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Amongst a massive trade and ending up with just shy of 3 pallets of Hummer wheels I also ended up with a 1992 M116A3 flatbed utility trailer. when the trailer was first offered i thought I should see what the wife thinks. I talked with her and showed her some pics and she said "yep, let's get it" so here it is.
In many ways I will miss the first one I built because I built that from scratch with my own two hands. This one has its benefits though.
1. its mostly built first off.
2. It has the 8x6.5 8 lug bolt pattern that will be the same as the Mules once i do the axle swap.
3. It has function parking brakes
4. it was the same track width as my Suburban
6. it already has proper size fenders.
Right now I have no exact plans to share. I have officially created way too many projects so this one may get put to the side for a while.
I actually started this build thread on a few other forums and I decided to start it here as well. I chose this trailer because of its frame, parking brakes and the 8 lug pattern will go nicely behind my 1 ton axles on my 91 Suburban I am building.
Now before I get jumped by people telling me not to hack this up I do have plans for it. Any parts I will not be using will carefully be removed and I plan to put those parts in the classifieds section here on steel Soldiers because someone may need it for their own trailer restoration. I have passed on a 416 because it was to nice of condition and I didn't want to hack that up. This one i think has already had a bit of work done to it I dont know for sure. If there is anything you see that is odd, rare, not right or foreign please let me know.
Below is a brief list of what might be removed and sold.
purge brakes and Lunette assembly
the fender extensions (those 4" additions on the edges)
ALL wiring - The wiring looks to be in good condition but instead of hacking the ends off and splicing I am going to remove it in whole and rewire myself.
All reflectors
the tail lamp assemblies.
I have these items available
Full wire harness - $40
Tail light assemblies $30 (for pair)
Fenders extensions - $40 (for pair)
Surge brake assembly - $100 SOLD
Corner reflectors - $5.00 each
Open to offers.
![m116a3-001.jpg m116a3-001.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318640-89f4ee3a6ba8e64ebb07f9282cded969.jpg)
![m116a3-002.jpg m116a3-002.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318641-684b7b69302f4cff44c7c735b7dd083f.jpg)
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![m116a3-008.jpg m116a3-008.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318647-209810e348fc2e996ece1e48ccdf24fd.jpg)
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![m116a3-010.jpg m116a3-010.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318649-13881e162d5fefc10aa4a17e7444a1fd.jpg)
In many ways I will miss the first one I built because I built that from scratch with my own two hands. This one has its benefits though.
1. its mostly built first off.
2. It has the 8x6.5 8 lug bolt pattern that will be the same as the Mules once i do the axle swap.
3. It has function parking brakes
4. it was the same track width as my Suburban
6. it already has proper size fenders.
Right now I have no exact plans to share. I have officially created way too many projects so this one may get put to the side for a while.
I actually started this build thread on a few other forums and I decided to start it here as well. I chose this trailer because of its frame, parking brakes and the 8 lug pattern will go nicely behind my 1 ton axles on my 91 Suburban I am building.
Now before I get jumped by people telling me not to hack this up I do have plans for it. Any parts I will not be using will carefully be removed and I plan to put those parts in the classifieds section here on steel Soldiers because someone may need it for their own trailer restoration. I have passed on a 416 because it was to nice of condition and I didn't want to hack that up. This one i think has already had a bit of work done to it I dont know for sure. If there is anything you see that is odd, rare, not right or foreign please let me know.
Below is a brief list of what might be removed and sold.
purge brakes and Lunette assembly
the fender extensions (those 4" additions on the edges)
ALL wiring - The wiring looks to be in good condition but instead of hacking the ends off and splicing I am going to remove it in whole and rewire myself.
All reflectors
the tail lamp assemblies.
I have these items available
Full wire harness - $40
Tail light assemblies $30 (for pair)
Fenders extensions - $40 (for pair)
Surge brake assembly - $100 SOLD
Corner reflectors - $5.00 each
Open to offers.
![m116a3-001.jpg m116a3-001.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318640-89f4ee3a6ba8e64ebb07f9282cded969.jpg)
![m116a3-002.jpg m116a3-002.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318641-684b7b69302f4cff44c7c735b7dd083f.jpg)
![m116a3-003.jpg m116a3-003.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318642-509d104702c44a994a4052b1b66f829b.jpg)
![m116a3-004.jpg m116a3-004.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318643-c4caca76c6041a8dca9612c040d30037.jpg)
![m116a3-005.jpg m116a3-005.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318644-b133bc10e8a02d73aef00d7e88675441.jpg)
![m116a3-006.jpg m116a3-006.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318645-cbcbc328fcb3c5fdcb8f48fd5717aa4e.jpg)
![m116a3-007.jpg m116a3-007.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318646-75a28ea1beccd304f550abd0026cbb37.jpg)
![m116a3-008.jpg m116a3-008.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318647-209810e348fc2e996ece1e48ccdf24fd.jpg)
![m116a3-009.jpg m116a3-009.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318648-450dc0a97e394c2739a1e232029bae4a.jpg)
![m116a3-010.jpg m116a3-010.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/318/318649-13881e162d5fefc10aa4a17e7444a1fd.jpg)
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