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Amongst a massive trade and ending up with just shy of 3 pallets of Hummer wheels I also ended up with a 1992 M116A3 flatbed utility trailer. when the trailer was first offered i thought I should see what the wife thinks. I talked with her and showed her some pics and she said "yep, let's get it" so here it is.
In many ways I will miss the first one I built because I built that from scratch with my own two hands. This one has its benefits though.
1. its mostly built first off.
2. It has the 8x6.5 8 lug bolt pattern that will be the same as the Mules once i do the axle swap.
3. It has function parking brakes
4. it was the same track width as my Suburban
6. it already has proper size fenders.
Right now I have no exact plans to share. I have officially created way too many projects so this one may get put to the side for a while.
I actually started this build thread on a few other forums and I decided to start it here as well. I chose this trailer because of its frame, parking brakes and the 8 lug pattern will go nicely behind my 1 ton axles on my 91 Suburban I am building.
Now before I get jumped by people telling me not to hack this up I do have plans for it. Any parts I will not be using will carefully be removed and I plan to put those parts in the classifieds section here on steel Soldiers because someone may need it for their own trailer restoration. I have passed on a 416 because it was to nice of condition and I didn't want to hack that up. This one i think has already had a bit of work done to it I dont know for sure. If there is anything you see that is odd, rare, not right or foreign please let me know.
Below is a brief list of what might be removed and sold.
purge brakes and Lunette assembly
the fender extensions (those 4" additions on the edges)
ALL wiring - The wiring looks to be in good condition but instead of hacking the ends off and splicing I am going to remove it in whole and rewire myself.
All reflectors
the tail lamp assemblies.
I have these items available
Full wire harness - $40
Tail light assemblies $30 (for pair)
Fenders extensions - $40 (for pair)
Surge brake assembly - $100 SOLD
Corner reflectors - $5.00 each
Open to offers.
In many ways I will miss the first one I built because I built that from scratch with my own two hands. This one has its benefits though.
1. its mostly built first off.
2. It has the 8x6.5 8 lug bolt pattern that will be the same as the Mules once i do the axle swap.
3. It has function parking brakes
4. it was the same track width as my Suburban
6. it already has proper size fenders.
Right now I have no exact plans to share. I have officially created way too many projects so this one may get put to the side for a while.
I actually started this build thread on a few other forums and I decided to start it here as well. I chose this trailer because of its frame, parking brakes and the 8 lug pattern will go nicely behind my 1 ton axles on my 91 Suburban I am building.
Now before I get jumped by people telling me not to hack this up I do have plans for it. Any parts I will not be using will carefully be removed and I plan to put those parts in the classifieds section here on steel Soldiers because someone may need it for their own trailer restoration. I have passed on a 416 because it was to nice of condition and I didn't want to hack that up. This one i think has already had a bit of work done to it I dont know for sure. If there is anything you see that is odd, rare, not right or foreign please let me know.
Below is a brief list of what might be removed and sold.
purge brakes and Lunette assembly
the fender extensions (those 4" additions on the edges)
ALL wiring - The wiring looks to be in good condition but instead of hacking the ends off and splicing I am going to remove it in whole and rewire myself.
All reflectors
the tail lamp assemblies.
I have these items available
Full wire harness - $40
Tail light assemblies $30 (for pair)
Fenders extensions - $40 (for pair)
Surge brake assembly - $100 SOLD
Corner reflectors - $5.00 each
Open to offers.
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