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Nice score! I saw those for sale but can't really justify another trailer after having won/purchased an M101A2 last year. What are your plans for it?
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Nice score! I saw those for sale but can't really justify another trailer after having won/purchased an M101A2 last year. What are your plans for it? First, get it home. Then hack off the military 12-pin plug and put a 7-blade standard in its place. It has 24V LED lights that may need to be swapped out. Then I'm thinking of adding some risers and putting my roof-top tent on it. I need to find the soft-top kit for that and they're hard to find. If it looks like too much drama, put it on craigslist and sell it off. |
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Nice! I'm thinking about doing a pickup bed trailer... But honestly one like yours would be better. For that price, maybe ill have a go at it!
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Nice! I'm thinking about doing a pickup bed trailer... But honestly one like yours would be better. For that price, maybe ill have a go at it! Here's the specs on the manufacturer's website: http://www.silvereaglemfg.com/military/cargo_trailer_ltt-l.shtml Torsion suspension, mostly aluminum, surge brakes, dual parking brakes, run-flat tires... GL has several coming up at the end of the month in NC and Georgia. It looks like there's one available in a more fashionable paint scheme over in Hawaii for $4000 on craigslist: http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/cto/2847419977.html |
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Nice! I'm thinking about doing a pickup bed trailer... But honestly one like yours would be better. For that price, maybe ill have a go at it! Would a pickup camper shell fit on it? |
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Sweet deal!
Frame it up to be a tow behind camping shelter.... |
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They are nice and go for less around here.
I have had several M101A1, A2 and A3 and find them to be a better utility trailer. Don't know about making a camper trailer. |
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They are nice and go for less around here. I have had several M101A1, A2 and A3 and find them to be a better utility trailer. Don't know about making a camper trailer. Been seeing lots around lately, for some VG prices. There's a used car lot near me that has a bunch of mil trailers, all look VG, some with hoops/tops, and some with generators mounted, for sale. I'm tempted from time to time, but like others, don't NEED another trailer. |
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I'm tempted from time to time, but like others, don't NEED another trailer. Me neither......but I believe I might spend $700 on one of those. Good score! |
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Nice! I'm thinking about doing a pickup bed trailer... But honestly one like yours would be better. For that price, maybe ill have a go at it! Would a pickup camper shell fit on it? On a pickup bed trailer, yep. on the surplus trailer here... probably not. Looking at the schematic above, it looks to e a bit bigger than a conventional pickup bed. |
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Go to expedition portal dot com. You will find many ideas on how to outfitt that. Beware though, you pocket book will hate you.
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Quoted: Shhhhheeeeeeet. What I paid for some of mine. They might as well gave them away. And they would throw in a new tarp and brand new tires.Quoted: They are nice and go for less around here. I have had several M101A1, A2 and A3 and find them to be a better utility trailer. Don't know about making a camper trailer. Been seeing lots around lately, for some VG prices. There's a used car lot near me that has a bunch of mil trailers, all look VG, some with hoops/tops, and some with generators mounted, for sale. I'm tempted from time to time, but like others, don't NEED another trailer. It's worth the time to get a GL account and wait until Meade gets a lot of trailers in. Take the time to preview them and decide what to bid on. Some people, like ebay, get into a bidding war and pay way to much. |
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My brother's ( not sure what model) got pulled to both SD and KY last year, at SPEED, on the original 1968 tires.
No problems. He told me I could have it for $350, as he has a LOT of trailers too, but it's a solution for a problem I don't have. |
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That would be an A1 with tube tires and split rims.
My A1 with brand new tires was $220 from GL. I've seen them go for the minimum bid but with no bows or tarp. |
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Yup, it has split rims.
He got it with bows, top, and what looked to be an unused spare for about a $3-350 trade.(he had ZERO in trade item, but that's what it was worth) Need to start with Maine trailer tags if I get anymore..... |
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Neat. Can't wait to see the trailer brought home. Hopefully your project idea works out. I've always wanted that setup (tent-trailer.)
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How high off the ground is that pintle?
And don't forget the hitch pin. |
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How high off the ground is that pintle? And don't forget the hitch pin. lol, yes there is no pin in the picture. I was using the hitch to hold the thing while I bolted the pintle to the riser plate. The trailer lunette ring is 29½" off the deck, and my jeep's receiver is 22". I actually need to move the pintle up to the last set of holes to be level, but I'm hoping that with a slight nose-down config it'll not rattle as much when I'm towing it home. |
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I can't remember if you can lock out the brakes on this model, so be careful of them locking up. Remember to stop after a bit and check the bearing temp to make sure they are not over heating.
