Hello everyone,
I'm new and have a rather unusual identification request. Some years back I bought a used trailer off of craigslist and recently I decided that I want to clean up the frame to preserve it for as long as possible. The previous owner told me that it was based on a very old Ford pickup truck frame and the registration actually lists it as a 1947 I don't think that that is accurate. It has a gear ratio tag on the differential that says W 47/11 (It is a Dana 41 with 5 lug wheels.) I believe that the DMV guy just saw that and went with 1947. I have been going a bit crazy searching through hundreds of photos trying to figure out what the truck was sand maybe find out it's original weight capacity. From what I have seem the frame does look like that of an F1, particularly the spring mounts and the shape above the rear wheels. However the leaf springs are throwing me off as I have not seen another with a set like it. The are very beefy and with many more leaves then the pictures that I have found. The closest that I have come is the description in post #7 on this thread which matches what I have.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=188718
I still have to pull the bed off for a better overall picture but i'm hoping someone might be able to help identify what this was.
Picture can be found here.
https://imgur.com/a/EmKuW0V