MrEd

fab photo, actaully several not trailer related interesting things going on in that photo as well! Thanks Ed

Thats excellent, thansk very much Clive. Could 2853-0747 indicate that they were made by various manufacturers? Did each manufacturer (Rootes, Sankey etc) all have different codes originally? Probably not but?? Thanks for your help, much appreciated. jsut writing up all the info i have found out into a history form! thanks Ed

yea LMS litchfield have a suitable replacement, requires an adaptor to be made the change the new damper thread from m8 to m10 but that’s not hard to achieve

the damper can be repaired. LMS litchfield sell a replacement damper - all that needs doing is an adaptor to make the m8 thread on the LMS damper for the m10 thread in the hitch itself

thank you

Cool thanks, do you have the whole EMER. I will look at the MOD plate - it’s probably already struck out! Although it’s painted over! I will have to remake the retainer for the flap as that had corroded and come off

Thanks very much, that’s useful, and backs up what I thought cheers!

will do that then my trailer when I got it was about 50/50 black - I guess some ‘non-adherence’ to the regs did happen. Great stuff, thank you for your help! Do you think I should reinstate the WCp hole? It has no practical purpose for my use now…

That’s a great photo, thank you! i wondered what the designation change meant, that’s interesting. I completely agree that less is more regarding insignia, and I am keen to avoid anything ‘unrealistic’ i tried to uncover those areas and clean back the paint but didn’t really find anything, the paint came off in multi layer sheets and I couldn’t remove it 1 layer at a time if you see what I mean. It a lot of areas it flaked right off to the DBG The tub was incredibly rough and wasn’t able to be saved unfortunately, the floor and wheel arches were seperate from the sides!! I fitted a spare tub that doesn’t have the bowser hole - although I saved the flap so *could* reinstate it? I think I will camo it as it was in service, and just put a Union flag on the back like these trailers from the same regt. Maybe even put a random square of vinyl and just paint over it! interesting that the ratio of black to green is wrong as well.

Great info thanks, I am certain it was camo in service (even though that’s ‘wrong’ for a couple of reasons - I spoke with a former corporal in the Bn and he recalls they painted all their trailers camo, and secondly I am only the second owner since it was cast in 1999 and the first I know personally and he did nothing but store it - didn’t repaint it or anything. what I could be seeing is a long since painted over insignia from when the regs changed? thanks ed

I have been able to find out a fair bit about my Sankey and Sankeys in general through the RLC museum, posts on here and a Facebook group. and have now restored the trailer, just paint and insignia to do. I managed to get in contact with a chap who remembers the trailer as it followed him around as he moved about the battalion. Trailer was for most of its life with 1 York’s (V) This was part of 15th infantry Brigade which came under the 2nd infantry division. They had a BAOR role. The chap remembers the trailer had a divisional insignia on the back, I asked if he meant regt insignia and he said no definitely div insignia, black square with white but couldn’t remember what the symbol was. My questions are: - would a trailer have had a divisional insignia on it in the 1980’s? - based on the trailer being part of 15 brigade in 2nd division the divisional insignia would have been the black and white crossed keys symbol? - what other symbols/stencils or insignia would have been present? Would the 15th brigade merlin have been present? Or some other stencil denoting 2nd division infantry? There was evidence of somethings stuck on the back but I was unable to uncover what they were unfortunately. I am going for 1980’s era. Anyone able to help? thanks in advance ed