I love military trailers for the price. They definitely need to go on a diet though, so consider it a starting point not a ready to run AT. Changing out the axle, hubs, wheels and tires is a huge weight difference alone (which I would consider a must do to have same lug pattern) but then slimming down the box width and adding fenders makes it a great size and quality trailer that you didn't have to fab from scratch. OR fab a new light weight box from the scrap. The lunette carrier can also be flipped to have it ride more level if you aren't lifted enough OR you can pull out some of the leafs when you swap the axle. I am part of the way done doing this with a pioneer tool trailer which has a different tub but same concept. I threw some temp cross bars on it for my tent and used for camping at Ironman, see pic. Now I am working on shortening the tub and making a lid. I am also going to add a rack above the tent for kayaks and add brakes in the future. I paid $400 for it from a guy on steelsoldiers and spent an extra $400 ish for axle, wheels, tires and new lights. Mine is 1100 lbs as pictured and should get lighter as I remove more of the tub. The scrap I sold was over 600 lbs so far just from the tub, not including the axle that I gave to a guy for free.
Edit* - My width matches my trucks width. I ordered the axle from ABC with this in mind.
Not for everyone, but a great starting point if you can find a real cheap of these medium sized mil trailers. Most seem to be selling for reasonable prices on gov liq and a little higher resell so it would be tough to build this quality of a trailer for the price. Side note, don't grind or sand that chemical resistant paint on them without a respirator, it is not friendly stuff. I recommend having it blasted.
An M105 like was referenced above, no that won't work. I had an M35A2 and that was a good combo. :smiley_drive:
