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Just seen this reply. I am really liking the trailer a lot. It's my favorite trailer. I use it mostly behind the tractor hauling logs, brush, whatever. Hauled a heavy load of big field stones a few weeks ago back in the woods to fix a creek crossing. Only thing I'd caution about is it's easy...

Got it done but decided to start another thread as it kind of took a wild turn....... http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?108162-My-M105-M116A3-hybrid-with-an-unexpected-twist&p=1371017#post1371017 ...

We got it out today and put it to use, hauling all the parts we took off both trailers out to the barn and put them up. I am REALLY pleased with how this trailer turned out and actually like it better than the M101A3 I have, I think. The larger bed is really nice. The wheel wells lined up...

So, after finishing the pressure washing and putting on a THIRD set of dry clothes, I brought the trailer in the shop and got to work on the broken landing gear. It mucked it up pretty good. I cleaned it up as good as I could without taking off too much material. Had a bit to build back...

Finally got it up the hill and back in the driveway. Luckily I was able to get the landing gear out of the pond. I like these crank landing gears and was really pissed when I thought I lost it. After I took this pic I went in and took a shower and got on some dry clothes. THEN, came...

Now, here's where it gets good. The next morning me and the boys hauled the load of junk to the dump and the trailer did great. When we got home I was trying to find the hole in the surge brake to put the pin for backing up. I couldn't find the hole in the inner piece of the tongue. So, I...

Couple minutes with an angle grinder and cutoff wheel got the front mounts in shape to allow the bed to sit down flush on the frame. I cut some pieces of 2" angle iron and welded the front and rear bed mounts to the frame. I'll add some more at the middle of the bed later, I just had to get...

Lifting the bed off the M105 Action shot from the cab. Lowering the bed down on the M116 Once the bed was down on the frame I thought it looked pretty good. All the mounting points for the M105 bed sit well inside the M116 frame and happen to fall between the cross beams of the frame...

So, I had a M116A3 chassis that I wasn't really using for anything and a couple of M105's that I don't use since selling the M35 that I pulled them with. I needed a "farm trailer" to pull behind my tractor and decided to take the bed off the M105 and put on the M116A3 chassis. Here's the M105...

Got it done. Was a LONG day and night. I've got to make a run to the county dump this morning with it. I'll post pics and all when I get time later today. It looks a lot better than I thought it would. Teaser pic until later..... ...

Won't be much of a build really, just swapping the bed over to a diff frame, but I'll for sure post pics of the process and what I find it takes in case someone else follows the same path at some point. ...

Yea, those are the older M101 wheels, mine are the M101A2, 8-lug GM truck wheels, they won't flip. The A3 axle (with HMMWV wheels) is wider, I think right at 57" between the tires. If I use the A2 wheels, which are just normal GM truck steel wheels, they'd be even wider between the tires as they...

Running down to get one of my M105's this evening to start this project. I'll post up some pics when I get it going. I've got a M116A3 that I believe the 105 bed would sit right down on, but I really want to use the M116A2 chassis, just don't know what to do about the wheels not being set out...

Has anyone else done this? I have a M101A2 chassis that I'd like to use as a farm trailer pulling behind my tractor (Kubota L3800). I've got a couple M105's that I don't use since selling my M35. The M105's are too big to pull with my tractor, the M101 would be sized more correctly, plus it...

Yea, my M85 unit had the genset removed when I got to the site to pick it up. Wasn't spelled out in the auction and Gimp told me after I posted here that I'd just won one that the gens had been pulled from them. That's the only reason I even bought it, but I got it a a good price so it didn't...

****.......guess not. Looks like the 3 phase is a deal breaker for me. :( Thanks for the info. ...

Guys, I need some help. I have the M85 Laundry Unit Trailer and am needing to use the water pump on it to drain a pond. I have a generator I got from Tractor Supply I intend to run it with. I went searching for a plug at Lowes and can't find one that matches the plug on the water pump (pic...

DANG!! I didn't even think about that! :doh: Yea, I remember that. Actually, there's a few guys on here that got trucks out of that lot. Just had got my fill of the Deuce I guess. I liked it and it was a good truck but it was just time. And, selling it will help offset the purchase of a 900...

Sold my truck today. Had been thinking about selling it as Ive got the bug for a 923/925 sitting on 16:00's, but hadn't actually put it up for sale yet. Someone called asking about it, came to look at it and drove it home. He's gonna make a drilling rig out of it. The boys don't much like that I...

I like that umbrella idea. Where do you store it when in transport? ....