what do you pull behind your 5 ton tractor?

[camoyj7]

Mine is happy at 55 mph seems to get the best mpg's there. It will do over 65 mph if you wanted it to.

 

[ke5eua]

65 is fine for me, don't really need to do 88.

Thank you

 

[ClintA]

Right now I am building Cattle racks for a M872A1 trailer that I will ether pull with my M818 or M931, photos coming soon as I can remember to take my camera. But I also haul a TD-15 crawler and a case backhoe.

 

[silverstate55]

Flat-towing my Deuce:

 

[Derrickl112]

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[ke5eua]

Just an M105 now.

I am literally drooling at the M1088. I want one so bad, just can't convince the wife to let me spend over 6K on a MV. If I had it my way a HET would be parked in the driveway right now.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

Six tons of wood pellets.

 

[MWMULES]

Since we don't have a 915 forum, here goes.
Has anyone seen one of these trailers before?

Yep it's a LM105 yours is the 3rd one I have seen, one sold at Ft Riley about 5 months ago, I was out bid. Lonekazoo has one and here is the thread.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?101080-LM-105-Shelter-Trailer&highlight=

 

[Derrickl112]

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[ke5eua]

It's my favorite MV to drive thus far.

Out of all the vehicles I loved my 1070. When we didn't have a mission that called for it I was wither on a PLS or in a 1088 with either a S&P or Lowboy. I would take the 1088 over the PLS any day.

 

[M931]

my M578 on my semi trailer

 

[ke5eua]

View attachment 484658 my M578 on my semi trailer

I stand corrected, I want that.

 

[hklvette]

24ft GN cattle trailer when the ground is too muddy for a pickup to do the job. Looking to get a M871 (preferably an A3) eventually for moving round bales.

 

[RDUKW]

My DUKW on a 42' step deck

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[Robo McDuff]

Waiting for my veteran registration papers and until the truck has been completely restored and painted in proper colors with proper markings. Then I need to borrow a semi trailer at least once to get the feeling of how my M512A2 truck looks and drives as a tractor.

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[ke5eua]

Waiting for my veteran registration papers and until the truck has been completely restored and painted in proper colors with proper markings. Then I need to borrow a semi trailer at least once to get the feeling of how my M512A2 truck looks and drives as a tractor.

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Two questions, is that a actuator on the pintle and the last picture do you still have the 5th wheel on it?

 

[LowTech]

Yep it's a LM105 yours is the 3rd one I have seen, one sold at Ft Riley about 5 months ago, I was out bid. Lonekazoo has one and here is the thread.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?101080-LM-105-Shelter-Trailer&highlight=

I think Lonekazoo is his brother and that's the same trailer.

 

[Robo McDuff]

Two questions, is that a actuator on the pintle and the last picture do you still have the 5th wheel on it?

I am not sure what a pintle actuator is. I removed the original pintle and replaced it with a fish mouth coupling, which are standard and obligatory in the Eu; military pintles are not allowed as coupling devices on civil trucks here.

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The dump assembly and 5th wheel assembly are interchangeable now, takes about 1 hour and a 2-ton crane to take of the dump bed including subframe and hydraulics and put the 5th wheel on or vice versa. All lights, license plate, and in the future also the mud flaps are on a new bar at the rear of the truck connected to the main frame. The change is street legal and mentioned on the registration certificate.

 

[70deuce]

M818, M971 and M105 in one picture. Some other shots of the M818 and M971 command trailer including a little offroad.

 

[M813rc]

Since my last post I have added a military surplus civilian-type 35' lowboy, an M129A4, and a ADC-TSS-5. The TSS is heavy, and it does slow the truck down quite a bit. On the flats I could probably get it above 55mph, but see no reason to try. On shallow to moderate hills on the interstate, its down to 45mph though, that's all your going to get out of it. Steep hills - if there's a good wide shoulder, take to it!

The last two are tall trailers, and combined with the 14.00s on my two M931A2s, both trailer noses are close to 13'9". Texas trailer max height is 14', but I'm still uncomfortable being quite that high. I am in the process of replacing the military two-axis-tilt 5th wheel with a civilian single-axis-tilt on one of my tractors. This will drop the plate close to 6", which doesn't sound like much, but makes a big difference on clearance, and also lowers the tow angle of the trailers.

Cheers