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Sankey/Brockhouse ½-ton GS trailer (FV2301 series, Mk1/Mk2)

J. Brockhouse & Co., GKN Sankey · United Kingdom · 1952–1965

The first of the tub-bodied 'Sankey' family: a welded-steel watertight ½-ton two-wheeled cargo trailer with pressed X panels in the sides, designed for the Champ but issued behind Series I/II Land Rovers. The Mk1 was made by Brockhouse of Clydebank and by Sankey; the same chassis carried the 100-gallon water tank, the P45 compressor, the 3½ kVA generating set, the jointers' body and radio-station bodies.

SourcesMore trailers
Sankey/Brockhouse ½-ton GS trailer (FV2301 series, Mk1/Mk2)
EMLRA, Sankey Trailers article (34GJ08, 2-wheeled fixed back) · all-rights-reserved · source
1952–1965MADE—PERIOD PRICERareRARITY8LAND ROVER MODELS7SOURCES

Description

The first of the tub-bodied 'Sankey' family: a welded-steel watertight ½-ton two-wheeled cargo trailer with pressed X panels in the sides, designed for the Champ but issued behind Series I/II Land Rovers. The Mk1 was made by Brockhouse of Clydebank and by Sankey; the same chassis carried the 100-gallon water tank, the P45 compressor, the 3½ kVA generating set, the jointers' body and radio-station bodies.

NATO tow eye; in Northern Ireland service into the early 1970s behind Series Land Rovers.

Rarity. Built for the Austin Champ era from 1952-53 and superseded by the ¾-ton FV2361 in the mid-1960s; a few soldiered on into the early 1970s behind Series Land Rovers, and the Military Lightweight Forum describes survivors as very rare and heavy restorations.

Record: 7 sources; designation recorded; no price recorded.

Specification

MAKERBrockhouse & Co (Clydebank) and GKN Sankey, United Kingdom
DESIGNATION / PARTTrailer, ½ ton, Cargo, 2 Whld, FV2301(A) Mk1 / Mk2; FV2300 series
MADE1952–1965
RARITYRare — Built for the Austin Champ era from 1952-53 and superseded by the ¾-ton FV2361 in the mid-1960s; a few soldiered on into the early 1970s behind Series Land Rovers, and the Military Lightweight Forum describes survivors as very rare and heavy restorations.
PAYLOAD½ ton
BODYwelded steel, watertight, pressed X reinforcing in sides, no tailgate; brass centre-of-gravity labels and brass contract plate below the load bed
HITCHunderslung NATO tow eye
WHEELSLand Rover 16in
PUBLICATIONSIllustrated parts list WO Code 12090 (June 1957, superseded by 13611) covering cargo Mk1 and Mk2, compressor P45, generating set 3½ kVA, water 100 gallons Mk1; servicing schedule 13158 (FV2300 series, 1960); waterproofing instructions April 1968
SPRINGSidentical to the early ¾-ton apart from lighter springs and dampers

Fitment

NATO tow eye; in Northern Ireland service into the early 1970s behind Series Land Rovers.

Variants

FV2301(A) Mk1 Brockhouse1952-1953

Trailer ½ Ton Cargo 2 Whld Brockhouse, made by Brockhouse and Co of Clydebank.

Mk2 Sankey1950s

Also with pressed X sides; parts list covers Mk1 and Mk2.

Trailer ½ ton jointers Mk11959

Royal Signals line-jointers body, WO Code 12747 Nov 1959.

Radio station C11 SSB/R210M in trailer ½ ton1970

CES 45839 April 1970.

BDR/Signal Centre/Cipher office trailer mounted ½ ton1986

Army Code 60084, June 1986.

Imagery

Sankey/Brockhouse ½-ton GS trailer (FV2301 series, Mk1/Mk2)
all-rights-reserved · EMLRA, Sankey Trailers article (34GJ08, 2-wheeled fixed back) · emlra.org · reference only, not reproduced under licence

Sources

forum.militarylightweight.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6128landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/what-sankey-trailer-is-this.359120/greenmachinesurplus.com/12-ton-2-wheeled-trailercargo-mk1-and-mk2-illustrated-parts-list-943-p.aspgreenmachinesurplus.com/12-tonsankey-141-c.aspmark.clubaustin.co.uk/trailers.htmemlra.org/articles/trailers/sankey-trailershmvf.co.uk/topic/40881-sankey-trailer-water-tanker-100-gallon/Every source above was fetched and read when the record was made.