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Old 05-09-21, 22:24
rob love rob love is offline
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Default My new Water Trailer

This trailer has been languishing at my favorite scrapyard for as long as I have been going there. The military demilled it by cutting the front draw bars off. I had spotted the drawbar in another area of the yard years ago and the owner kept them together since.

A recent fire in the neighbors yards gave me the incentive to grab the trailer to save it and perhaps keep it full of water for the summer months. I recovered it a couple weeks ago and the spare water tank yesterday. Took a couple hours to sandblast the drawbars where they attach to the trailer, and weld them back together.

The tool box was one I bought from Dennis Walker a few years ago. He said it was one from a generator trailer, but it seems identical to other boxes shown on water trailers here on MLU.
The license plate will be original from the army (they used civilian plates back then) as are the removal of the pumps and filters, and replaced with a rack for jerry cans on the back. I will be leaving that rack there. The army also cut off the original small ring lunnette and replaced it with a standard size one that works with the M-series vehicles. The lid for the tank is inside the tank.

I'll be removing the tank to sandblast the frame eventually, but the project can sit for now. At least it is on the property, so won't be going anywhere.
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