Axle width on M101A2 trailers

[mikev]

Question: Axle width on M101A2 trailers

Hello,

New guy here.

I own a 1986 M1009 CUCV and am looking to buy a M101A2 trailer from GL. Several of the ones for sale at Redstone Arsenal have what appears to be CUCV tires on them, but they are wider than the fenders and many of them seem to be "jacked up" pretty high.

I don't know if the axle on a M101A3 is wider than an A2 and if maybe these trailers listed as A2s are really A3s?

Anyone know why some of these trailers don't fully cover the tires with the fenders?

Thanks in advance.

MikeV

 

[Recovry4x4]

A3 axle is wider by about 8". Height should be the same! They are not easily narrowed.

 

[blybrook]

Those trailers look like the one I have in my yard. It's an A3 axle under an A2 body. Best to go with fender extensions (there's a thread about that) or an A3 body. Forget about modifying the axle; that drop axle has a gusset plate that comes almost to the spring pack.

 

[Pawnshop]

An A3 axle was designed to be pulled behind a HMMWV and is wider than a M1009, the A2 is just right (and usually cheaper to boot)

 

[gimpyrobb]

Looks like a Gatorade trailer!

 

[Bob H]

A3 frames with A1 or A2 bodies