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[Special Coupe Frank]

I don't see what the trailer is for. There is no support for anything on either end, just the axle and the hitch tube. To haul anything you would have to put a cross bar or some kind of platform on one side of the axle.

It's hard to see, but I think there is a sort of cross-beam built-up above the trailer axle, with a stub upright at each end...

I think it's a pipe or pole trailer, and since the truck bears the Humble Oil Company livery, I'm still of the opinion it's for sign poles for filling stations.


If it was for drilling pipe, I would expect that duty to be handled by an AA...

 

[James Rogers]

If the pipes or poles were run into the bed, can you imagine what would happen if the truck had to make a turn???????? I don't think so. I tend to agree with Lance.