Belgian Levacq trailer (was: Trailer ID: British 10-cwt?)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Can anyone identify this trailer? Looks a bit like a British 10-cwt trailer to me.

Thanks,

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This is what I had in mind: Trailer, 2 Wheeled, 10-cwt, GS, No 2 (yes, I know it is a scale model, but it's the only pic I could find).

[Alex van de Wetering]

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

[austin tilly]

Didn't the Belgium army copied the british 10-cwt GS trailer. I've seen those before. The owner didn't respond to my e-mail

Cheers,
Arjan

[Alex van de Wetering]

Arjan,

I did get a responce from the seller a few weeks ago. "trailers are sold" was the reaction. No response whatsoever of a possible build date, manufacturer or background info about these belgian trailers.

[Johan WILLAERT]

Yes, that is indeed the trailer the Belgian Army has been using for about 25 years.
Although I see them nearly every day I have no idea who the manufacturer is, not do I know the exact DoD.

It is not a WW2 British made trailer

Johan

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Johan WILLAERT

Yes, that is indeed the trailer the Belgian Army has been using for about 25 years.
Although I see them nearly every day I have no idea who the manufacturer is, not do I know the exact DoD.

It is not a WW2 British made trailer

Thanks for the confirmation, Johan!

I just found one of these trailers for sale at http://www.military1.be/ where it is captioned "Levacq 1953". This might give you a clue re. the manufacturer and year of delivery.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here is a period picture of this type of trailer in Belgian Army service.




That Belgian trailer looks much larger than the 10-cwt. Compare with this picture of a half track with British 1-ton trailer (source).

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I just found one of these trailers for sale at http://www.military1.be/ where it is captioned "Levacq 1953". This might give you a clue re. the manufacturer and year of delivery.

Turns out there are two types of Levacq trailer. One much like the British 10-cwt...

[Hanno Spoelstra]

... and a 1-ton one, basically the same configuration but beefed up slightly. Note the side bars added to the draw bar, for example.

Not sure if this is actually a slightly scaled up version of the one above, or just a later version which was beefed up. I do know the tow bar is slightly wider and higher than the British 10-cwt version.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Interesting to see these Belgian Levacq trailers popping up in an Army surplus sale (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/uyw...ibextid=WC7FNe)
These are an enlarged postwar copy based on the wartime British 10-cwt trailer, capable of carrying 1 ton.