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Tag-a-Long trailer by Allstate - TH-101TA
Got these pictures of the vintage Allstate "Tag-a-long" one-wheel trailer (sold through Sears back in the day). Found hitched to a Morris Minor at the British Car Festival in Palatine, Illinois on September 8, 2019.
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These were sold through Sears at least from the late 1940s through the 1960s. This is one of the early style with relatively small metal load box (nicely restored). 19-ga steel box, shipping weight 175-lb, assembly required. Apparently the external parts were shipped inside of the load box for most compact shipping. Later models had a wood box on the same basic frame, and a couple more later models somewhat different, likely a bit larger, with two quarter elliptic leaf springs holding the wheel axle aft of the pivot joint. I used to see these fairly common in the 1950s, usually clamped to the chrome bumper of a larger American car, and sometimes the larger model trailers.
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You might find a more extensive web page for these trailers at www.singlewheel.com
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