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Found this site. Has anybody bought from them? Prices seem really high https://www.easternsurplus.net/PartDetails/9097/M1101-M1102-Trailer-Body-With-Tailgate

Good points. No offense taken (I reserve that for the shoddy FB groups :D ) I will add some more to this. I have been hunting for a while for a bed from a 1101/02 to fit on this trailer. So far, that search has come up empty. I missed out on some auctions as well. So, this was an alternative...

Update of plans since my last post. - Got the trailer tagged and brought it home from my friend's yard. It was the first run and it towed very nicely behind the LX - Removed the ford wheels and sold the set. Back to the Humvee tires for now. Trailer is parked in the backyard as I restart the...

LOL. Yeah soon. Just waiting for plates to arrive so that I can town the trailer home from my friend’s place. [emoji1787]

Slight change of plans for the tow rig. After unsuccessfully trying to convince my wife that she could learn to comfortably drive the Excursion while on trips, I have decided to sell it. It will be replaced by a 2001 Lexus LX450 that I made a deal on this morning. This also means that some of...

I think I am going to paint the trailer black. The tan & Chrome don't go well :)

Just documenting some of the measurements. With the HMMWV wheels, the trailer sits about 3" taller than these measurements. I have 33" tires on them for now.

Actually, I did use a 4" raised hitch and the trailer still is nose down :) I can't go any higher on the hitch as the barn doors would not open.

As it stands now, the trailer still sits quite a bit higher in the back essentially having a nose down kind of profile when hooked up with a 4" riser hitch. Has anybody switched the axles to go 'over' the leaf springs instead of under them as they come from the factory? I see that there are...

Spent some time this morning working on the trailer. Accomplished the following today - Switched out the HMMWV wheels to Superduty wheels to match the Excursion - Converted the lights to run on 12V. Cut off the 12 pin plug and installed a 7 pin trailer plug.

Yes. Something like this I’m usually not a big fan of spacers. But this will have to do until I can swap axles sometime in the future.

That is correct. I’m going to buy the space/adapter to cover the bolt pattern. I will get the hub centric spaces for these wheels.

Step 1: Found the same set of wheels as my EX for the trailer today and bought them.

UPDATE: Late last night, I made a deal on the M116A3 with my friend. For now, he has graciously agreed to keep the trailer on his yard for a some more time until the weather gets better and I can safely bring the trailer home to park in my backyard without damaging it. He is also gathering all...

Yes. That’s an added advantage of the trailer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good to know when looking for alternates.

Here's my thought process with this project. - The excursion has a ton of room inside with just the 3rd row seating removed and has enough living area for 1 or 2 persons if I build a platform for a bed and some storage underneath. This way I do not need any trailer at all for the trips. I...

I think you meant to quote $750 for the price of the M116 that I posted above. right?

That is an awesome enclosure box. IMHO, it would be quite a lot of work on man & machine to pull that offroad on overlanding trips. I am sure it makes for a sweet TT though. The excursions were built only for MY 2000 - 2005 only and they all came with the 8x170 bolt pattern for the wheels. The...

I don’t have an enclosure. I haven’t even bought this trailer yet. There’s a M101A2 near me in good shape with the canopy for 1800. I’m now torn between these two. Can you please post pictures of the box enclosure you have? The plan is to lower and convert the axles to use the same wheels as...