IT's a Bradley

[Plowboy]

Sold by Sears Roebuck farm catalog in 1948

 

[Walldog]

Is this the one? I have a PDF of the Sears catalog I can forward to you if you want it....


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[Plowboy]

Yes, that is my trailer, The pdf would be nice, thanks
email to chevota@msn.com

Think I got ripped off had to pay $150 50 yrs later used. Nice to see the weight capacity, I load it down with a yard of rock and it doesn't begin to compress the springs Have changed the tongue to let the trailer pivot on the axle. Makes a standup dump truck. Picture on the left.

 

[gavman]

Thats a sweet looking trailer

 

[cbmontgo]

Cool! Actually, $ 125 was a lot of money back then. That was a damn expensive trailer.

 

[REZARF]

Plowboy-

What are the rough dimensions of that thing?

Very cool trailer man!

Drew

 

[Plowboy]

From the sears catalog: 6ft long, 46inches wide, 12 inches deep, 1500lb capacity. Thats the inside box measurements. The fender width is the same as a 40. Have changed out the axle to fit cruiser wheels. Those in picture are the orginal H78-15 DUNLAP SNOW CRUISER that came on my 40

 

[sseaman]

i just saw one of these yesterday come up on craigs list locally, they want $500, for $150 i would jump all over it

 

[FLFJ40]

Cool! Actually, $ 125 was a lot of money back then. That was a damn expensive trailer.

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

According to this website it would still be a heck of a deal considering inflation, it would be $1080

 

[sseaman]

Plowboy, do you have any pics of how you made it dump?

 

[Maury Hurt]

Sears David Bradley trailer

For anyone who might be interested in these trailers, I've been researching them, and made a post about what I found here:

The Sears David Bradley Trailer - Early CJ5.com > Forums

 

[JohnnyC]

Hay Maury your here...had a feeling you would

I may be picking one up this weekend round trip 8 hrs...sucks.

its a Sears Dunbar as in Dunbar-Kapple...what year did Dunbar close?

 

[JohnnyC]

picked up a 1954 "David Bradley" Sears trailer built by Dunbar.

the original title i guess said it was made by dunbar...and it was from the original owner...the present owner has only the reggie now...but...it too says dunbar.

third pic shows the worst rust...i'm just not going to have the time to really get into it...i'll probably just tack in some steel....or bondo

 

[JohnnyC]

Plowboy do you have a serial Number for the trailer you got?

we paid about the same ...i got mine for $125...but...your looks in better condition

 

[JohnnyC]

for those who may be interested...these are the original rack and hardwear for the sears trailer...originally painted same as the body.

 

[JohnnyC]

and one more

 

[JohnnyC]

for those guys who have a david bradley trailer we are collecting data here:

Sears David Bradley Trailers - Serial Numbers vs. Years - Early CJ5.com > Forums

please post up or send me your info.

also i did a quick-o rest-o on my DB trailer...not too bad for a day and a half of work ....need to work on wiring now

 

[titanpat57]

Nice!!..that was quick!

 

[Assassin]

Johnny C----good job on the re-build-----i bought a sears and roebuck utility trailer a couple years ago , it was made for sears by ideal trailer mfg. out of iowa..............small neat little trailer, i picked it up at a yard sale for 15 dollars, guy was moving back up north and did not want to haul it . it has small 5 lug wheels. Would like to put larger wheels tires, and haul it behind my fj40 as a hunting /camping trailer.

 

[JohnnyC]

here's a DB for sale in LA area for somebody that may want one:
David Bradley utility trailer