M1101 with troop carrier seats

[NVAM998]

OK, ignoring comments about safety and people in trailers, anyone ever used M998 troop seats on an M1101 trailer? Thinking they might bolt to the top sides and make it into a stake body trailer of sorts. Maybe remove the seats and just use the backs. I think the bed in the M998 pickup and the M1101 trailer bed are about the same dimensions? I guess the other option would be the brackets for the cover and fabricating rails.

 

[98G]

I've never seen it done with an M1101.

@CARNAC did something similar with an M101 if i remember correctly.

Like you, I'm thinking it'd be pretty trivial to accomplish.

 

[MarkM]

I can see it for parades or running support at a boy scout jamboree or something like that but that's about it.

Mark

 

[HoveringHMMWV]

A member in our group used LMTV cargo seats. They looked really nice, both fit and function, and very sturdy.

 

[MarkM]

I actually have all the brackets from a M37 to setup troop seats in my M101A2 I just haven't gotten around to it.

Mark

 

[Mainsail]

Are you after seating or just raised sides? Here are some pictures of my project to raise the height of the trailer a little. It's medium-duty at best but allows a tarp that sits at or below the height of the towing vehicle.

 

[NVAM998]

Wow that is sweet. Exactly what I was thinking except nicer. I like the removable panel over the tailgate.

Did you cut down stock bows or just bend some conduit to fit?

Nice job and thanks for posting!

 

[Mainsail]

Wow that is sweet. Exactly what I was thinking except nicer. I like the removable panel over the tailgate.

Did you cut down stock bows or just bend some conduit to fit?

Nice job and thanks for posting!

I did some mental calculations - buying the electrical conduit and bender, trial-&-error bending it vs paying an industrial electrician $20 to do it for me. The electrician was the easiest route. Industrial electrician because they typically do more conduit bending and need to be able to do it accurately.

 

[CARNAC]

I've never seen it done with an M1101.

@CARNAC did something similar with an M101 if i remember correctly.

Like you, I'm thinking it'd be pretty trivial to accomplish.

Actually I used M998 seats to make mine. I don’t know if I have any photos of it but it was made to use the HMMWV tarp that I never got around to getting before I sold the trailer.

 

[vmaxmike]

They fit well.

M

 

[NVAM998]

Very nice! I put the troop seats on the M998 and have brackets for the trailer so I think I'm going to do something like Mainsail did. Cheaper than another set of seats.