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Wondered how long before it was posted on here.

Maybe reflects true cost of a good restoration....perhaps Mr Lawrence will comment.

Morning Howard,

Am enjoying this restoration thread. Dont want to clutter it up with photos, so here is a link to the MLU thread (see post #70) where I describe fitting a 12v fuel priming pump to my 6v truck. Cheaper pump but requires 12v power pack that I'd aleady fitted for Xenon beacon):

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=22768&page=3

Hi Paul,

i've a copy of this photo for a few years, but as the person who gave it to me asked that I never passed it on ...never have.

But as it is here I feel I can comment.

As you say it is marked as being in Normandy, but I've always thought the huts in background looked more like an established British forces camp. Still, it is the only period photo of the 100 gallon water bowser in use and has lots of interesting details.

There seemed to be a lot of troops in the photo, soi've wondered if it is a photo of a training exercise on how to treat the water using the bowser filtration system and chlorine tablets and then see the "Horrocks" test conducted (using the white China cups) to ensure the water is potable. You can see the large square tin that contained the fine clay Kieselguhr powder that was used to coat the "gills" in the Stella or Meta filters.

p.s. Hope you got my second pm. As has promised another first refusal on bowser, am giving them a final chance to complete before offering it.

Gents- this photo is tagged as 195 Airborne ambulance at Normandy. I have serious doubts about that due to terrain and (mostly) uniform anomalies including what appears to be cotton shirts and white webbing. I suspect it is postwar maybe Palestine. Any ideas or anyone recognize the building in the background?

 

the picture does offer up a lot of details of questions I had such as convoy plate location which indeed matches holes in my trailer and the larger then 1" straps for holding the suction hose in place.

 

Paul

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ha! Ian just likes to tease us!

What at sort of price is your supplier quoting for repro filter?

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I would love to buy your spare!

Hi Paul,

did my reply to your PM question get through?

wifi seems a little intermittent where I am now.

john

Gents, here is my most recent project. A 100gal water trailer. Unfortunately, it is missing a few pieces that I would like to source... I am in need of the inner lid and a tow hitch most urgently. I have found a pump to use even if only until a better comes along.

I am in contact with a company to make external accurate repro filters (MF901). Is this of interest to anyone?

 

Lastly, is anyone confident of the set up for the tail light and convoy light set up? And, are there any photos of these in action?

 

Best Regards!

Paul

The chassis had been previously cut to provide a different towing eye height.

Chassis welded back to original spec tonight by Neil, who runs a mobile welding service.

Hi John,

Hope you made out a H&S report to Mr. L, pointing out the Harry F designed a safety feature in that the gear lever was used to start the engine and that shorting out can lead to accidents

Didn't need to Richard,

The Fergy incident made a deep "impression" (both physically and via Mrs L) that I doubt it will happen again:angel:

Hi Tony,

I did not want to contradict you! You did ask for some input when I last saw you

 

as for the Fergie ..... good choice, wonderful machine!

 

cheers Richard

Yes it is Richard,

That particular one nearly claimed Mr Lawrence couple of years ago.....moral of that story is "dont try to start a tractor in gear by standing by it and shorting the starter motor" :blush:

Anthony - chassis looks in perfect condition, the great rebuild will start soon

Are they both Taskers trailers Carleton?

I would like to see the wartime picture.

 

Good things come in twos as they say. Both handled hitches being refurbed.

 

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Hello Hans,

Hoped you see this thread. To answer your question of a couple of years ago, it des seem that there were Jointers trailers built during WWII by Brockhouse.

this trailer is sold several years ago to me and is used in the Belgium army

it has the Belgium markings en triangle abl marked reflectors and light on the mudgaurds

A thing of RARE beauty!

2nd filter has been blasted & primed ready to go away for some replicas to be made & all the underneath pipe work is now painted & ready for fitting.

So, piecing together all the stands, it looks like this particular 1/2 Ton Jointer's Trailer was built post-war by Taskers and would have obviously had had the post-war lights and fittings from new rather than at a mid-50s rebuild.

That said, it was clearly a popular 10cwt WWII design as Brockhouse had a wartime contract for them and there remained a requirement for further examples during the 1950's.

ok. So not Brockhouse then.

My list of Taskers trailer contracts do not include that one or any contract for Jointer's trailers; but the lists are based on Chilwell Data book for July 1944, so still may have been placed and built in 44-45.

 

There was also a fair amount of personnel transfer between R. Sigs and the GPO during WW2 to deal with urgent work (this caused considerable unrest because the GPO paid considerably more than the Army rate, and also tended to quietly transfer the "loaned" personnel to other projects when nobody was looking).

