ded Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 My recently acquired sankey is an enigma. It is a narrow track without a tail gate or jockey wheel. It has series 1 type wheel nuts (ie double ended) and drum brakes. There are plates stating the towing vehicle must have a turning tow hitch, however, the trailer one is free to rotate. The chassis plate is more or less eligible apart from a reg # 75 A 48. Any help would be gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101sean Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 The plate saying towing hitch needs to rotate is wrong, any 3/4t narrow track I've ever seen has a rotating eye, it's generally on bigger trailers that they can be fixed. The double ended wheel nuts and drum brakes is normal for a narrow track trailer. That registration is incomplete, should have two letters in the middle eg 73FL74. The two letters will give an indication of the age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 my sankey 3/4 narrowtrack has about 10 degrees of eye movement. It certainly doesn't spin round. This i assume is correct as the nato hitch on the landrover can be locked solid for on road use. or for off road use the Landy has a hitch retaining plate underneath swung away allowing the jaw to spin through 360 degrees. This plate should be retained with a quick release pin and clip. If your hitch on landy is solid you might want to use the grease gun and crowbar to get it moving. P.S dont forget to make trailer legal with a breakway chain. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ded Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 Update I mistyped the reg number. It's 75 AW 48. There is a smaller plate with an assembly number beginning FV.......... I don't have the numbers as I'm at work....... BTW the lunette (hitch eye) is free to move. Thanks for your replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardatherton Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 my sankey 3/4 narrowtrack has about 10 degrees of eye movement. It certainly doesn't spin round. This i assume is correct as the nato hitch on the landrover can be locked solid for on road use. or for off road use the Landy has a hitch retaining plate underneath swung away allowing the jaw to spin through 360 degrees. This plate should be retained with a quick release pin and clip. If your hitch on landy is solid you might want to use the grease gun and crowbar to get it moving.P.S dont forget to make trailer legal with a breakway chain. Pete The trailer eye should spin right round. It can't be locked. The reason the NATO hitch can be locked is because some trailers have fixed eyes, so the hitch has to rotate. One should be fixed, and one should rotate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101sean Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 If neither hitch can rotate, an embarrasing rollover may result! As to breakaway chain with a Sankey, it's pointless but a legal grey area. Provided the safety pin is in the hitch, the trailer cannot disconnect. The C&U regs don't cover this type of hitch but the latest trailers being supplied have breakaway wires as the MOD no longer disregards civvy legislation. No one I know uses a breakaway with military trailers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars L Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 How old can a Sankey be? I have a list explaining military reg numbers, but that doesn't show AW, starts at BC and that is 1949/50... Then, I can't be sure that it's true, it says that KF is 1987/88, but my KF 110 was released in July 1986... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101sean Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 AW is an RAF trailer registration. You can't work out dates from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathfinder Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 ive got a narrowtrack completely original that I want to restore the plate states: vehicle No 20ES40 chassis No 2376 code No 2855/0747 does anyone know the age or history from these numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars L Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I have a list taken from some military magazin and it says 1966 for ES reg. True or not? Don't know... . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrfarmer Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 my sankey 3/4 narrowtrack has about 10 degrees of eye movement. It certainly doesn't spin round. This i assume is correct as the nato hitch on the landrover can be locked solid for on road use. or for off road use the Landy has a hitch retaining plate underneath swung away allowing the jaw to spin through 360 degrees. This plate should be retained with a quick release pin and clip. If your hitch on landy is solid you might want to use the grease gun and crowbar to get it moving. P.S dont forget to make trailer legal with a breakway chain. Pete If neither hitch can rotate, an embarrasing rollover may result! As to breakaway chain with a Sankey, it's pointless but a legal grey area. Provided the safety pin is in the hitch, the trailer cannot disconnect. The C&U regs don't cover this type of hitch but the latest trailers being supplied have breakaway wires as the MOD no longer disregards civvy legislation. No one I know uses a breakaway with military trailers though. only new trailers made after 1999 had to have a breakaway wire nbut saying that it wouldnt be a bad idea to fit one, maybe slitely wrong with the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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