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Post by michigan1962 on Mar 28, 2015 18:22:26 GMT -8
Does anyone know anything about, or where I can find information on my 1940s Trailway coach. The manufacturer is Steeves Brothers in Oregon city, Oregon. It's a 16ft aluminum trailer. Thanks!
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Post by vikx on Mar 28, 2015 21:25:56 GMT -8
Welcome Michigan 1962.
We need PICTURES. We crave them....
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Post by SusieQ on Mar 29, 2015 6:21:25 GMT -8
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Post by michigan1962 on Mar 29, 2015 20:45:27 GMT -8
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Post by vintagebruce on Mar 30, 2015 6:02:28 GMT -8
Neat Trailway camper! (wlcm)to VTT! I was watching what's in the barn, that antique motorcycle show the other day and the searcher, Dale was talking about the ORPHAN Motorcycles that are turning up. Motorcycles made by Companies that produced so few units before they went out of business that there are names on cycles turning up that almost no one has ever heard of them. It does appear that even turn of the century (1900) cycle manufacturers no matter how small still left a paper trail that is unearthed with the discovery of a "new" brand. Even some camper manufacturers that produced volumes of campers appear to have been very lax on record keeping. You might have a very nice "orphan" there. Great find!
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Post by bigbill on Mar 30, 2015 6:24:14 GMT -8
Is this a travel trailer or a park model? Most of these old trailers were never travel trailers in the modern sense.
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Post by michigan1962 on Mar 30, 2015 13:13:13 GMT -8
I have no idea whether or not it was a travel or park model. How do I figure that out?
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Post by bigbill on Mar 30, 2015 14:39:51 GMT -8
Park models normally don't have holding tanks for one thing. Of course some of the smaller ones didn't have plumbing 75 years ago. Take a look and see if it looks road worthy for lots of travel or mostly short trips. Some park models are extremely heavy for there size. They are all towable but some old trailers have very heavy tongue weights. Also many trailers of that age were never designed to pull much over 35 or 40 mph. as that was typical speed then.
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Post by bigbill on Mar 30, 2015 14:44:43 GMT -8
No matter what it is restored they make great trailers to put at the lake on a permanent lot or in the yard as a guest house or even a man or woman cave.
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Post by michigan1962 on Mar 30, 2015 15:58:46 GMT -8
When I bought the trailer it was completely gutted and the floor was rotten. There was no way to tell whether or not it had holding tanks. It does have trailer brakes so Im assuming it was meant to be on the road.
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Post by elewayne on Mar 30, 2015 20:47:02 GMT -8
I love those old 40's trailers. I have a 49 model myself.
How long is the box?
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Post by michigan1962 on Mar 31, 2015 19:56:26 GMT -8
The box is 16' long and about 7.5' wide
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Post by vintagebruce on Apr 1, 2015 5:55:56 GMT -8
At 16' long with 1 axel and it had brakes I'm guessing that it was meant to be a towable camper. As has been mentioned tongue weight makes a big difference. My 1950 Travelo is 21'/one axel and so over-built that it bent the Reese hitch on a commercial dually utility truck a buddy of mine used to tow it 15 miles from a piece of property I sold to one I had just bought closer to home. The advertisement for my model said they did not include a bathroom in order to create a bit more closet space and larger bedroom.
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Post by elewayne on Apr 1, 2015 14:27:41 GMT -8
I had a chance to take another look at this trailer today. Very cool. IT looked longer in the photos than 16' IF you haven't seen it yet take a look at my site SilverLodger.com. A 1949 Silver Lodger. Mine was in much the same shape as yours, a lot of rot and no interior when I got it. I'm going to start work on the interior very soon. I tore a rotator cuff in August and am just about to start working again after recovering from the surgery.
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Post by michigan1962 on Apr 1, 2015 18:31:13 GMT -8
Your sliver lodger is cool. Like everyone else I love the tear drop wheel wheels. Take it easy on the shoulder, you don't wanna come back to fast and hurt it again.
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