HFolb23
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Hello All,
I found an M105 That I’d like to pick up, but have some concerns about the recovery first. I’ve read plenty of threads about the M105s but they’re almost all about using 1/2t trucks or smaller and people try to talk them out of it.
I have a 2016 Ram 2500 Diesel, with a hitch height at 24in. The lunette is flipped on the trailer already, bringing it down to 31in, leaving a 7in difference in height.
The seller states that one of the tires is soft but holds air. I will try to add air before I get it on the road, but worst case scenario I’m dealing with a soft tire, no spare.
Its a 30mi drive from point A to point B almost all of it is highway speed. I have tow lights for it.
I’m very comfortable towing trailers. I’m an 88M and spend most of my time in a M1088A1P2 with an 871 trailer, Im one of those guys that can actually back up a water buffalo with a LMTV lol, I’m comfortable going forward and backward with trailers is where I’m getting at.
Given the conditions above, would you tow it home or load it on a trailer? If you towed it would you buy the correct plate and pintle to level it? The seller has a tractor to help load; either by lowering the frame onto my pintle or by pushing it onto a trailer. Unloading I am completely on my own.
any advice and wisdom is much appreciated by this FNG.
I found an M105 That I’d like to pick up, but have some concerns about the recovery first. I’ve read plenty of threads about the M105s but they’re almost all about using 1/2t trucks or smaller and people try to talk them out of it.
I have a 2016 Ram 2500 Diesel, with a hitch height at 24in. The lunette is flipped on the trailer already, bringing it down to 31in, leaving a 7in difference in height.
The seller states that one of the tires is soft but holds air. I will try to add air before I get it on the road, but worst case scenario I’m dealing with a soft tire, no spare.
Its a 30mi drive from point A to point B almost all of it is highway speed. I have tow lights for it.
I’m very comfortable towing trailers. I’m an 88M and spend most of my time in a M1088A1P2 with an 871 trailer, Im one of those guys that can actually back up a water buffalo with a LMTV lol, I’m comfortable going forward and backward with trailers is where I’m getting at.
Given the conditions above, would you tow it home or load it on a trailer? If you towed it would you buy the correct plate and pintle to level it? The seller has a tractor to help load; either by lowering the frame onto my pintle or by pushing it onto a trailer. Unloading I am completely on my own.
any advice and wisdom is much appreciated by this FNG.