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Australian Army Trailer, Cargo, ½ ton, No.5

Ordnance Factory Maribyrnong · Australia · 1963–1990

Australia's equivalent of the early Sankey: a welded watertight steel tub with no tailgate, a lunette ring for the Land Rover's pintle hook and a rear pintle for daisy-chaining, on five-stud Land Rover wheels at Series track width, unbraked, with a canvas canopy on removable uprights. Towed behind Series IIA and III GS Land Rovers and later the Perentie.

SourcesMore trailers
Australian Army Trailer, Cargo, ½ ton, No.5
Australian War Memorial: 1 Field Squadron workshop Land Rover with platform trailer, Vung Tau c.1966 · all-rights-reserved · source
1963–1990MADE—PERIOD PRICECommonRARITY5LAND ROVER MODELS4SOURCES

Description

Australia's equivalent of the early Sankey: a welded watertight steel tub with no tailgate, a lunette ring for the Land Rover's pintle hook and a rear pintle for daisy-chaining, on five-stud Land Rover wheels at Series track width, unbraked, with a canvas canopy on removable uprights. Towed behind Series IIA and III GS Land Rovers and later the Perentie.

Track matches leaf-sprung Series Land Rovers, narrower than the Perentie.

Rarity. The standard Australian Army Land Rover trailer for three decades, built in batches from 1963 by the Ordnance Factory and other contractors; thousands were disposed of and they remain the usual ex-Army trailer offered in Australia, the state registries listing the maker as ADI.

Record: 4 sources; designation recorded; no price recorded.

Specification

MAKERGovernment Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong (later ADI) and contract builders, Australia
DESIGNATION / PARTTrailer, Cargo, ½ ton, 2 wheeled, No.5
MADE1963–1990
RARITYCommon — The standard Australian Army Land Rover trailer for three decades, built in batches from 1963 by the Ordnance Factory and other contractors; thousands were disposed of and they remain the usual ex-Army trailer offered in Australia, the state registries listing the maker as ADI.
PAYLOAD½ ton
BODYwelded steel tub, no tailgate, watertight (can be floated with empty jerry cans)
HITCHlunette ring; rear pintle hook for a second trailer
BRAKESnone
WHEELSfive-stud Land Rover 16in wheels, Series track width; 235/85R16 tyres in late service
CANOPYcanvas on vertical uprights
FITTINGSinternal tie-downs from the water-bladder mounting points; carries jerry cans, spare wheel
ID PLATEGovt. Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong
DESIGN BASISbased on the British Sankey of the early 1960s (owner accounts)

Fitment

Track matches leaf-sprung Series Land Rovers, narrower than the Perentie.

Variants

½-ton workshop platform trailer1960s-1980s

No.5 chassis with a flat platform developed by the Army Design Establishment for the workshop variant of the ¾-ton Land Rover; often misnamed 'No.5 Workshop Trailer'.

Imagery

Australian Army Trailer, Cargo, ½ ton, No.5
all-rights-reserved · Australian War Memorial: 1 Field Squadron workshop Land Rover with platform trailer, Vung Tau c.1966 · awm.gov.au · reference only, not reproduced under licence

Sources

forum.ih8mud.com/threads/aussie-military-trailer.985147/forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/australian-military-no-5-trailer-a-work-in-progress.235229/awm.gov.au/collection/C245137ultraflex4x4.com/perentie/Trailers/H090_Trailer_750kg_Haulmark_Data_Summary.pdfEvery source above was fetched and read when the record was made.