Anybody know a source for M105 cover vinyl material?

[oddshot]

Does anybody know a source for the vinyl material used to make the covers for M105 trailers? I'd like to find the same material if I could and in the same solid green color.

I planning a camper project and I would like to avoid cutting up a good cover or even a ripped one that somebody else could use.

Thanks

 

[swbradley1]

+1

I'd like to know as well.

 

[Mike929]

+1

 

[oddshot]

I almost gave up looking ... I think I *might* have found something:

http://www.ahh.biz/vinyl/vinyl_military_tent_with_ir_blocking.php

If you end up at their home page select vinyl in the block on the left, then select "military tent material".

Their information states, "This is the "Real Deal", this is the actual fabric used for U.S. Military tents. It is rugged to the extreme, and beats anything made for the civilian market when it comes to weather resistance & exposure to sunlight. Weighs 14 oz. per square yard. It has a grab tensile strength of 340 lbs, a hydrostatic resistance of 500 pounds per square inch and a flame resistance of 1X1 second (flame will be extinguished in 1 second, when removed from flame source, if you attempt to set it on fire)."

I don't know the weight spec of the covers on these trailers.

Maybe I'll give them a call and see if they will send a sample.

BTW ... this is a pretty neat place ... their hardware and tool section is filled with stuff needed to repair tarps and such.

 

[tmaxxgod4]

Is that the same fabric on the m1101/1102 tops?

 

[swbradley1]

I just went there and it looks very promising. I think I'll order samples.

 

[swbradley1]

12"x12" sample ordered.

 

[tmaxxgod4]

Sweet! I Look forward to see if that's the stuff.

 

[jasonjc]

I was looking at that same place/stuff for the side cover for my MKT and a cover for my gen trailer. Let us know what you find out please. Thank you.

 

[swbradley1]

Gimpy and I took a new HMMWV tent adapter and put it on the back of one of my tan M101A2s Sat to see if we could build an awning off the back. I think that with two aluminum tent posts it will work. Buying the plain fabric would be a lot more expensive but a little prettier.

The cool thing about the adapter is that when you put the awning down it covers the back of the trailer with a huge zip open door.



Since it is brand new I'll compare it with the sample.

 

[oddshot]

My samples haven't arrived yet.

I also asked for samples of the 1000 Codura. I don't want it for top or cover material, but can think of a lot of other uses for it. Its tough, scuff and abrasion resistant and water resistant. I read that it won't rot and looks like it could sew easily.

 

[oddshot]

Is that the same fabric on the m1101/1102 tops?

That's a good question. I would think that all the coated vinyl stuff that the military used is the same but I don't know for sure and never thought to compare when I was near other mv's.

 

[Scar59]

Subscribed- for test and evaluation...

 

[jbayer]

 

[tmaxxgod4]

I ordered a large sample of it ( 12x12 ) so I can compare it to the M1101/1102 tops and my M923A2 top. I will also try to sew it folded over with my singer CG590

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NR6SXQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[swbradley1]

If I can't sew it with ours I will take it to my sister-in-law, she has the expensive commercial grade machines. We want to put grommets in my new M101 awning too.

 

[Warthog]

Gimpy and I took a new HMMWV tent adapter and put it on the back of one of my tan M101A2s Sat to see if we could build an awning off the back. I think that with two aluminum tent posts it will work. Buying the plain fabric would be a lot more expensive but a little prettier.

The cool thing about the adapter is that when you put the awning down it covers the back of the trailer with a huge zip open door.



Since it is brand new I'll compare it with the sample.

If these are the units that I brought to the GA rally last year, I have a dozen or so of them left.

 

[gimpyrobb]

If these are the units that I brought to the GA rally last year, I have a dozen or so of them left.

YUP! They are, still have not found a good application, maybe this will be it...

 

[swbradley1]

It is certainly a different application, I just don't know if it has a big WOW factor.

 

[Warthog]