Bedford military-front and civvy-front types

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
Yes, these trailers were 'assembled' by Pearsons and then the company acquired stocks post-war which they then sold off onto the civvy market.
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This photo is I seem to recall a fomer military trailer.

Thanks. The trailer pictured is an American-built 1-ton 2-wheeled cargo trailer, commonly known as the "Ben Hur Trailer" (see pic below).

The Canadian 20-cwt trailer was in some roles the equivalent of this trailer, although the US 1-ton trailer was also used in various roles by Commonwealth units.

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

although the US 1-ton trailer was also used in various roles by Commonwealth units.

... as referred to by Steve Guthrie:

Originally Posted by Steve Guthrie

One of the Canadian loading tables for D-Day mentions the use 'Trailers, Jahn'.
Jahn was one of the manufacturers of the standard US Army 1-ton trailer.