[Als48]

In the 50's My dad had a shop-built trailer that my grandad made, using a salvage axle from a ford pickup. Probably an F1, which had a straight axle similar to the cars, but with longitudinal springs. A towing tongue was welded to the straight axle with triangulated braces of some sort. The trailer bed was about 4'X8' and was attached directly to the axle using a wooden framework and U-bolts to attach. Rough cut oak was used for the trailer bed and sides, which were about 12" high. Tail gate was removable. An army surplus pup tent fit pretty well for my brother and I to use as a makeshift camper.

We used that trailer for everything from gravel/sand to tobacco and hay hauling. It was usually attached to our '51 F1 pickup or the old '46 Case super C tractor with a 5/8" hitch pin similar to those still sold at TSC. Bumper hitch had a hole with no ball.

Al Hook