Recent content by escher

Yep - I used a local Semi-Shop when I got the tires / tubes/flaps installed... thats who I'll end up taking it back to. Most likely I'll pick up another tube and flap..

Ok.. ok... I get it... Problem is - its $70 or more to get it checked... hence my question - i.e. I wanted to see if things like valve stems or the like may tend to go bad on these. I find in most of my hobbies - there tend to be certain gotcha's that aren't readily obvious... thats why I...

I went out to the garage after work to grab something and one of my brand new tires on my m101-a1 was flat! Being a lock-ring style - this distressed me greatly!! Well - I did a not so smart move, and got away with it... I used a bicycle pump and hid around the side of the trailer and just put...

Sorry for the late reply - got back from vacation with the trailer on Sunday - Awesome! I must say though - the JK is a bit of a pig on hills pulling all that weight... even with OD off, I had to tease it to downshift on hills so I wouldn't lose all my speed... Trailer did excellent - and...

Some pics finally! In the garage unfortunately... Fabbed up the License plate bracket from some sheetmetal cut form a computer case and bedlined - also added a plate light on the bracket. New tires - STA NDT's, and DOT compatible lights at all corners.

License place light yesterday and tires installed today! Pics coming I promise!

I bit the bullet and ordered the correct military NDT tires (STA 900X16's from Unversal tire in PA)... along with tubes and flaps... that was painful, but I was very concerned with the tubeless tires wearing the tubes. Regardless - I'll have this M101-A1 back in running condition inside of a...

Nice! I picked my A1 up last week and have put a lot of hours into it already... I have the older rims/tires so I'm dealing with that ATM.. As to lighting - You can just swap the bulbs - not sure of the bulb numbers but a search here will get that for you. I just added marker lights and tied...

Thanks for the welcome! Got the corner markers installed tonight front and rear... sorry no pics! I was wiped out when I finished - long day! I think I have decided on 235/85R16 Duratrac's for the tires with radial tubes - these will be 31" diameter. I run 33" Duratracs on my Jeep. With the...

Question - was CARC used on the wood as well? That's the only thing I'm thinking about refinishing at the moment.

Is it a bad sign that I'm researching adding blackout lamps to my jeep? lol!

Thanks for the welcome! Sounds like you've been having a lot of fun with your trailers! Yeah, I've gone down the thought process of matching the tow vehicle and having common spares, etc. While that makes a LOT of sense - I really dont want to change the trailer in any way from its original...

Thanks - and thank you for the warning! So - I finished things up today. I lopped off the end of the NATO connector and used my continuity tester to trace each wire back to the junction and marked them all - then used the wiring info sticky to get my 4-flat connector going. I also had to add...

In an interesting turn of events - well maybe not surprising given my previous post... When I was telling my wife my "trailer plans" (all the while she was chanting something about me being obsessed with the trailer.. no idea why??)... She said "wait, you need to buy a new cover, and paint...

Thanks - I'm not quite ready yet, but possibly in a few weeks. Wife is still having palpitations over the purchase of the trailer... if I tell her it'll be almost as much for tires I'll need to seriously consider sleeping in it.