You have tow lights? |
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I can't remember if you can lock out the brakes on this model, so be careful of them locking up. Remember to stop after a bit and check the bearing temp to make sure they are not over heating. You have tow lights? Since it's almost all freeway for the one hour drive home and daytime when I do it, I was thinking of just going for it. |
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I can't remember if you can lock out the brakes on this model, so be careful of them locking up. Remember to stop after a bit and check the bearing temp to make sure they are not over heating. You have tow lights? Since it's almost all freeway for the one hour drive home and daytime when I do it, I was thinking of just going for it. You get rearended - even if it's the other guy's fault - and you can end up paying all the damages. Get a cheap set of tow lights and duct tape them to the trailer for the ride home. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I can't remember if you can lock out the brakes on this model, so be careful of them locking up. Remember to stop after a bit and check the bearing temp to make sure they are not over heating. You have tow lights? Since it's almost all freeway for the one hour drive home and daytime when I do it, I was thinking of just going for it. You get rearended - even if it's the other guy's fault - and you can end up paying all the damages. Get a cheap set of tow lights and duct tape them to the trailer for the ride home. Or you get pulled over for no brake of turn signal lights. Ticket. No valid registration or tag. Ticket plus impounded. |
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I mounted a set of these on the pintle riser plate for my M101A2...
Seven-way civilian to military trailer adapter Trailer receptacle cover That way I didn't have to rewire anything. |
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I mounted a set of these on the pintle riser plate for my M101A2... That way I didn't have to rewire anything. Can you post up a picture of that? I can't visualize it. |
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^^^ Awesome, thanks!
Now could you mount the plug on the other side, that's where my trailer socket is. Seriously though, that looks great, and will probably be the way I go with mine. Everyone else who sells the adapter plugs wants over $100 for it. |
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You'll be $100 into that adapter cable and receptacle by the time they are shipped to you. Then you still have to fabricate a mount for the receiver plate. And in the end you'll have an extra adapter cable to keep track of. All so you can maintain the ability to hook your trailer up to military vehicle with a 12 pin electrical outlet, an ability you will probably never use.
Or you can spend $5-10 for a standard 7 way trailer connector, lop the existing plug off of the trailer connector, wire in the new 7 way connector and voila', you're done! I know which way I would go (and did ). Seems I have recently read something to this effect as well.... |
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Yeah, it's easy to wire one up and roll your own.
Even cheaper is to pull the front part of the harness out at the junction block and plug your own 4 wire plug in. |
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Just hauled 3 to Ft Hood.Soldier there said the older ones started at 175 dollar bid.Cool trailer for the money!
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Quoted: Just hauled 3 to Ft Hood.Soldier there said the older ones started at 175 dollar bid.Cool trailer for the money! They all start at $150 on GL. Where you hauling them for a winner or the .gov? |
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Just an update: My EUC got kicked back last week. Apparently n/a is not sufficient and I had to write Not Applicable in all the appropriate blocks. Got the word that it's approved by GL and on its way to Battle Creek for final approval.
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Quoted: Just an update: My EUC got kicked back last week. Apparently n/a is not sufficient and I had to write Not Applicable in all the appropriate blocks. Got the word that it's approved by GL and on its way to Battle Creek for final approval. Had that happen to me as well, if this is your first purchase thru GL should only take a few weeks total, I believe I had mine in less than a month. |
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Any updates? I see there are more and more of these M1101 and M1102 trailers being auctioned off at Ft Lewis.
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I wish I lived within 200 miles of one of these places so that I could try to get one
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Any updates? I see there are more and more of these M1101 and M1102 trailers being auctioned off at Ft Lewis. The last batch at Ft Lewis went for $1300+ I didn't even bid. My EUC is still out, but I expect it almost any day. |
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Here is mine: http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd178/mj1angier/trailer.jpg I have to pick it up next week at Ft. Bragg. It was $341 out the door ( well out the base gate lol) I think you forgot a zero there... Darn good price! |
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Bragg has had a large number of trailers and when the do the prices are great.
Use to be like that at Meade. |
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That last photo is on the money. Talk about a tight fit. Great looking use of money. Defiantly post photos when complete. Great score.
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I'm digging that tongue jack with the wheel. That is one thing I wish my M101A2 had and I am going to fit one to it.
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I'm digging that tongue jack with the wheel. That is one thing I wish my M101A2 had and I am going to fit one to it. I was feeling a little rusty after so many years. I used to be able to maneuver the huge TF-39 engine trailers into the Test Cell and put it exactly where it needed to go. For this though, given the tight fit, I dropped the landing leg and pushed it in by hand. Even with the slight slope of the driveway, it was easy to do it by myself. |
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Man, it really puts the size in perspective seeing it 'towering' behind your Jeep. Thx for the pics. Looking at something similar if I can make my storage option work...
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Where is it that you bid on this? Do they not use DRMO anymore?
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