May be a bit OT but I thought I would share a couple of vintage utility trailers I have picked up over the past month. The green one is a Sears Roebuck and Co. trailer, guessing it is 40's / 50's. Has 16" rubber. The second one is a homebuilt but there was definitely some thought and fabrications skill involved in building it. It has a Chevy pick up axle under it and is built from angle iron and plate that looks like it come from a refinery. The front has rounded corners and it has 2" pipe stake pockets in the corners. Has a working tail gate and a spare tire mount. I am a sucker for old industial stuff so these were hard to pass up. If it's too OT feel free to delete.
I have/had a Sears,Roebuck & Co. trailer exactly like that,but I loaded it to my brother in law,,20 years ago,,thanks for reminding me to go get it! HRP
Home made in the 60s I believe. Everything was drenched in and very well made. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Back in about 1980 or so I built a single axle trailer to haul motorcycles on out of three in channel iron .I used the leaf springs that I had replaced out of my 1960 Econoline and added shocks mounted at a 45 degree angle to get the right travel. I even built the drop axle out of square tubing and some Chrysler spindles. I thought all small Chrysler bolt pattern was 4.5 on 5. Well I learned some were different and I got a different one! Well I wanted 4.5 on5 so I grabbed another hub, adapted them to my bolt on spindles, but could not find any seals that would work! Too thin. So I took the hubs and put a bead of silicone where the seal should go and greased my spindles and installed the hubs! Has worked for close to forty years! I aligned the axle by putting shims behind the bolt on spindles. Neat little trailer. Pulled it to Sturgis and Milwaukee and a lot of local places! Bones
I have a very old single horse trailer with 1930s spindles on a very heavy duty pipe and heavy duty springs that look factory made... Rocky mountain drum brakes and a pair of Clev-weld wheels 5 on 5.5 pattern 4" wide
i am usually not too fussy, but did you take pictures of the trailer too, or just a bunch of rotten tires?
my grandpa built this trailer during WWII. he built it from the front end of a 1929 Nash. the wood has been replaced a few times. rims are agricultural rims. I am the 3rd generation to own it.
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