Arctic Cat
Adventurer
I will most likely add a different or additional landing gear. They are not that expensive and like you said that could be a problem.
Military M101A2 (slow) Expedition Trailer conversion.
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I will most likely add a different or additional landing gear. They are not that expensive and like you said that could be a problem.
Arctic Cat
Adventurer
I already have the trailer electrical connection completely done, but I wanted my taillights to be a little brighter. To do that I went thru every connection, starting from my Jeep all the way to the taillights on the trailer. I cleaned every single one of them, and applied a coating of electrical grease to avoid future corrosion and improve conductibility. I also cleaned every ground, including the brackets where the taillights are mounted and applied a light coat of electrical grease. That made the taillights, very nice and bright. Next project is installing stabilizing jacks and contact a metal fabrication shop to construct a lid for the trailer. That most likely will be done after the holidays.
Dirtytires
Explorer
Artic cat , what branch did you serve in? Use the advanced posting button to post some pictures. Use the manage attachment button.
Arctic Cat
Adventurer
With the Army, I did a little time as an MFO in Egypt and that when we made our firsts crude expo trailer. Later I got stationed on one of those "can't tell nobody site" and I used the same "concept" from Egypt and we builded about 7 trailer. I just didn't know that people build those for fun at the time. Ha Ha Ha
Btw Thanks for showing me how to post pics.
Arctic Cat
Adventurer
Just testing my new found skills.
Arctic Cat
Adventurer
Dirtytires
Explorer
Your welcome. I bet them trailers if they are still around could tell some tales.:wings:
Arctic Cat
Adventurer
Actually this is something that I learned when we prepared our trailers in the military; the only difference was that we removed three leafs instead of two. Originally I did this for one reason. It was to level the trailer when it was parked, if you see a previous post, there is a link to a picture drawing attached where the trailer was drawn based on measurements. The trailer was little too high on the rear. I knew from previous experience that even with the trailer loaded it was not going to come down, due to the suspension being so stiff. So the cure was to remove three leafs, but in the military we did not load the trailers with all the equipment that modern trailers have, so with three leafs removed I have a little problem putting up some weight, so I added an extra leaf. That took care of the weight, the height and incidentally the ride and yes it was totally free. Keep this in mind, if you take three leafs out the trailer is going to be a little bouncy and you are going to need different U-Bolts (I believe 8 inch U-Bolts). It’s my opinion that keeping 4 leafs on each side will do the job and allowed you to put some weight on the trailer without compromising the integrity of your project.
Arctic Cat
Adventurer
I don't know what happen to the first set of trailers, as our unit stay only 12 months there and after that the assignment was transferred to another NATO country. Unfortunately our unit abandoned the trailers on the field, so my assumption is that the new NATO unit took the trailers. We copied the idea from the Australian detachment (As a matter of fact we purchased the RTT from the same supplier the Aussie got theirs. The trailers were very crude to modern standards as they only have an RTT and we load them with MRE. There was not battery or stove provision. We took a generator and a small refrigerator in the back of the P/U trucks assigned. The ones that we built on the other country were very similar in design; we did manage to put a stove on each one of those. I hope someone put them to good used. I believe the second batch was used by US personnel for 9 years before they were transferred to the host country.
Dirtytires
Explorer
Have you been able to do any work on the trailer?
Arctic Cat
Adventurer
Not yet as I'm leaving for the caribbean in a couple of days and I won't be back until Mid January, when i come back I would start working in making the towing chain longer (so I could actually hook the trailer to the hitch and shopping around for a metal builder that can built my lid.
Dirtytires
Explorer
Well, please enjoy yourself and have a nice time. We will keep on you that way you won't become a trailer horder. lol
Pikeman
Adventurer
ok first off, I wish I could go to the Carribean for a couple months enjoy and look forward to progress when you get back. As far as the lid goes I was thinking of making my own but then realized that these are basically the same size as a full size long bed truck box. I am going to look around and verify measurements and then start a Craigs hunt for a topper. Ideally I would love a Roll-n-lock with a small elevated rack for the RTT to sit on.