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The acid worked like a champ Took some light scrubbing in spots, but it worked well. Applied zinc chromate primer and will paint them CARC green or black in a few days.

Welcome to Steel Soldiers!!!! Unless you plan on driving it on the highway a lot, I would just buy a spare. You can still buy new NDT tires I have a M149A1-2 water trailer and it still has the original wheels. I tow it around ranch and use it quite often in the warmer months. The larger...

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I ordered the acid and also some zinc chromate primer. The Silane I could not find. If that doesn’t work then off to the sandblasters it is.

I picked up two Chevy rims for a M101A2 trailer. They’re white in the front and looks like coated steel in the back. The coating almost seems like a porcelain finish and is very hard. Definitely not powder coated. Seems to chip rather than scratch. Question is, How do I get paint to stick to it...

Someone knew it was like that. The grease, what little was still in the hubs, didn’t have any chrome bearing flakes or debris in it at all. I mean zero. Weird. This is a textbook example of why you should always check the bearings on any auction trailer you buy.

She’s all freshly greased At least I can use it now.

Did find a new drum retention screw. Slotted, but it works.

Installed new bearing sets and seals today. Also new nut retainers. The Races are some of the worst I’ve ever seen. Bearings are toast also. Amazing it was allowed to get this bad.

Highly recommend towing the trailer either completely full or completely empty. Without internal baffles, the water can really sprout momentum. I did the “slosh cruise” on a backroad and at slow speeds. You could really feel the water move and it was a bit spooky and it was half full More...

Replaced a faulty Blackout front bumper light. Was intermittent and had a short inside I assume. Installed new one and all work great once again. I know they’ll never be really used, just like to have everything on truck working correctly.

It had goodies in the back. That equipment will bring some cash.

I could have easily made one. I just wanted an original issue one.

That crank handle is hard to find. Worth the time investment. The tolerances on that handle grip are very tight. Not easy to get penetrating oil in there but doable. Just slow Took a lot of heat and pliers to finally bust it loose. Ive been having fantastic results with Liquid Wrench...

Did some work today on my M101A2 I got from GP auction almost two weeks ago. Took off crank Jack and inspected gears and roll pins, cleaned out old grease (what little was left) and packed in new grease and reinstalled on trailer. It was stuck from extending at first from some light rust and...

Passenger side was worse than drivers. Couldn’t believe how Loose the hub was. Screwed up my arm with the H1 tire falling on it. Trailer project on hold. Pics show the rub marks on the inner fender. So glad those Tires and rims are off!

5+ years and zero issues! Now I need a paint job………

Now for a set of Truck-Lite LED Headlights……:

Great trailers Will get a cover for this one also. Definitely looks weird behind my 1 ton. Swapping the wheels with CUCV wheels will make a big difference. For some reason, the top rib on the side panels were reversed. Once I removed it, you could see it was that way before it was painted tan.

It gets worse. I pulled off the drivers side tire today to install new bearings. One drum retaining screw came out easy. The other one had been completely rounded in the center and impossible to remove. Someone had tried and failed miserably. Some heat, liquid wrench, and impact screwdriver...