From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 26 2006 - 16:54:36 PDT
Here is a small .pdf (2.38MB) I made of those trailers and the prime movers. From the 9-2800 and 9-2800-1. Pic are not great but you never have to worry about hurting a CD. Wayne
http://ImageEvent.com/wharris19/trailerfromtm92800
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> To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> From: j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
> Subject: Re: [MV] WW2 lowboy with 8 tires all in a row?
> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:35:47 -0400
>
> 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 -----
> 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?
>
>
> > 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
> 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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