retalator Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 I think i have a 20cwt trailer it say on the date plate BODY GAS WELDING No 2 mk - gwl cont no23/58658 ser no 21246b when would this have been produced? does anyone have a picture of what it would have looked like? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 An appx date for this from this book I have: Chilwell Cat. No. 34/173. Illustrated Spare Parts List. Trailers, 1 Ton, 2 Wheeled, GS, Water Purification, Pigeon Loft, AA Command Post, Gas Welding, Petrol Pumping, Pole Carrying. Apr.1946 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mogmaner Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I think this is the pole carrier , one of my father's pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 IT is a pole carrier 1 ton trailer made by DYSON registered in the series 26 YL 41 TO 29 YL 60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B series Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Moving the thread away from trailer dates I know. I cannot see clearly, but trailer appears to have unit marking for the Royal Signals (Air Formation), and with a Union flag might suggest use in Germany or at least outside the UK. I am restoring a Champ that also had these markings. I understand that this unit marking is still in current use by the 21st Signal Regt. Would I be correct in thinking that the poles would be used to support communication cables? I understand that Air Formation tasking was to provide communications to RAF units located at temporary or basic airfields with no fixed communications, and therefore relied on connecting via army supplied equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 6/18/2020 at 5:33 PM, wally dugan said: IT is a pole carrier 1 ton trailer made by DYSON registered in the series 26 YL 41 TO 29 YL 60 Would that not be a re-reg of a wartime number under the census number scheme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B series Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 It would have been a contract for trailers issued with WWII style numbers, then issued with the later style in the batch mention by Wally. YL was used for re numbered WWII trailers and / or trailers built after the war but prior to the new numbering system being introduced in approx 1948. I cannot answer about the trailer date of manufacture, but I would have thought the YL number was allocated around 1948. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Very close, the CNS was introduced in 1949. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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