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This is my 2nd post on this forum (First was to thank y'all for allowing me to join here). I joined this to research and eventually build a trailer that I plan to pull with my 2003 Ford Excursion 7.3 Diesel civilian vehicle on overlanding trips from Norther VA. I have never seen one of these military trailers in person. So, I reached out to a few different sellers on FB & CL this past week, and took a 200+ mile round trip earlier today to see a few M1101, 02, and M116A3 trailers today up in rural PA and MD. OMG, the M1101 & 2 were just enormous in size, not that the Excursion would have any trouble pulling these trailers even when fully loaded. They just look HEAVY sitting there in front of me :O I thought that 90% of the weight seems to come from the steel frame and the HMMV tires alone
since everything else is aluminum.
The last stop of the day was to look at a M116A3 at the house of one of the members of my off roading club. I am pretty much sold on this trailer. Though it is rated as a 1 ton with heavy duty leaf springs etc., I think it gives me the best options to design a completely custom solution for my overlanding trailer. It is pretty much just a flat bed since he removed the generator for personal use. This particular trailer was built in 2010 (newest of all the trailers I saw today) as a generator trailer. My friend said that when he bought this 2 years ago from GA, it had 2 hours on the generator which meant that this trailer has seen almost 0 service miles. He did replace the new tires with an older set from his M1102. Tires still have a lot of life left in them. The price is $750. He is also going to help me to get it converted to 12V. Thoughts & opinions. Pictures of the said trailer that's been sitting in this same spot for over 2 years now![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This is my 2nd post on this forum (First was to thank y'all for allowing me to join here). I joined this to research and eventually build a trailer that I plan to pull with my 2003 Ford Excursion 7.3 Diesel civilian vehicle on overlanding trips from Norther VA. I have never seen one of these military trailers in person. So, I reached out to a few different sellers on FB & CL this past week, and took a 200+ mile round trip earlier today to see a few M1101, 02, and M116A3 trailers today up in rural PA and MD. OMG, the M1101 & 2 were just enormous in size, not that the Excursion would have any trouble pulling these trailers even when fully loaded. They just look HEAVY sitting there in front of me :O I thought that 90% of the weight seems to come from the steel frame and the HMMV tires alone
The last stop of the day was to look at a M116A3 at the house of one of the members of my off roading club. I am pretty much sold on this trailer. Though it is rated as a 1 ton with heavy duty leaf springs etc., I think it gives me the best options to design a completely custom solution for my overlanding trailer. It is pretty much just a flat bed since he removed the generator for personal use. This particular trailer was built in 2010 (newest of all the trailers I saw today) as a generator trailer. My friend said that when he bought this 2 years ago from GA, it had 2 hours on the generator which meant that this trailer has seen almost 0 service miles. He did replace the new tires with an older set from his M1102. Tires still have a lot of life left in them. The price is $750. He is also going to help me to get it converted to 12V. Thoughts & opinions. Pictures of the said trailer that's been sitting in this same spot for over 2 years now
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