Hola, Steel Soldiers forum members!
I decided, against my reluctance to sign up for one more website, to join the forum here because of how useful this forum and the members were in my research for my M1101.
I've been wanting an M1101/1102 for about 2 years now because my wife and I like to camp, and we wanted something that would enable us to take our baby, our 2 German Shepherds, and all our gear, and be able to go offroad on any trail we may decide to explore.
Here it is! A 2009 Schutt Industries version of the M1101. Gotten from Iron Planet auction for a "Middle of the road" price for $1750
It came with the bows for the canvas cover (cover not included), one stabilizing leg, and seems to be in extremely good shape mechanically.
The surge brakes must be working well, because the fluid is a nice honey color and it doesn't feel like I'm trying to brake with a ton of extra weight.
The surge brake emergency handle needs a new safety wire because it was pulled and the wire was snapped.
The jack works great, and despite the tires being dated "0609", the tires don't look like they're form 2009. They still had a little bit of rubber seepage from the mold of the tire when the rubber was poured. They're not dry rotted or nasty or anything, and gave no issues on the 4.5 hour drive from Lytle back to Ft. Worth.
The yard was down in Lytle, TX, south of San Antonio. It wasn't a military base, so there wasn't any of that business. Just "drive up, it's over there, hook it up, see ya' " type yard. Super chill.
Here it is on my daily driver, my 2014 FJ Cruiser. Since my FJ cruiser is named Green Bean, my wife said the trailer should be "Mashed Potatoes", and so the name was decided!
You have no idea how excited I was to see my mirror look like this. I've wanted one of these trailers for so long lol
I went from 14.5 MPG at 75 mph to 12.8 MPG at about 65 mph average.
A couple days after getting it home, I hit up the local pay n' spray car wash to spray off all the grime.
Before:
After:
Aaaaand a few more days later, I got Mashed Potato registered and legal to use on the roads!
Having the SF-97 and other paperwork that Iron Planet sent, as well as having the application for title/registry filled out, the process to get plates was literally 20 minutes from standing in line to getting back in my car to leave.
I wasn't about to just go out and purchase a license plate bracket. Oh no no, I have a welder and scrap metal!
I took some angle steel from an old bed frame that I frequently use for goofing around, and welded it to the tail gate latch, drilled a hole for the safety pin (new pins inbound), and drilled some holes for the license plate frame screws.
I'm happy with how it came out, BUT the latch can only swing out *so far*, which is more than enough to use the tail gate. I would say, if you were to copy me, mount the plate as far inboard as you can to make the outboard edge of the plate line up with the pivot point.
As you can see, I painted the piece if flabbaggated together. Here's the paint used, and the lower cross bar that needs some paint.
And here's the after. This paint works PERFECT for this trailer I think. It may not be perfect, but who cares? It's an old mil trailer that's going to get beat up and scratched offroading and camping! It was about $8/can from Home Depot. I'll probably go back and buy out the stock when I drive past Home Depot again.
There were some scratches in various places on the trailer that I touched up, and these gouges in the bed were the biggest. I think the paint works great!
Well there's 10 images! FJCruiserForums.com limits to 10, so I'll end the first post here.
Thanks for having me, and thanks for all the info I've been able to find on here prior to purchasing!
I decided, against my reluctance to sign up for one more website, to join the forum here because of how useful this forum and the members were in my research for my M1101.
I've been wanting an M1101/1102 for about 2 years now because my wife and I like to camp, and we wanted something that would enable us to take our baby, our 2 German Shepherds, and all our gear, and be able to go offroad on any trail we may decide to explore.
Here it is! A 2009 Schutt Industries version of the M1101. Gotten from Iron Planet auction for a "Middle of the road" price for $1750
It came with the bows for the canvas cover (cover not included), one stabilizing leg, and seems to be in extremely good shape mechanically.
The surge brakes must be working well, because the fluid is a nice honey color and it doesn't feel like I'm trying to brake with a ton of extra weight.
The surge brake emergency handle needs a new safety wire because it was pulled and the wire was snapped.
The jack works great, and despite the tires being dated "0609", the tires don't look like they're form 2009. They still had a little bit of rubber seepage from the mold of the tire when the rubber was poured. They're not dry rotted or nasty or anything, and gave no issues on the 4.5 hour drive from Lytle back to Ft. Worth.
The yard was down in Lytle, TX, south of San Antonio. It wasn't a military base, so there wasn't any of that business. Just "drive up, it's over there, hook it up, see ya' " type yard. Super chill.
Here it is on my daily driver, my 2014 FJ Cruiser. Since my FJ cruiser is named Green Bean, my wife said the trailer should be "Mashed Potatoes", and so the name was decided!
You have no idea how excited I was to see my mirror look like this. I've wanted one of these trailers for so long lol
I went from 14.5 MPG at 75 mph to 12.8 MPG at about 65 mph average.
A couple days after getting it home, I hit up the local pay n' spray car wash to spray off all the grime.
Before:
After:
Aaaaand a few more days later, I got Mashed Potato registered and legal to use on the roads!
Having the SF-97 and other paperwork that Iron Planet sent, as well as having the application for title/registry filled out, the process to get plates was literally 20 minutes from standing in line to getting back in my car to leave.
I wasn't about to just go out and purchase a license plate bracket. Oh no no, I have a welder and scrap metal!
I took some angle steel from an old bed frame that I frequently use for goofing around, and welded it to the tail gate latch, drilled a hole for the safety pin (new pins inbound), and drilled some holes for the license plate frame screws.
I'm happy with how it came out, BUT the latch can only swing out *so far*, which is more than enough to use the tail gate. I would say, if you were to copy me, mount the plate as far inboard as you can to make the outboard edge of the plate line up with the pivot point.
As you can see, I painted the piece if flabbaggated together. Here's the paint used, and the lower cross bar that needs some paint.
And here's the after. This paint works PERFECT for this trailer I think. It may not be perfect, but who cares? It's an old mil trailer that's going to get beat up and scratched offroading and camping! It was about $8/can from Home Depot. I'll probably go back and buy out the stock when I drive past Home Depot again.
There were some scratches in various places on the trailer that I touched up, and these gouges in the bed were the biggest. I think the paint works great!
Well there's 10 images! FJCruiserForums.com limits to 10, so I'll end the first post here.
Thanks for having me, and thanks for all the info I've been able to find on here prior to purchasing!
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