Two Trailers

From: Kirk Gustafson (kgustafson@ssd-inc.com)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 07:09:19 PST

Wayne,

You have what appears to be a reasonably complete late WWII one ton cargo trailer.  They are often referred to as "Ben-Hur" trailers, but were actually made by a variety of manufacturers.  The wood bed would be consistant with a late war trailer.  The wood box was adopted as a conservation measure, to reduce the amount of steel required to build one.

Are you looking to restore the trailer, or would you be interested in selling it?



From: "Wayne Harris" <papercu@hotmail.com>
Subject: [MV] Two trailers
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:22:34 +0000
Message-ID: <Law12-F112BxT18j7nq0000f585@hotmail.com>

I found these trailers at a local farm auction the other day and took these 
pictures. I bought the wood side trailer after hearing some bidders comment 
on how much better it would be with a car axle under it!!  I search the web 
and think it's a 1 ton Ben Hur but if anyone has more info or a site with 
pictures please let me know. TIA, Wayne

http://ImageEvent.com/wharris19/twotrailers

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