Trailer ID

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by cletrac
The trailer came as susplus from the military base in Edmonton in about 1955. It was painted green at the time. I dug at the paint and the underlying green looks quite a bit "greener" than olive drab. The underside has patches of black paint but no O-D.
Would it have been possible that it was procured locally during the war for use on the base?

Here's a similar "WW2 WILLYS TRAILER" (Ebay item number: 4633182197). According to one observer it is made from a post-WW2 Willys pickup bed, while it's owner says it "was bought through the govt surplus at the nat guard camp here in grayling mi".
Rather than being "procured locally", I think both trailers here were "produced locally", other words for being fabricated from scrap parts by the base motor pool, thus becoming government property, to be eventually auctioned off.

My €0,02 worth...

Hanno