Egan70
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I've been doing a lot of searching through this forum for the last week or so trying to narrow down what I want out of an offroad capable camping trailer. I need something that can travel anywhere my modified H2 can go, has an RTT or is capable of easily adding one, and can be used in the off season to haul landscape materials and home improvement products (wood, sheetrock, etc.). While some of the ready-made adventure trailers are nice (and spendy), I don't need the pull out drawers and kitchens and whatnot. I have a lot of camping equipment and I just need to be able to haul it. Because of this, I narrowed my search to military trailers.
I was fortunate to find an M101A1 for sale somewhat locally that has been modified with an RTT mount that raises and lowers (installed inside the bed, although I would prefer outside), linex'd bed, and front and rear levelers. It doesn't have any brakes which concerns me. What would be involved in adding surge brakes or electric brakes and what kind of budget am I looking at? It would be great to change out the hubs too and match my H2 (one spare), but that might get expensive, especially considering my H2 has 37x13.50 tires.
The lights have all been changed to LED, so I assume it's 12V. There is a deck to mount a box or propane tank in front of the cargo box, but the tongue is standard length and might interfere with my swing out spare on the H2. Is there a simple way to extend the tongue or does it have to be cut and then extended by a welder? Any idea on what that might cost and how it could affect weight distribution and handling?
The price seems high to me for the trailer, RTT mount, Tepui Autana RTT, 150W solar panel with battery at $3,500, but my experience is limited. Any thoughts there?
I appreciate any input.
Here's the tow rig and you can see why I need a trailer:
I was fortunate to find an M101A1 for sale somewhat locally that has been modified with an RTT mount that raises and lowers (installed inside the bed, although I would prefer outside), linex'd bed, and front and rear levelers. It doesn't have any brakes which concerns me. What would be involved in adding surge brakes or electric brakes and what kind of budget am I looking at? It would be great to change out the hubs too and match my H2 (one spare), but that might get expensive, especially considering my H2 has 37x13.50 tires.
The lights have all been changed to LED, so I assume it's 12V. There is a deck to mount a box or propane tank in front of the cargo box, but the tongue is standard length and might interfere with my swing out spare on the H2. Is there a simple way to extend the tongue or does it have to be cut and then extended by a welder? Any idea on what that might cost and how it could affect weight distribution and handling?
The price seems high to me for the trailer, RTT mount, Tepui Autana RTT, 150W solar panel with battery at $3,500, but my experience is limited. Any thoughts there?
I appreciate any input.
Here's the tow rig and you can see why I need a trailer:
