In the Spring 1941 catalog, the “Cross Country” trailer disappeared. Instead, the Chicago-made trailer was joined by another trailer from the same source in Chicago. This newest trailer was designed to replace the “Cross-Country” in the product line-up, since it was sold for around the same price and carried the same 750# load. It had a wooden box measuring 54″ x 48 ” x 9-3/4″, using apparently the same construction as its little brother. The box differed not only in dimension but in its detailing, with an ornamental pattern painted in a different color than the main color of the panels. The new trailer also used a different frame, a trapezoidal “channel steel” chassis instead of the X-frame used on the smaller model. The same “universal mount” tongues and new coil-spring suspension were used for both trailers. The prices were $29.95 and $34.95. The Fall-Winter 1942 catalog showed the same two trailers with the same ordering numbers and specs, at slightly increased prices. After this catalog, no single-wheel trailers show up in the catalog until 1948. I presume that they were discontinued for the duration of World War II, since manufacturing was devoted primarily to the war effort and things like steel and tires were in short supply. There was a kit offered in the Fall-Winter 1945 catalog for a four-wheel trailer, but no other utility trailers were offered. (Written and research provided by John LaTorre – A Short History of Allstate Single-Wheel Trailers)