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Will do! I’m going to end up selling my truck and getting a smaller vehicle and the I will be hauling the generator around with this truck
I this truck has air brakes so I will get to test the factory air over hydraulic setup on the M200A1
I have to say the M105A2 compared to the M200A1 was a night and day difference towing without trailer brakes. Both pulled behind my crew cab 2500. But the M200A1 you couldn’t even feel it back there and the tires made the ride so much smoother and it towed much easier also didn’t feel like the...
Thank you, I think it’ll be a lot more friendly to tow as well. I haven’t really decided on a plan, when it came available I couldn’t pass it up. I’ve been having a hard time getting an answer on what a generator this size would be capable of powering. I had planned on using it to power...
Got some of the parts for the trailer axle swap this week, went with some new leaf spring perches so I can weld them on my new axle since it doesn’t come with them.
Thank you! I think my confusion was coming from when you were saying HMMWV wheels I was assuming we were using the same wheels but we are not, I will be using this kind of wheel and tire this wheel has a 7” back spacing, so I need a much wider axle to account for how much the tires sit inside...
Pictures? And 72” hub face that seems very narrow?
I had planned to doing 77” which gives you 18” from spring center to hub face? Is this correct maybe I’m wrong.
got the MEP-806B Genset on the trailer today. Also got it all cleaned up and pressure washed and degreased. Now I just have to switch the board and the selector switch over to 120/208
I will post all my measurements here to since that was one of the big factors in trying to figure out the correct axle and hub face measurement as well as keeping springs center at 40 and not having a de-rate the axle capacity.
I’m going with 8k axle 78 inches hub face to hub face and a 12...
One reason was the capacity of this trailer and how over built it is. Also, someone was selling this for a steal of a deal probably because it is too big currently to haul with anything but a deuce and a half. I also ended up finding some Humvee bead, lock wheels and 37 inch Goodyear military...
Hello all, new to posting here. I have been lurking around ever since I picked this up.
It is a M105A2 as I’m sure you guys are all familiar with this one is factory the way it came. Here is a picture of it behind my 2500 that a picked it up with.
My plan is to swap a 4” drop 8x6.5 lug axle...
both Preferably, the mil axle I have on my M105a2 is shot, so I’m looking at getting a 8k pound 4” drop axle with 8x6.5 lug pattern for my 16.5 Humvee beadlocks.
But they have a 7” backspacing so I will have to take that into account when I get the new axle so my tires don’t end up hitting the...