Blastercanon1
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Iam in the market for a military trailer, and while doing so I realized I have found myself in the middle of knowing a decent amount about these trailers now but no idea where to go as far as what is the best choice in all your eyes. I started out looking for m105s but I've read that some say they are too big for a M1008. Figure that may be my answer but they are so many more available in my aera but then I discovered the m101 series so I figured why not look around for those, but come to find out that there are some m101 trailers have the 6 lug wheels with bias plys and others with the 8x6.5 axels, although it would be nice to have wheels that are the same bolt pattern as the M1008 I do not really know if its necessary.
This leads me to my next question is what is a fair asking price for say a m105 and or a m101, I ask only because there is one up the road from me sitting on someone's property and it appears to have the 6 lug wheels. I am not sure of if its an m105 or a m101 and with that in mind what would be a fair asking price for one of these trailers, I plan to go and knock on the guys door this weekend and wanted to make sure that I do not offend the guy with whatever offer I would come up with, but if he is not willing to part with it looking elsewhere what's a fair buy price for these trailers. Found an 8 lug m101a2 but its quite a distance from me so I was thinking maybe it would be worth it but I do not really know what to look for on these trailers or what makes them more valuable than other ones.
Some more info on the two I am looking at, I found a m101a2 and they are asking 2k for it, this is equipped with the bows and canvas cover and has 8x6.5 lug pattern axel. The one that is down my street appears to be 6 lug from a distance like a stated up above and am not sure of the status of an older m101 or the m105, this one also has the cargo cover and the bows that go with it, price unknown. I would like the 8x6.5 one but its also about 3 hours away from me, should I worry about the lug pattern on the trailer axel or possibly if I can get the 6 lug one down the street for a good price would it be worth it to convert to the 8 lug axel and how about the availability of tires once they need replacing.
thank you in advance for all your help and incite to all this
This leads me to my next question is what is a fair asking price for say a m105 and or a m101, I ask only because there is one up the road from me sitting on someone's property and it appears to have the 6 lug wheels. I am not sure of if its an m105 or a m101 and with that in mind what would be a fair asking price for one of these trailers, I plan to go and knock on the guys door this weekend and wanted to make sure that I do not offend the guy with whatever offer I would come up with, but if he is not willing to part with it looking elsewhere what's a fair buy price for these trailers. Found an 8 lug m101a2 but its quite a distance from me so I was thinking maybe it would be worth it but I do not really know what to look for on these trailers or what makes them more valuable than other ones.
Some more info on the two I am looking at, I found a m101a2 and they are asking 2k for it, this is equipped with the bows and canvas cover and has 8x6.5 lug pattern axel. The one that is down my street appears to be 6 lug from a distance like a stated up above and am not sure of the status of an older m101 or the m105, this one also has the cargo cover and the bows that go with it, price unknown. I would like the 8x6.5 one but its also about 3 hours away from me, should I worry about the lug pattern on the trailer axel or possibly if I can get the 6 lug one down the street for a good price would it be worth it to convert to the 8 lug axel and how about the availability of tires once they need replacing.
thank you in advance for all your help and incite to all this
with a rear bumper from a 1008 towing an unmolested M116A3 (which shares the same chassis as the 101A3). Note both units sport the same GM factory wheels and tires and the trailer rides as it should.
