Trailer Identity
 

I inherited this trailer from my grandfather who had a ships tank in it for water delivery.
Incidentally he had a Chevy truck with an army water tanker on the back. I believe he supplied the water to mix the cement for the Chinchilla water tower.

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I cut it up to fit a rural fire-brigade water tank for fighting fires and carting water so my family could have a bath occasionally.

If I knew then!

I know it had timber floor and sides with angle iron corners.


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50 years ago I had agricultural tyres fitted, I remember they cost a gazillion bucks, or was that $80 each fitted, anyway it was a few months wages at the time. I remember well, the tyre service complaining how bad the nuts were!

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Grampa had a leaf spring and a home made pintle ring for the hitch.

I have a pintle ring and would like to restore the hitch to original.

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Any information and photos of an original trailer would be appreciated

Thanks, in advance for any information rod

It looks like one of the many variations of a 1953 Mac Co (McGrath Trailers) Australian medium 2wh trailer. Different versions have the chassis channel facing outwards or inwards, but all are rated at 1 ton.

See bottom portion of THIS THREAD

Although the hitch has been changed for something more convenient to tow around the farm (Hey, pintle hooks are the most convenient things going!), this still looks to be a sound original base. Hang on to it! Nice to see another around.

The tyre size (as with many McGrath trailers) was 7.50-18, an unusual size today for road tread, but still available for tractors and implements.

Another version, with water tank, recently sold at a clearing sale: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=30566

Thanks Tony,
I have saved those photos

Recently I have been out to the old farm to collect some 18' tyres off my Chamberlain ploughs to find they are gone, and the ploughs flat in the dirt.
Some one didn't want to buy new ones so helped them selves to mine

I needed those tyres for that compressor trailer

I found some others that might hold 20 lbs of air

However, I forgot to look to see if the corners for this trailer were still there

I have been given some pintle loops recently, so I suppose I should get back around to restoring the hitch section

Almost finished relocating my goodies from "The park"

But I am having a big sort around in the real shed to fit in a big antique drill press that I was given from a good friend's estate by his grandson

I also have been "requisioned" to go back to work occasionally, I have to wonder why someone else can't do it
Anyway the money will come in handy, so I can work on the blitzes

cheers