Anyone's guess on this!

Truck Shop

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Nice lowboy but I could not find a ID plate or name. Anyone on here ever seen one like this.

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Oxbow

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My guess is would be an old Aspen. It looks to be in good shape - still has camber in the deck.
 

Truck Shop

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That was my guess also. Looking at it up close I don't think it was used all that much.

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Longhood

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I don't think it is an Aspen, the neck is way to square and Aspen has always used lightening holes as far as I know, I also don't have a clue as to who built it, never seen that style of neck connection (other than the aspen / Peerless cylinder location) The rails seem far too thick for the wheel count unless it was for running our winter weight permit loads (55000# )per tandem group.
 

Oxbow

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After looking at the pictures more closely, the hydraulic cylinders are mounted in a peculiar fashion. I'm not sure how they detach from the deck, and it looks like the black area around the bottom of the rams is the height control.

Longhood, I have a 1996 Aspen 50 ton that has no lightening holes on the deck, just so you know.DSC04569.jpg
 

Longhood

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After looking at the pictures more closely, the hydraulic cylinders are mounted in a peculiar fashion. I'm not sure how they detach from the deck, and it looks like the black area around the bottom of the rams is the height control.

Longhood, I have a 1996 Aspen 50 ton that has no lightening holes on the deck, just so you know.View attachment 1183
I would have lost that bet, I hunted around and found 1 other Aspen that looks identical to yours, also no deck holes, Also a 96, that and a couple of super heavy trailers. the hydraulic neck design has changed a fair bit over the years, my '85 Peerless has a pretty strange set up.
 
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