military trailers

[rmgill]

Originally posted by Dave Page
Hi Ryan,
the correct truck, as the Scammel in the picture would be too slow over here, and just about anywhere in the world now, 24mph flat out.
Dave

I kind of think that a Slightly post war 5 Ton with a bit of modifications to make it look like a WWII era Mack NO or Diamond T would work well. I think the trailer has air operated brakes so that's a key piece that more or less excludes a CMP C60X as much as I like the look of them unless it's a 2.5 ton or 5 Ton dressed up to look like a C60x, then the brakes would work just fine and you'd get some decent speeds out of it. Neat thing about a 2.5 ton is that the singles on it raise the tire diameter and raises the maximum speeds to around 55-60 MPH. A fair bit faster than that Scammel.

Did the Scammels have an Air Glad Hand on the back for the trailer brakes?