From: J.Wiehe (j.wiehe@sympatico.ca)
Date: Sun Jun 25 2006 - 07:35:47 PDT
Okay, my 2 cents on this trailer.
Given the information that this more than likely is a WW2 trailer.
>From TM 9 - 2800 ( Oct. 1947 ) Page # 204.
Trailer, 20 - ton, full, low bed
Technical Manual: 5-9210
Manufacturers: Rogers Bros. Corp.; Fruehauf Trailer Co.
Classification: Limited standard.
Purpose: Used by Corps of Engineers to transport crawler mounted tractors, shovels and cranes.
Ground clearance: (in.) ...18
Brakes: Service - air Parking - hand, mechanical.
Weight ( lb ): Net - 15,220.....Payload - 40,000.....Gross 55,220
Tire size, rear 9.00 x 20, Front - 12.00 x 20 ( This would be for the converter dolly )
Towing vehicle to be used: truck, 6 ton, 6x6, or tractor
There is more but just by the mentioned 17 feet of working deck and that my manual shows 204 inches deck length
and 112 inches wide. You do the math.
I could try to scan the page but I fear it would break the spine of my manual to get all the information readable.
Hope this helps.
Jim Wiehe
j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
> I looked the trailer over and it's not in bad shape at all. Two short axles along a single line at the back of the trailer. Single
From: "Jim" <W7LS@BLARG.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:50 PM
Subject: [MV] WW2 lowboy with 8 tires all in a row?
drop. If anyone wants it, it's $500, located in Graham, WA. Call Guy at 253-846-9475. 112 inches wide and the deck is 17 feet of
flat before the rear wheel gap. There is 5'8" beyond that point to the very rear, where there is a truncated beavertail that needs
ramps to get all the way to the ground with. Weight is 16,500 pounds and it appears to have a capacity of 39.5 tons. I can't be sure
if that is the total or the carrying capacity. There is a dataplate on it that is barely readable. Appears to be WW2, to me.
Airbrakes. 5th wheel style.
> Cautionary note, however. A trucker friend said that the State of Washington considers this trailer style to have one axle, not
two. Crazy, but that means the trailer is legally not to carry nearly the load it's physically capable of. California is not so
screwed up in regs, so it's perfectly fine, there. Unsure about any other state. You're on your own, there.
> This is a really beefy trailer and someone could add an axle and have a real brute of a trailer if they wanted it.
>
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 12:49am J <w7ls@blarg.net> wrote:
> > Wasn't there a ww2 lowboy that had 8 tires all in a row at the back, and a
> > 5th wheel hitch for tanks or something? I think the 8 wheels were divided
> > into 2 axles, side by side. It looked like one axle, but was actually 2.
> > Anyone know the model of it and the capacity? Maybe it was post ww2?
> > Thanks. Jim
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Okay
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