That is interesting Chris. I'd never thought about it, but makes perfect sense. I have a friend whose father was a Major in the R.Sigs and he was responsible for rebuilding the telephone system in Cologne in as soon as it was captured.

Back to this trailer: the link Simon has added refers to the known example in the Netherlands, which is a Brockhouse.They had a contract S1551 for "Trailer 2wh (for Jointers)" which were allocated X4957838 - X4957873. I dont know when this contract was placed with Brockhouse.

Interesting thread This is one of my trailers, I seem to have bought 4 varieties this year, oops!

 

A lot of people came and talked to me about it at W&P which was nice, another owner in Holland who’s on here, sorry I forgot your name, and an old chap who is a friend of a friend knew quite a bit about them. He said they are for cable work and remembers them when he served, he said they were WW2 and knows of film footage but I had guessed the body was post war. The GPO did buy them after their military service. The brass data plate which gives the name Jointers 2 wheeled trailer as Clive said and contract info. I thought the chassis is WW2 but the body just post war but could well be wrong, would the WD have re-bodied or stockpiled trailer chassis? What are the metal loops on top for?

 

The chassis and all the running gear is standard WW2 10 cwt. I have placed it next to my Morter and GS trailers and they are identical apart from small details like brackets. It has the standard WW2 handled hitch which I removed to repair. The post war number is 69 EG 69.

 

The trailer pulls very nicely and has compartments inside, I think I will fit larger 6x16 tyres.

 

Simon – Interesting about the spring hangers, I thought mk1 had the pressed ones and mk2 the forged. My Morter and GS have the same forged ones.

 

Radek that’s my friend Andys Austin, I can put you in touch with him if you like.

 

Carleton

Morning Carleton,

Sorry I Missed you at the show. I spoke to James Dodson who told me a little about the trailer.

Do you have a manufacturer's name?

I'm aware of the the one in the Netherlands and have corresponded with the owner, but we were always looking for firm evidence of WWII service.

Many seem to remember them with the GPO and there has grown up a belief that they were built for them using ex-military parts, but your one certainly dispels that particular "trailer myth".

Do you have any pictures of the Austin K3 what is behind the trailer?

Hi Radek,

No. Sorry I didn't take any of the K3.

Never let John Corden drive your pride and joy - I asked him to bring it into the arena as out of over 300 jeeps on site we only had four bother to come in for the 75th anniversary of the jeep event.

He was meant to drive it around sensibly!!

The turnout from all the Jeeps on site was pathetic though. 4 out of 300 :embarrassed:

Never let John Corden drive your pride and joy - I asked him to bring it into the arena as out of over 300 jeeps on site we only had four bother to come in for the 75th anniversary of the jeep event.

He was meant to drive it around sensibly!!

I did. It was VERY muddy on the far side of the arena

Trailer, 1/2 Ton, Jointers, 2 Wheeled, Mk 1

Evening Clive,

Do you think these were only postwar?

Spotted this over the weekend at Folkstone.

Many features of other WWII British 10 cwt trailers on this one.

Clearly the hitch has been changed, but is it a post-war trailer? I'm guessing some kind of Linesman's Trailer

Canadian Ford Lynx. Newly brought into UK from Luxembourg.

Thursday: Wheeled Armour in Arena. Highlight of W&P 2015 for me was to be offered a drive of a Canadian Fox Armoured Car (thanks James).

Visibility from driver's seat:

Saturday morning:

Results of an arena excursion on Saturday lunchtime:

The photo/vdo clip I wish I had was on Monday morning when the Challenger II left the site at speed (5mph site speed limit? Looked more like 50!)

A little more progress yesterday with the removal of the Austin engine.

A very simple task, but the subsequent removal of the belt drive and mounting the engine on the stand took three times a long!

Engine now can be examined and cleaned ready for repaint.

The heavy compressor will then be removed from the chassis in near future.

Looks like very good progress since this morning.

Take three times as many photos as you think you'll need from every angle.

Morris Lubricants products are very good:-

 

http://www.morrislubricants.co.uk/products/classsteam/classic-gear-oils.html

Hi Ian,

I'd second that recommendation. Have always used their straight SAE 30 in the Jeep, and their SAE 90 in the gearbox

Evening Tom,

I've never seen brackets like that before on an AB trailer.

Just looked through my photos collected over several years, and none of the underside shots on any trailer have brackets there.....so sorry can't help with what they were intended for.