rare find

[Mike K]

At the Carrier year at Corowa.. A 13 cab blitz had a carrier behind on a trailer..they followed us back from the airport ..I have pics to prove it ..will post here soon .

Mike

[Rob Endersbee]

Hi Guys,
we have one of these in the museum. Very heavy to tow! Had it behind our Inter 6x6 and couldnt get above about 30Km/hr. The carrier on it doesnt have any internals yet so weight wasnt the problem.

[shaun]

These 6 wheel trailers are called 7.5ton light recovery. i have owned 3 over the years. they are not uncommon in the UK. i know where there are 2 still laying on farms. There is somee great footage on how they are used on an old British Army recovery training film from the war, it shows the troops winching a carrier on the back of the trailer.
There were 3 differet marks all with variations on the brakes.
I my view they are not worth the effort of towing one, best place for one is in a museum .

[Scrivo18]

Hi Guys

We are working on one of the single axle trailers at the moment.. very very rusty though as it was recovered from a sea side environment.. I would love to see some detailed photos of the brake mechaism etc and the hydrolic pivot set up as well.

The mudgaurds are extras I think as no information I have found shows mud guards.

Tim

[Bob McNeill]

Will be back out there over the w/end, didn,t think it would cause this much interest, better charge the batteries in the camera. The guards look the same colour, the brkts look original OR at least army fitted.

[RichardT10829]

i reckon the single wheel way is the best.... lowers the weight of the trailer and as long as you get the CofG right..with a wee bit nose weight i reckon she would tow a treat ! i recently towed my hull to a pals place for storage on an ifor williams 3.5 tonner and it towed a treat.... mind my carrier is missing its tracks, engine and engine covers har har har.

can anyone advise if the LP carriers are the same width etc as the Can / Brit variants ?

methinks after i have done my cat H licence......cat C maybe not far behind hahaha.

[Justin Pollard]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

i reckon the single wheel way is the best.... lowers the weight of the trailer and as long as you get the CofG right..with a wee bit nose weight i reckon she would tow a treat ! i recently towed my hull to a pals place for storage on an ifor williams 3.5 tonner and it towed a treat.... mind my carrier is missing its tracks, engine and engine covers har har har.

can anyone advise if the LP carriers are the same width etc as the Can / Brit variants ?

methinks after i have done my cat H licence......cat C maybe not far behind hahaha.

Hello Richard,
The LP2/2A carriers are wider than the English mark 1 carriers, i dont know about the rest.

Justin.

[The Bedford Boys]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

i reckon the single wheel way is the best.... lowers the weight of the trailer and as long as you get the CofG right..with a wee bit nose weight i reckon she would tow a treat ! i recently towed my hull to a pals place for storage on an ifor williams 3.5 tonner and it towed a treat.... mind my carrier is missing its tracks, engine and engine covers har har har.

can anyone advise if the LP carriers are the same width etc as the Can / Brit variants ?

methinks after i have done my cat H licence......cat C maybe not far behind hahaha.

They are dimensionally about the same. I think maybe a tad taller. Except an LP is a heavy lump of cr*p, about a half ton heavier than a Universal I'm told.