Hello, another new guy here. I purchased an M101A2 recently from a GovPlanet auction; just drove down to Arkansas this weekend to pick it up. Thanks to the wealth of information on this site, I had everything I needed to get it, and the trip back to Colorado was uneventful.
As you can see from the pic, my wife already had some chores in mind by the time I got home. My plans are to use this mainly as a cargo hauler for camping and hunting trips. I'd like to get to a point where all my gear is organized and either packed in the trailer, or easily packed into the trailer. I do want to keep open the option of using the trailer for yard work, hauling stuff to the dump, or anything that might come up.
Here is a list of things that I am going to tackle in the short term:
New tires - the tires that were on it were dry rotted pretty bad. They held air fine, but they definitely need to go.
Hubs/bearings - The hubs ran cool the whole time back to Colorado, but I would feel better if I clean everything up and repack the bearings.
Lights - Still contemplating on just swapping bulbs in the original 24v lighting, or going with completely separate lights. Can you run 1156 LED bulbs in the original light fixtures?
Re-painting - The trailer is in good shape, but there is some rust and flaking CARC. I'm thinking I will just sand off all the rust and feather in the chipped paint and just paint over the CARC ? How hard is it to disassemble one of these things? Is it something a guy could do on his own in his garage?
Cover/Tarp - I'm still thinking about this one. I was planning on painting the trailer a dark grey so a black top would look nice. I was thinking about getting the bow elbows and cutting down the bows so it was not so tall, and having a local tent/canvas place make a custom tarp for it. I figured it shouldnt cost more than a few hundred for that. Im also going to incorporate some load carrying capacity in the bows so I can carry my canoe on top.
Anyways, lots of work to get this thing to the hunting/camping companion that I have in my mind!
As you can see from the pic, my wife already had some chores in mind by the time I got home. My plans are to use this mainly as a cargo hauler for camping and hunting trips. I'd like to get to a point where all my gear is organized and either packed in the trailer, or easily packed into the trailer. I do want to keep open the option of using the trailer for yard work, hauling stuff to the dump, or anything that might come up.
Here is a list of things that I am going to tackle in the short term:
New tires - the tires that were on it were dry rotted pretty bad. They held air fine, but they definitely need to go.
Hubs/bearings - The hubs ran cool the whole time back to Colorado, but I would feel better if I clean everything up and repack the bearings.
Lights - Still contemplating on just swapping bulbs in the original 24v lighting, or going with completely separate lights. Can you run 1156 LED bulbs in the original light fixtures?
Re-painting - The trailer is in good shape, but there is some rust and flaking CARC. I'm thinking I will just sand off all the rust and feather in the chipped paint and just paint over the CARC ? How hard is it to disassemble one of these things? Is it something a guy could do on his own in his garage?
Cover/Tarp - I'm still thinking about this one. I was planning on painting the trailer a dark grey so a black top would look nice. I was thinking about getting the bow elbows and cutting down the bows so it was not so tall, and having a local tent/canvas place make a custom tarp for it. I figured it shouldnt cost more than a few hundred for that. Im also going to incorporate some load carrying capacity in the bows so I can carry my canoe on top.
Anyways, lots of work to get this thing to the hunting/camping companion that I have in my mind!
