Ben-Hur trailer?

[hwcurtice]

Okay, before yesterday, I thought this was a term for the ammo carrier trailer just because all the ones I've seen on line didn't have fenders, and therefore, looked like chariots. Well, I found one on 7/6 and went back to take a better look and found out, via the data plate, the reason is because these were built by Ben-Hur Mfg Co in Milwaukee, WI.

So, now the question: Are there any known places that actually have parts for these? Such as the landing leg and such?

 

[MWMULES]

Ben Hur made all kinds of Military trailers. You could try http://benhurtrailers.com/index.htm but doubt if they have WWII parts. Sometimes John at Midwest Military gets some you could drop him an email http://www.midwestmilitary.net/index.html
CCKW has a pretty good data base on them http://www.cckw.org/trailers.htm And like most WWII items there are still a lot of parts in Europe.

BTW that one pictured has the right landing leg, My M10 ammo trailer is a Fruehauf.
Good luck

 

[hwcurtice]

I'm pretty sure this one never made it to Europe, Having a delivery date of April 1945...

Oh, and I was mostly asking for someone else who has been looking for the correct landing leg for his trailer.

 

[clinto]

I agree with the above: Midwest Military is a good starting point.

 

[Tinwoodsman]

Check the G503 site from time to time. People sometimes advertise parts. One guy parted one out two weeks ago and it had the original landing wheel.

 

[timntrucks]

i have a 1943 ben hur welding/ generator trailer. mine does not have a front wheel but it has a fold down leg like the m101s have. it has 700 x 20s on it also. a neat trailer with side tool boxes