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Originally posted by rmgill
I think the trailer has air operated brakes
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Ryan and Dave,
These trailers did not have air brakes, the early ones had cable operated brakes. The towing vehicle had to be equipped for towing guns with the gun cylinder attachment though.
They were mostly used behind a Breakdown Gantry, either Leyland Retriever, Dodge WK60 or later on, the Austin K6 and with these vehicles you had vacuum facility, so later trailers were single line vacuum servo operated. Earlier trailers were uprated later on. Also there were no brakes on the front axle. Tyres were 10.50-13 which is harder to get than 9.00-13. I recently sold a new one, for a chap restoring a Scammell Mechanical Horse. Not a trailer you would wish to take much more than 35 mph I think.
Richard
03-02-06, 19:28
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