Show us your Military Trailers

[Lex_Ordo]

Let us post pics of our Military Trailers to show the different designs, colors, and how you tow them.

1st, the pics.
2nd, model and year
3rd, Country
4th, Do you tow using a military vehicle only, or a both a military vehicle and a civilian vehicle?

It will give prospective owners ideas of what is out there, and what is sensible for their needs, and physical sizes.

 

[MWMULES]

K38 telephone lineman's trailer 1944
USA
tow with M38a1 , makes a good hot dog cart
M101 3/4 ton Frame with S250 shelter, just temp to get it home towed with M885 and civi Toyota

 

[Lex_Ordo]

- 1992
-M101 CDN2 1/4 ton cargo trailer, 2 Wheels, approximately 775 lbs.
-Country of Origin: Canada.

I tow it behind a USGI M35A2, Duece & 1/2 as well as behind a Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited.
However I need to move the lunette from lower to higher position in the toungue when I tow behind the duece.

 

[Floridianson]

 

[Castle Bravo]

1970 Stevens M127A2C 18 ton flatbed (USA, Towed with M818 5 ton tractor)

1982 M332 1 1/2 ton Ammo Trailer (USA, Towed with M35A2C 2 1/2 ton cargo)

 

[Billy Bobbed]

Heres my M105A

 

[DieselBob]

1st, the pics.
2nd, model and year - M105, 1985 by the paperwork
3rd, Country - USA
4th, Do you tow using a military vehicle only, or a both a military vehicle and a civilian vehicle? - Just the deuce

 

[neilhendrix]

HERE One of mine ,

 

[WyoDeuce]

1987 Kasel M105A2.
USA
Tow with the deuce. Bought from GL. Brand new paint when I got it. Everything works perfect. Came with top and bows.

 

[saddamsnightmare]

May 18th, 2010.

1968 Johnson Corporation M105A2- 4 color MERDC camouflage with 686A tan tarpaulin, this is the was that the 120th Combat Engineers had it in Okmulgee, OK when I bought in in May 2008 from GL in Norman,OK. I suspect that it was in Desert Storm/Desert Shield, as was the deuce, just different units.

I sometimes move it around the place with the Unimog, but as that has a Swiss standard trailer plug and no air over hydraulics, it is an almost unmanageable unit to pull safely with the Unimog.

 

[dmetalmiki]

My recovery trailer

with the dolly M62 or Kraz. without the dolly M54 tractor unit. (Mini Roundabouts (doghnuts) in the middle of the road here in U.K.) Are negotiated on the same side of the road as you guys! ((the right!)) The deck "rolls" out and down for loading. (pushed by the towing vehicle) and pulled back when loaded. (Gaurd at back rises as bed lowers ,drops when pulled back, acts as stepping ramp). The headboard lowers forward giving 47 foot deck.

 

[Pawnshop]

M105A3, UNK manufacture date (2007 rebuild), did time in Quatar according to the log book, 2.5t capacity off road w/surge brakes so it can be pulled behind anything with the capacity (I use a Deuce).

 

[JB]

1st, the pics.
2nd, model and year - Camo M416 1967, USMC M416 1967 (finishing numbering this week), Pioneer Trailer 1968, M762 Floodlight trailer, M101A2 (old pic from Ft. Bragg where I picked it up)
3rd, Country - USA
4th, Do you tow using a military vehicle only, or a both a military vehicle and a civilian vehicle? - Both Civilian and M1009

 

[Pawnshop]

1966 Johnson Furnace Co. M416, 1/4t off road capacity, used by the 49th Armored in Brownwood Texas, commonly towed behind the "Jeeps" (M38A1, M151 series) it's the only trailer authorized by the Army to be towed behind a M1009, that's what I use it for, the civvy 4x4 crowd loves them because you can tow them behind anything and are great off road.

 

[70deuce]

My 1986 M105, 1981 Miller M971 command trailer and the Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado's 1953 M703 water buffalo. See more at the club's website - mvcconline.org.

 

[Green_gator]

1. The pictures
2. M103 generator trailer with a maintenance box that was custom built for the JCSE, which is part of USCENTCOM, M105s of assorted years, M116A3 converting to a Cub Scout support trailer, M353 generator trailers.
3. U.S.
4. I pull these with the deuce but looking for an appropriate civilian vehicle to also pull the M116A3.

I am paring the collection down to just the tan 105 and the 116 to save space. Have I mentioned that I like trailers????

 

[Unforgiven]

Does the M105 have the same hub bolt pattern as the Deuce? Also, is there any way to make the pintle quiet over rough terrain (nylon wrap, duct tape, space-age sprays)? I've always been curious about that.

 

[Green_gator]

The 105 hub is the same pattern as the deuce. Makes sense as you would want to be able to use the deuce spare on in a pinch the tires off the trailer so that the vehicle can keep going. I wonder if that rubber coating you can put on tool handles would work on the lunette and quiet it down, not that I can hear it over the engine.

 

[CatMan]

Trailer Pictures

Here is my M105A2 after refurb. This one is a 1968 Johnson. Came from a GL sale at Rock Island last summer. Was desert tan and had a return tag from Kuwait on it.

Updated lights etc. When I when to stamp the new data plate I discovered that there were four different serial numbers stamped on the trailer. The original factory number was on the right frame rail under the replacement data plate. There was a different number on the data plate plus two other different hand stamped numbers on the frame, one next to the S/N plate and another hand stamped on the frame on the top of the left frame rail.

The decals are from Rick Larsen. I always use his decals on the M series restorations. Well worth the money.

It has wood racks and they were so dry from desert storage I had to apply almost a gallon of boiled linseed oil before I could paint them back to 1968 24087 semi gloss. I use this trailer for shows. and pull it with the 1971 M35A2.

Cat Man

 

[Orionspath]

Man has to have accessories......for his trucks. Toy box overflows and she asks why?