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OK....gotcha.....I have my numbers crossed up. You can pull the older trailers with air over hydraulic brakes with an M915. The only issue may be with king pin placement on the trailer. If your M915 has a sliding 5th wheel you should be OK. I pulled several types of older trailers with my M915...

If you are buying those MK48 trailers I would like to have the pintle hitch adaptor off of one.

Have you tried Fleetpride? They usually have stuff NAPA doesn't stock for big trucks

I had one for a while and pulled it with my M915.....no issues what so ever. Those trailers were configured so that a 20 foot shipping container could be locked onto them for transport. They are duel voltage so they can be pulled with a civy tractor too.

When I was in the active Army I was a Master Driver ( Drivers Training Instructor/License Examiner) and often had to assist with military vehicle accident investigations. Most of the deaths from truck roll overs were from troops riding in the back of the truck....not the crew. Wearing seatbelts...

Kirby1977 may be headed back through from Arizona to SC in the near future. Pop him a PM and see if he can help.

The M916 has 24 inch tires and heavier springs which makes it sit higher......it is also designed for fording and is higher for that reason. The M915 is basically a day cab, line haul truck for mostly highway driving. When I was in a unit at Fort Benning that had M916's I could never figure out...

The tire place I took mine does log skidder and ag tires. The O-ring was 20 bucks and they did everything for 50. Money well spent in my book.

What is this snow stuff of which you speak? If it rains anymore here I'm building an ark.

According to Olive Drab (http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_m105_trailer.php) the empty weight of the trailer is 2,650 pounds. Even putting a smaller axle and tires on it is going to put a strain on the M1009's towing capacity especially if you put a significant load on it. I vote with...

Try you local salvage yards and see if you can find a factory made civy flatbed for a 1 ton or larger truck...that's what I put on my bob deuce.

You will have to fab up an electrical connection and run auxillary lights or put 24 volt bulbs in the trailer lights. There are converter boxes available but they may be expensive or hard to find. The 5th wheel will accept most civilian trailers and there is an adaptor available to pull small...

I should have mentioned....he is going to Ft Jackson.......Mike's AO.

Today Kirby1957 rolled into my LZ to "drop and hook". He dropped off a very nice M927 and hooked his Ford pickup to a trailer he was pulling behind the M927. The objective was to recover some air conditioner units and MRAP seats I had been holding for him. He was enroute from the "Land of...

I drove my M927 towing a trailer using a converter dolly to last year's GA Rally......about a 4 hour trip and about all I want at one time. I have used the truck for recoveries at Redstone which is about a 4 hour round trip which I usually enjoy. These are tactical vehicles.....not designed for...

They will be a PITA to mount and will bulge out in the middle unless you run them at low air pressure which will create other issues.

For what you are describing you don't want a full sized military wrecker that weighs 36K and has the turning radius of a battleship. A M900 series bobber with a twin boom Holmes and a front winch would do what you want.

You can get a M932 (5 ton tractor with winch) fairly cheap out of Camp Shelby, MS. Since it already has a PTO pump for the winch you can put a diverter on in and use it to run a boom or crane. The tractor has a short wheel base which makes bobbing easy.

Forgive my bad memory......are you talking about a rim with the split ring for tube type tires or a bolt together rim for tubeless tires? If you are talking about the bolt together rim you should be fine.

My longest flat tow was from Little Rock, AR back to Alabama. Deuce pulling a deuce. Slow and unnerving when commercial rigs are blowing by you on the interstate at 80MPH while you are dragging azz up hills. Tieing off the steering wheel with a rubber tarp strap helps pull the front wheels back...