15-cwt GS trailer saved from scrapyard

[Bob Carriere]

Lucky find Harry

Exactly what I woudl like to build for my existing frame......

Three questions..... what size tires do you have.....?

and is all the trailer box bolted together rather than welded????

Who is the trailer made by.... any tags?

Only hard part to replicate is the sunburst rib pattern in the head board.... we do have a bead roller but no dies for that large a bead.

Cheers

[Harry Moon]

Mine was made by dominion, china aid, #276 I think. I pulled the split rim and drums off and put CMP wheels and 750x20 tires on. The brake drums are a strait swap.bolted together.

[Jason Ginn]

Glad you were able to save it Grant!

It looks so much better now!

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Harry

Mine as a China label as well will need to check out what number I have.

So on the wheels.... you removed the 20 inch split rims complete with the brake drum and the CMP brake drum & bearings were the same and just bolted on......

So you are running 16 or 20 inch tires and if 20 in. ......the civilian 7:50x20 tires were wide enough for the CMP rims???

One more thing.... on your trailer... can you take a picture of the same front corner but from inside the box..... curious about the bolting arragenment.

Thanks

[Grant Bowker]

The attached photo is if Bob's "Aid to China" 20cwt trailer data plate, hopefully the data plate is readable

[Grant Bowker]

As part of the process to register the trailer for road use (trying to be legal and register promptly rather than waiting for work to be completed) the trailer was taken to a local weigh scale to be weighed (Ontario wants a statement of weight if 900kg or over for a manufactured trailer or for any "homebuilt" trailer). I was expecting the empty trailer to be close to 900kg and that is what the scale said.
I had decided to use the original tires and as we set out, it became clear that one was severely flat spotted from sitting. 20km/hr to limit the bouncing, shaking and wobbling. The attached photo is the result of 14 km at the low speed without load. I had been planning to replace the tires, now I won't have a choice.