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Old 04-08-04, 07:27
Rod Diery Rod Diery is offline
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Originally posted by cliff
Do you have any info on the fifth wheel arrangement and /or the trailers they towed. No use me doing the tractor unit without the trailer and coupling.Cliff
Cliff, Fifth wheel couplings were not used a lot in Australia until the early 1950s. Most of these trailers were permanently attached to their prime movers. This pic is of a Blittz trailer coupling on a trailer in John Belfield's yard in Melbourne. The square steel frame in the centre of the photo would be bolted to the chassis of the prime mover.

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Rod
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