trailer id, just got it a few days ago.

[paraclete comes]

Ok gents so i got another trailer a few days ago for a dirty deal that i couldn't pass up. is intended use is an expedition type build. We have a 101a3 already and cannot say enough good about it. such great trailers! anyway I cannot locate any data plates but i know its an a2 frame from the axle, but thats all i know. brake lines are missing and the fluid reservoir or master cylinder is in need of tlc as its rusty inside and no cap.

any thoughts on how or if its worth servicing the surge brakes and doing brake lines? Or if id be better of with a new axle and electric brakes? well thanks in advance gents

 

[paraclete comes]

here she is, a project for sure. new tires and rims to match the blazer are en-route, also a set of wheel adapters so trailer and tow vic are interchangeable.

 

[LuckyDog]

I'm jealous. I don't think it is an M116A2.

Given you are changing tires and rims to match the tow vehicle, I personnaly would change the axle to electric brakes rather than spend the money on the surge brake.

Unless you don't already have a brake controller in the blazer. Don't know the cost difference.

I could see surge brakes being better than electric brakes though when off-roading...

Hummmm, Tough call.

 

[harleyhouse]

Interesting!

I would say a frankentrailer.
M101a2 surge assembly and tongue angles, axle, spings mounts and shocks.
The rest is fabed for a special duty by the motor pull.

Stout design what is the size of the frame?
What are your plans?

 

[paraclete comes]

Frame seems to be 4 feet wide and about 8 feet wide. I was trying to locate an axle locally before we drive it to Montana but so far no luck. I plan to build a box with a lid and make it an expedition trailer, shorten it up a bit. something kinda like a more robust version of a 416 expo build. Im not against the surge brake but it has no brake lines, and the cap is off the surge brake so its all rusty inside.

 

[harleyhouse]

If the Surge brakes are toast remove the lunette and replace it with an adjustible channel and croft lunette ring.
Weld the channel high and it will sit level with your CUCV.

 

[paraclete comes]

where can i pick up those parts to do that mod, seems practical. i just picked up a 416 today using the frankentrailer, the 416 is in pieces. so im in a rush yo assemble it before i move.

 

[harleyhouse]

I bought these parts through ebay from seller R and P Carriages.
The seller has a 4 hole and larger channels

 

[paraclete comes]

thanks for the info

 

[wsucougarx]

The frame is the M116A2. If you had a cargo bed on it, then it would be a M101A2.

 

[gimpyrobb]

The frame is the M116A2. If you had a cargo bed on it, then it would be a M101A2.

Neither.

It might have started out as one, but not anymore. Look at how the "A" frame is made. The original A arms went back to the "pivot" casting which would let it "dump". That is not how it is put together on this trailer. Wonder what it was made for.

 

[paraclete comes]

One of the guys at the museum seems to think it was for some sort of pump? Not that its really the end of the world either way, Im very pleased with it and the 416 and the 101a3. cant beat mil trailers

 

[Tobiasinla]

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How common is it to have a rear pintle attachment / support? I didn't think that tailgated trailers had these?

 

[Nick]

How common is it to have a rear pintle attachment / support? I didn't think that tailgated trailers had these?

I would venture to say thats for a rear landing leg....

Wow, the possibilities are endless for that. Only limited by imagination and money

 

[paraclete comes]

Yeah once we get moved my first order of business is the m416 then this guy. Im kinda kicking the idea around of a flat bed with some anchor points, not for sure.

Any suggestion on this guys? I already have a perfect m101a3 and an m416 as an expedition build.

 

[Ratch]

It definitely doesn't look like regular production, but it clearly cannibalized M116/M101 parts.

It looks like someone designed it to dump. The front double-chassis that the a-tubes connect to is set at 180degress to the spring mount, which would make it the right angle for dumping without twisting the frame like a typical m101/116.

I'd also hesitate to put a lot of load in the front of the trailer the way that a-frame is connected. It's probably fine, but I wouldn't drop 2000lbs of iron in it to haul to the scrapyard.

 

[paraclete comes]

yeah not planning on anything to heavy duty just something practical