Recent content by Sierra51

I have a M101a2 that I use for work (bunk and field/camping gear)....it has the stock axle and I am running the HMMV 37x12.50x16.5 tire/rim combo on it....I also use 2" Rough Country aluminum alloy spacers in order to get the tire sidewall away from the frame, parking brake cable and the inner...

Back in the mid 80's I was a Ranger Instructor at Ft. Benning....myself and a buddy of mine re-did an old 1950 radar dish trailer just like this one....used it for a field TOC....put in a couple of double steel bunks, a fold down work table for writing grades and rewired it for lights....pulled...

Just put a pair of Rancho RS5006 shocks on my M101a2....the shock rubber bushing comes with 1/2" diameter center bore....used a 3/4" Lennox hole-saw to enlarge the bore to fit over the trailer shock mounting stud....couple squirts of silicon on the studs and they went right on....a big...

The outside pic shows the nylock nuts and flatwashers against the bed wall....I going to fab up backing plates to prevent any "pull-thru"....the swivel points on the seat legs are secured with ball type push pins....still have to bolt or weld a 3/4" x 1/8" steel angle to the bottom on the seat...

I fab'd (sliced and diced then shortened) these M1008 troop seats into an M101A2 bed on my project W250 work truck....just to give an idea since they are independent of the sideracks....

Thank you very much....this is very helpful so when I pull down the A3 axle for servicing before I do the swap I'll be ahead of the game....appreciate you looking it up....

I looked in the TM Section for trailer TM (&P) and when I clicked on the title for the 101 trailers I got "waiting for test.steelsoldiers.com"....and waited and waited and waited....now even with me being a neanderthal in regard to computer stuff I didn't think it was going to connect....and it...

Before anyone hits the "use the search" button....I have looked to the best of my ability to no avail....I have a slightly modified M101A2 I use for work....I also have an A3 axle and the upgraded HD spring packs along with the HMMV rims/tires that I intend to swap under the A2....the A3 brake...

A good site to join that will really help with any questions you have prior to and after you purchase your 880 is ramchargercentral.com....there are particular electrical issues that the 70's era Dodge trucks have....and the M880 was a civie W200 with a few milspec items....RCC members are...

If the above statement in your quote is really imperative as you say....then I hope you have caulked/siliconed all the drain points in the trailer....because these things were never meant to be water-tight....that carpet will start to mildew and rot before you know it....

Why yes I have.... At one time not so long ago, I was one of several applicants for a mid-level manager position with the company that builds them about 30 miles from the house....prior to and after the interview with "the man" (conveniently a retired Marine Corps full bird, who incidentally...

That's not his truck....not unless he just recently purchased it from NC....I took the original series of pictures that pic came from a few years ago....it is a very cool truck though and the gentleman that built it is also....Paul

Ok then, I have an A3 axle that I would like to put under my M101A2 trailer....the axle tube hard brake lines were trashed (hard hit dings and rusted)....so I removed them with the idea of replacing them....I looked up the brake line diagrams in the TM and called InlineTube to see if and how...

Well then the question is why are Schedule 80 plastic sleeves used in place of the rubber runflat/bead lock combo?....those that have run the Hutchinson 2 piece rims without the runflat almost automatically replace the rubber components with the plastic sleeve....if you haven't had a tire...

Today 23:02 derf Bold, too. LOL!....I was referring to myself....so does derf = fred?....Paul