Wartime pictures: 20-cwt trailers

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

The body looks Canadian 20-cwt, but the wheels and mudguards look like British 1-ton to me.

Doesn't the body of a Canadian 20cwt GS trailer extend sideways over most of the mudguard? Other body characteristics make me quite sure this is not a Canadian 15 cwt GS trailer.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

Doesn't the body of a Canadian 20cwt GS trailer extend sideways over most of the mudguard? Other body characteristics make me quite sure this is not a Canadian 15 cawt GS trailer.

Agree. Plus a 15-/20-cwt trailer is much wider than the Bedford MW towing it.

For comparison, here is a F15A CMP 15-cwt towing a 20-cwt trailer. The CMP was both longer and wider than most British 15-cwt trucks.

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[Harry Moon]

The bud wheels indicate a 20 CWT.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Harry Moon

The bud wheels indicate a 20 CWT.

Indeed, as I wrote that is a F15A CMP 15-cwt towing a 20-cwt trailer.