno posted a picture of one on the forum before, but I can't seem to find it now. Anyway, these trailers seem to be based on the British 10cwt design, or maybe even based on actual British trailers. In case these Belgian trailers are modified British trailers, than you could consider using the wheels, springs and axle you salvaged to turn one of those trailers back to ww2 spec.

Here´s the link: Belgian Levacq trailer (was: Trailer ID: British 10-cwt?)

We now have confirmation these are not British-built trailers, although clearly patterned on them (similar to the Polynorm copies of the US Bantam quarter-ton trailer).

Hanno

[Alex van de Wetering]

Can anyone comment on the original lighting equipment as used on the 10cwt trailers?

Arjan was already able to help me with some questions, but somehow the lighting still isn't clear to me. Most of the restored trailers obviously have new lighting due to modern regulations, but what was the original equipment? Just a small light on the rear axle? lights on the fenders? Does the manual of the GS mk1 and mk2 cover the lighting?

Alex