Help with towing oskosh trailer Lejune NC

turnerman · Apr 22, 2008

Think about bidding on mk-17a1 Oskosh rear at Lejune. Has anyone ever towed one of these with a duece? What kind of brakes? Compatable with air on the Duece? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

jwaller · Apr 22, 2008

I can drag it home for you with my 5T for a price if you dont think your deuce is up for it. I dont think i'd try it with my deuce.

dc3coyote · Apr 22, 2008

Sorry cant help but, I would like to know how/if this works, It would be grea behind a 5ton tractor

turnerman · Apr 22, 2008

I was thinking of using it mated to the duece for my moving company for heavy items like hot tubs. Might haul back home at night on back roads just wondering if the brake lines were air and if i fitted the duece to the trailer if they would work properly. Stopped by local National Gaurd to look at their Oshkosh and I think the haul is do-able but the brakes have me stumped as of now.

What would you charge 4starGeneral? You are about 2 hrs from greenville I think

When transaction is completed I will post what I find out.

gimpyrobb · Apr 23, 2008

Heavy items like hot tubs!? :shock:

I don't think it would be hard to fab a plate to bolt on the front of one of those things and put a pintle hitch on it. Make sure you remove the driveshaft too. I doubt that is as heavy as the 5ton dump I pulled with my deuce. Just use common sence and watch the road.

Offroadfabworks · Apr 23, 2008

We have been talking to a member on here about doing a custom deal and putting the crane itself off the rig, and adapting it on a deuce.. kinda like a crane truck on steroids

scooter01922 · Apr 23, 2008

looks like this one comes with a pintle adapter, gimpy :lol:

BKubu · Apr 23, 2008

How do you guys plan to hook on to this unit to tow it? As far as I know, there is no pintle hitch.

gimpyrobb · Apr 23, 2008

scooter01922 said:
looks like this one comes with a pintle adapter, gimpy

Yeah, but I don't think it will tow very well that way. :shock:

BFR · Apr 23, 2008

guys that sucker weighs 12 tons...empty.
I would love to see someone try to pull one with a deuce, might set a wheelie distance record.

emmado22 · Apr 23, 2008

These arent normal "trailers" like we commonly think of them... Unless you hook it to a LVS, your gonna have a hell of a time with these things....
You also better have a plan for dealing with the flailing drive shaft.....................

If you looked at a HEMTT or PLS at your locall Guard unit, these are totally different that those.... Other than being made in the same factory, thats about where the similarities end....

gimpyrobb · Apr 23, 2008

Well, we pulled a 108 home with Stretch's deuce. Thats about 20,000lbs. I would imagine that if you pulled the axles out, the driveshaft wouldn't spin. I don't think its not do-able.

BFR · Apr 23, 2008

a 108 has a front axle

turnerman · Apr 23, 2008

I would think that if the military pulled these units that they would have a weight distribution of 40 /60 with 40% weight on the tongue.

BFR · Apr 23, 2008

emmado22 said:
These arent normal "trailers" like we commonly think of them... Unless you hook it to a LVS, your gonna have a heck of a time with these things....

listen to Emmado...

don't think of it as a trailer, think of it as the back half of an articulated 10ton 8x8

emmado22 · Apr 23, 2008

I would think that if the military pulled these units that they would have a weight distribution of 40 /60 with 40% weight on the tongue.

This thing is not your standard trailer... How many other military trailers have POWERED rear axles??????????????????????????????

That bolt on pintle hitch is NOT how it was designed to be towed.. I'd use it for jockeying it around the motorpool, but surely not for towing...

turnerman · Apr 23, 2008

Well called the gov liq guys and they didn't sound to happy but they don't think it should be towed either. The brakes are air to release the brakes. Do you guys if the air over hydraulic hook up on the duece will release the brakes on the trailer for towing? I have had 10 tons of dirt in the back of my duece before not to say that is good but I think I could manage it for 400 miles home. It would deffinatly beat the 1000 tow bill.

doghead · Apr 23, 2008

but I think I could manage it for 400 miles home. It would deffinatly beat the 1000 tow bill.

I see $400 in fuel no mater who does it, so for the extra $600, you can spend it on tickets and burger at McDonalds.
It'll cost you a bit more that $1000, if you kill someone. Glad your in SC.

turnerman · Apr 23, 2008

You take that chance evertime you get in a car or truck. True, no-one ever wants that. Did you ever figure what you would charge to pick the unit up and deliver for me?

doghead · Apr 23, 2008

I agree that you could move it with determination and a deuce, but 400 miles just sounds way to risky. That's a lot of time and money. It just makes more sense to hire it done with the right equipment. The shipping probably would be less than the tax and buyers premium!

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