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Well, made some time and went to Kansas to drag home the new HEAVY trailer. Hopefully, the plan is to use it w/ the HMTT or maybe someday even a production HEMTT (I know - I can dream though).
Technically, this is supposed to be a "Heavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailer". And let me tell you - it is HEAVY - empty it weighs 11,000 lbs. Max load capacity is listed as 22,000 lbs. Basic dimensions : length is about 23 ft. from rear to front of front tires (another 3' for the draw bar past the front tires), width is standard 8 ft., height (after I aired up the suspension) is about 4 ft. 8 in. to top of drop-side panels.
I couldn't resist the temptation (even after about 35 hr. drive round trip) to check out the air suspension (I also wanted to verify the drawbar height - yup standard 3 ft. above ground). Pulled out the M54 to see what a little air would do.......with the exception of a broken ride height sensor bracket (not a big deal) all seems to work OK. We will see tomorrow if it drifts back down overnight. Have to do some "air-leak-searching" as the compressor on the 5-ton didn't want to "catch up" until I disconnected the trailer. Might just be needing new glad-hand grommets.
The trailer does have full air brakes but I was too chicken/tired to take it for a yank to see how they operate. Can see the brake shoes from the back of the drums and they all look more than substantial.
The trailer is definitely built likt a brick sh...t house! The whole unit is built around a 12 inch tall by 24 inch wide boxed in and gussetted (sp?) backbone that runs down the center of the belly of the trailer. Whether it was intended to be this way or not (probably was because the smooth bottom works so well) it looks like this "boxed mono-frame" has already performed well as a skid plate while being put through it's paces. The basic architecture and profile of the whole thing kind of reminds me of a Humvee on steriods.
The spare tire actually sits on a "bolt flange" above the front axle. There seems to be a round reciever in the front bulkhead of the bed. I'm hoping that this is intended to recieve a mechanical hoist of a sort (like on the bed of some 5-tons) for lowering/raising the spare. This "hoist" could also potentially be used to lift the drawbar for hitching/unhitching the trailer (it is very heavy and has a lifting eye welded to the top for just such an occasion).
Anyways, here are the mandatory pictures....................
Take care, Dave.
Technically, this is supposed to be a "Heavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailer". And let me tell you - it is HEAVY - empty it weighs 11,000 lbs. Max load capacity is listed as 22,000 lbs. Basic dimensions : length is about 23 ft. from rear to front of front tires (another 3' for the draw bar past the front tires), width is standard 8 ft., height (after I aired up the suspension) is about 4 ft. 8 in. to top of drop-side panels.
I couldn't resist the temptation (even after about 35 hr. drive round trip) to check out the air suspension (I also wanted to verify the drawbar height - yup standard 3 ft. above ground). Pulled out the M54 to see what a little air would do.......with the exception of a broken ride height sensor bracket (not a big deal) all seems to work OK. We will see tomorrow if it drifts back down overnight. Have to do some "air-leak-searching" as the compressor on the 5-ton didn't want to "catch up" until I disconnected the trailer. Might just be needing new glad-hand grommets.
The trailer does have full air brakes but I was too chicken/tired to take it for a yank to see how they operate. Can see the brake shoes from the back of the drums and they all look more than substantial.
The trailer is definitely built likt a brick sh...t house! The whole unit is built around a 12 inch tall by 24 inch wide boxed in and gussetted (sp?) backbone that runs down the center of the belly of the trailer. Whether it was intended to be this way or not (probably was because the smooth bottom works so well) it looks like this "boxed mono-frame" has already performed well as a skid plate while being put through it's paces. The basic architecture and profile of the whole thing kind of reminds me of a Humvee on steriods.
The spare tire actually sits on a "bolt flange" above the front axle. There seems to be a round reciever in the front bulkhead of the bed. I'm hoping that this is intended to recieve a mechanical hoist of a sort (like on the bed of some 5-tons) for lowering/raising the spare. This "hoist" could also potentially be used to lift the drawbar for hitching/unhitching the trailer (it is very heavy and has a lifting eye welded to the top for just such an occasion).
Anyways, here are the mandatory pictures....................
Take care, Dave.
