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There are four square pieces of metal about 2" square with a hole in each, attached to the frame in front of the tank, which look like they'd provide anchors for a shelf. I can see threads in one hole, while a small hex nut appears to be jammed in another.
There are no bread boxes on this trailer.
Here it is at the lot as we were securing the hoses and setting up the temporary lighting. It's got minor rust in a couple spots, the tank doesn't smell and has just a handful of sand in it. One of the air hoses is in bad shape and the metal hydraulic line from the brake actuator is broken. We...
Well as it turned out, the tires and wheels on the Buffalo were fine and up to the task of getting it home - after the yard manager found an acceptable replacement for the wheel that had gotten swapped out at some point.
We had the two wheels from the M200A1 in our truck ready to swap on but...
This M200A1, and a lot of them I'm seeing at auction recently, has single 10R22.5 tires on a much more modern rim (one piece, non-dual offset). The bolt pattern matches, but I forgot to measure the hub hole - I'm guessing it's the same size in both wheels?
I just bought two trailers - one last week that I picked up today, an almost new M200A1, and an M149 water buffalo yesterday.
While picking up the M200A1, we inspected the M149 to see if we could road it home on our next trip. Unfortunately, someone swapped one of the wheels between auction...