CFR Request Thread

[Pete Z]

Craig, thanks for taking the time to make that info available to me!

[Craig S.]

matthewq4b, Pete Z -

My pleasure. Cheers,

Craig

[Matthew Reid]

Ok Craig 2 more units and then i will not bug about CFR's till i buy something new lol.

My M101CDN2 trailers.

First one Serial number 0033 (must be an early unit)
Second one Serial Number 1149

Matthew

[Craig S.]

matthewq4b -

First one Serial number 0033 (must be an early unit)
Second one Serial Number 1149

T. Alcorn -

Info for my M101CDN2 Trailer, please:
M101CDN2, Serial Number 0917, CFR 36221

I will look tomorrow. It may take longer for me to get an answer unless I luck out. There are about 2000 of these trailers (I'm guesstimating) that individually need to have each file opened to check for a matching serial number. Hopefully the CFR and serial numbers were assigned in order numerically. As I've seen from other motorized CFR'd equipment, that is not the case however. Trailers may be different. As well I would suggest that if you find a 5 digit number marked on your trailer (or even 3 digit - as in the CFR's last three digits) in marker, chalk, pencil crayon, etc., that may be part of your trailers CFR. As mechanics and supply pers we sometimes mark parts ordered for a specific vehicle or trailer so that repair part would be put on to the item it was ordered for. Marking the CFR of the equipment onto the ordered part quickly identifies it when that new part is sitting amongst a pile of parts on the shelf awaiting install. So if you find a 5 or 3 digit number on say a pintle hitch, wheel or park brake handle - it may be a clue to finding that needle in a 2000 piece haystack....Cheers,

Craig

[rob love]

By what I could see the trailers were all over the place for CFRs. Some were around the 16000 range, some were much higher. With the speed of searches here, it was impossible for me to find Brad's.

What I have noticed though, was that the CFRs (and serials somewhat) seemed to grouped together by where the trailer's were issued. So if you know from which base or area the trailer came from, it can be compared to other trailers from that area with a known CFR.

I bought 28 of these trailers from one unit and they were all pretty much in sequence CFR wise. Serials were reasonably tight, although they did span several hundreds overall.

Craig is right on the money about the 5, or possibly 3 digits. They were often grease pencilled under the license plate.

[Matthew Reid]

The one trailer 0033 was purchased here in Western Canada (B.C specfically)
It has ben repainted by the previous owner. So there is no chance of finding any markings on it.

The other Trailer 1149 I will look over tommrow for any scribbles. It came from Southern Ontario.


Matthew

[Craig S.]

matthewq4b -

Just to let you know - I just finished locating both CFR's for your trailers and I'll have the info edited for you tomorrow sometime.

T. Alcorn -

I'm still going through the list at this time....

Interestingly out of 1974 trailers listed, 20 are still in service out there at various locations.

[Craig S.]

matthewq4b -

So it was faster than I had anticipated. Here you are: