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Post by Joe Gopan » Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:43 pm

Many of the G-518 1 Ton Ben Hur series trailers were factory equipped with 7.50X20 Commercial Tread Tires. Also,there are plenty of pics showing the Ben Hur hitched behind tanks.
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Post by D.R.H. » Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:24 pm

My 2nd. Ben Hur, a K-52 type, had highway tires on it size 7.50 X 20's. I found them to be very stable on the highway at speed to boot.
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Post by Joe Gopan » Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:52 am

The ARMY had a maximum speed on Hard Surface roads of 50MPH and 18 MPH on Cross Country for the Ben Hur.
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Post by Joe Gopan » Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:22 am

The OEM G-518 Tarp could come made in one piece of canvas between the front and rear flaps or several pieces sewn together. I have had two NOS G-518 Tarps, one was in a barrier cloth wrapper with a new TM9-883 inside the folded tarp. The 27 August 43 Dated Manual was printed by RARITAN Arsenel (no date of printing). The Tarp was discovered under a 60 year stack of truck parts and the other was a gift from Memphis Equipment.
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Post by Joe Gopan » Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:37 pm

NOS GI ISSUE Ben Hur Trailer Tarp I have matches the 34087 shade duck found on many of the current repro tops and tarps.
My Ben Hur also had highway tires, they were not in great shape and were replaced with NDT.
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