contact Valence, He at least can point you in the right direction.
Thanks Frank, but I've removed that thread you linked as you helped me answer my question so well I didn't feel it was warranted leaving up.
But for you
@jwhite9787, you don't have much to worry about. Your 1/2 ton truck is more capable than my little Dodge Dakota and even then the typical military 3/4 ton trailer is well within my towing capabilities, even if there is a 1200lb generator on the back. This is helped if the trailer's own surge brakes work (if the trailer's surge brakes don't work, or doesn't have any, then I do need to go slower and have larger stopping distances because my Dakota's brakes are a lot smaller than your 1/2 ton's).
Just last Friday I towed home an
M116A3 trailer mounted MEP-803A generator. You and
@kblazer87 are correct, just use a set of magnetic tow lights and zip ties to get the trailer home and you can fiddle with the wiring at home if you desire. Some sort of receiver hitch pintle riser will work wonderfully. Such as this, many others are available many places too:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/CURT-Ad...nk-10-000-lbs-13-High-12-Long-48342/205632071
With my pintle riser, trailer nose ride height was of
zero concern.
Now, what you need to be focused on hasn't even been addressed. And that is if you tow the trailer via a receiver hitch, the stock military safety chains on their 3/4 ton trailers (all M116 variants, and probably the HMMW M1101 trailers too) are 3/8" in diameter and are going to be too short. You will need several extra, properly rated, chain link extenders to link together to get to the right length, or something like this so you can cross the chains under the trailer tongue (there a lot of different options out there as well):
https://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Roadmaster/RM-910648-10.html
I will admit that I didn't do this, but it was about 18 miles, so I just hooked the stock chains to the angled support brace behind my pintle hitch riser and wired them in place so they couldn't/wouldn't fall off. At a glance, it looked like the safety chains were properly attached (so I wouldn't get pulled over). Yes, it defeats the purpose of the safety chains but well, here we are.
These images sort of show it. The ebrake chain had no problem reaching my truck though.