Trailer question

Great Pic Old Dog.
Looks as though the trailer has a pole growing out of it and a pitched Tile roof for a cover LOL

A single axle tag on a coach was called a silly wheel, yonks ago.

Ahh, always thought that lot was called

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"training wheels". [smiley=rolleyes.gif]

regards greenie [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif]

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Nah they were an extension accessory to hungry boards mate

There were heaps of them fitted to rigid tippers in SA before the VMCW rules were introduced.
Some in front of the drive some behind.
Lots had a set of clip up chains in the front to the chassis---you clipped them up while they were loaded and the silly wheel just surfed along a couple or three inches < err 80 mm or close to it > off the ground going 80 odd ks back empty for the next round. Saved heaps on tire wear / some were connected at a calculated angle to the front steer so as not to scrub but would throw you up a tree or anything else if you blew a tyre on one.
Ex Boss had one like that on an acco and it scared the crap out of im and he was a dozer driver with good quarry and cliffs nerves at that.
Helped another boss bloke fit one to a 22 foot tray commer with a jerkins in it behind the drive and then drove it for a goodly while / had adjustment holes to set it near the right height and two holeden screw jacks in the tool box so if you knew you were a bit heavy on the drive you could slip em in and wind it up to a predetermined mark if you knew the mermaids were on the job.

No raidos then mate but if you knew which light to look for yu were ok.
Old times eh!.

Life Member: BRAS.

If you look real close you will see 4 G clamps holdong the trailer on

Yes all our trucks had 4-"U" bolts holding the turntable frame onto the chassis. Some pieces of 4x2 hardwood in between to stop the chassis from crushing and that was it. The heavier chassis on the Beavers didn't even get the anti-crush timbers.
Wasn't until the very late 60's when we had to weld on an extra lug with a couple of M20 bolts direct to the chassis.