DUKW with trailer

[gordon]

Gar Wood did prototypes and production, but I think the really ugly ones were Nash-Kelvinator. Not sure, but it was a washing machine manufacturer that did them in two different varieties.

The hood hoops and cargo space of the Gar Wood unit were the same as the DUKW itself, as were the wheels, and I vaguely remember a telescopic towbar with a big pin through it and hooked to the winch - so the driver could engage the winch for a few seconds and rip the pin out to dump the trailer if it started to flood and drag down the DUKW.

The trailers only really had two problems;

1. Reversing an land or water with them was really out of the question because of the rear overhang on land and the propellor location when afloat.

2. You would only need a trailer to increase the available load, and the stalwart ( small S for Richard... ) GMC 270 engine was fully committed pulling a laden DUKW out of the water and onto land, so it had no spare horsepower at all to pull a trailer out - unless DUKW and trailer were empty which rather defeated the purpose.

Gordon (ex-owner of DUKW 14962)