1/4 ton trailer

[big block 88]

So I just stumbled across a 1/4 ton trailer from the old Willy's days. My question is how rare are these things? I was planning on making it my welding trailer to haul my welders and leads and bottles, seeing as it is missing the sides. But if there is a big demand for these should I just try and find it a new home for someone who wants to restore it?

The trailer is complete and on a pallet tires never been on the grond lights still in boxes sealed up. It is just missing the sides. I know it would make a killer welding rig I just don't want to mess somthing up if it is needed by another collector.

 

[papercu]

The trailer is complete and on a pallet tires never been on the grond lights still in boxes sealed up.

And you don't include a picture, why are you torturing us? Wayne

 

[quickfarms]

Post a picture

I could be the generator trailer that was a flatbed

 

[big block 88]

Post a picture

I could be the generator trailer that was a flatbed

I will post a picture when I pick it up. I'm gonna go get it monday, maybe tomorrow but we will see I've been pretty busy lately. It's just sitting there for god knows how long and dad thinks it has never been used, it has been saved from the scrap bin. I'm gonna go bolt the tires and wheels on air them up and pull her home (assumeing dry rot hasn't killed the tires)

 

[hwcurtice]

And you don't include a picture, why are you torturing us? Wayne

I think he needs to be demoted, for not having pictures first....

Yes, I'm just saying this because I want to see it too.

 

[papercu]

I'm gonna go bolt the tires and wheels on air them up and pull her home

If it is a military trailer on a pallet I would keep it just like that till I found out what it is worth.
Wayne

 

[big block 88]

If it is a military trailer on a pallet I would keep it just like that till I found out what it is worth. Wayne

Roger that, I would bet it's really not that heavy, so i could just throw it in my bed a recon. I will talk to my pops when he gets off work and see if he wants to swing out and grab the trailer in the morning.

 

[quickfarms]

Personally

I would not try to tow it

Some potential issues are tires, wheel bearings, registration, lights etc

I would put it on or in a larger trailer or just have AAA move it for you.

 

[paulfarber]

When you say Willys do you mean MBT or M100 or what?

I know of no WWII 1/4ton trailer that was a generator, the Ben Hur 1 ton trailer DID have a dedicated generator model... and THAT would be worth a pretty penny. Lots of PE-95s looking for a home.

If its not a WWII model then I have no idea... but I have seen M100's go for some crazy prices.

 

[big block 88]

All I know is the trailer is longer than a standard Willy's cargo trailer. And it is just a skeleton no floor no sides just a beefy frame. It has 600 series tires on split rings. Dad had a buddy assemble it, just to make sure it did not get thrown away. So we will grab it asap and check into it.