I have been surprised that no one has ever commented on the REL radar trailer I have noted in my signature.My trailer is a GL III(c) I have the trailer,dolly, stabilising legs and turntable for the radar but the shelter is missing.Bart Vanderveen sent me a photo of the outfit many years ago but information has been pretty scarce.There is a long distance photo of one in New Guinea with a lot of other surplus equipment at the end of WW2.My trailer came from the Gold Coast in Queensland and was used by four farmer brothers to carry their Cat D6 around on,they eventually took the dolly out and welded a 6 foot extension to the front of the trailer and used it as a low loader, hooked up to their 1954 Chev truck.The trailer has electric brakes and the farmers said that with the D6 on they could lock the brakes up no problem.I was going to set the trailer up behind my NM Mack as the NM,s were used to tow radar trailers and guns in Australia.I thought though that the GL III(c) and its accomanying trailer were normally towed by FWDs.
Cheers Ken
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