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I have always heard of the twin wheel landing gears being the "new type"? I don't think mine do have the crank on them, which may be the issue. I keep a farm jack in the truck since the trailer hitch always seems to low for the Deuce anyway, must be where I park them, not a lot of level...
Any one know why the landing gear on the M105 was changed from the single big wheel to the two small wheels. I just picked up a couple of old style 105s with the big wheel gear, the old style weighs a quarter of what the new style gear weighs! I could pull the big wheel gear up with one hand...
You can get two thirteen foot long M105s on a 16 foot long trailer with a little leverage! Picked up two today at Hooks, the GL folks were super helpful loading and reloading until we had it right! Last two Thursday.
James G.
Everyone thanks for the help, Jason I am thinking if I combine the weight of your trailer and two M105s I will be over my tow capacity. I am going down to the cabin Monday and do some measuring, I think if I can get the body of the second 105 high enough to clear the bed rail of the carrying...
They are pretty flexible since I am showing good faith on picking them up, still a little mean though! I am heading down this Tuesday and Thursday ,of next week, they really try to push you through so I am going to have to be quick on pulling the tires and have the dunnage ready to mount in...
I have six more 105s to haul from Hooks 520 miles round trip, don't mind one at a time for the specialty/covered ones but if I pull the wheels off one and put a couple of parallel 8x8s for the hubs to sit on can I stack one 105 in the bed inside another 105 and cut my towing in half? All of...
If you could control the air brakes the trailer would not be a bad pull, the Armada had no problem towing the weight but the top end speed/sway and stopping was the draw back. I think with the way the trailer is set up the sway is always going to be a problem at speed in anything less than a...
I have only driven my stock 818 without a load but at 2200 RPM my max I am running 52 MPH. I head to Little Rock to pick up a box trailer next week, I will see how it goes with a light load.
James
I have never been allowed more than a couple of cars lengths from the truck in the dozen or so times I have been there, I think your experience was rare!
James G.
You should have no problem with your rig, I pulled mine home with a Armada, a raised pintal hitch is a must for it to ride level, or close to level.
James
I have been to Hooks many times and this is the first time my item has been missing, they are normally very careful about the paperwork and not letting people just wander around the property. Now they have told me one thing on the phone and the truth turns out to be something completely...
Here is a shot of the trailer I won, it was clearly marked and the only one with tool boxes still attached, who ever got it knew it was not his trailer, I just thought it was tan.
James