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The cab and the cargo cover were done by overlaying a chunk of camo netting, spraying with rattle can, then moving the netting a little and spraying again with a different color....its been a while back so sun fade has set in....both will be re-done the match the bed....of which I just draped a...

Here's a pic of my Dodge recently upgraded....

LOL!....I took that picture and several more.... The owner and builder of the truck is a great guy....

Funny you should mention mounting a trailer bed on your truck....I'm just waiting on the shop to finish up my risers and rear cross-member to mount mine....M101A2 bed going on the Dodge in my avatar....hopefully will get started this weekend....will post up some progress pics as things move...

Sweet!....I keep looking at this derelict M48 that sits on the edge of the drop zone at Camp Mackall....running schemes thru my brain on how to end up with it....:roll: Here's an idea.... Shoot the pig with the 155....killed, cleaned and barbecued all in one shot....along with fresh tossed...

Not from experience on these trailers, but spindle bearings normally wear quicker when the center-line of the weight it bears is not directly (or close to) over the bearing....

Looks neat....I guess you aren't going off-road or trail riding with it....looks as if you would have some serious clearance problems with the fender well....just another note, keep check on your bearing caps for excessive heat....the extra weight combined with the offset you have may play ****...

Stabilizer Leg Pics....

I can have some posted tomorrow....

Point well taken....as the trailer I removed it from looks like that is exactly what happened....maybe something spring loaded....we'll see....thanks....

Fond memories of Fairbanks....stationed at Ft. Wainwright, Charlie Co. (ABN), 4/9 MANCHUS, 172nd LIB....Sept. 79' to Feb. 82'....flew in and drove out....

Thanks for the "sounds normal"....this is the trailer I use for work and when I'm "at work" I'm normally in the field 5 to 10 days at a clip....so I'm in and out of it on a daily basis....I fab'd a flip-up bunk in it and I use the tailgate as a table for various things....at 6' / 250 I feel a...

I installed the rear stabilizer leg onto my M101A2 today....straight forward, marked and drilled mounting holes and bolted it on....this is a single hook, tension spring type....when in the up and locked position it "droops" sort of low toward the axle housing.....when in the down position to...

Do you always welcome the FNG's so warmly?....:wink:....LOL! PS: I do have thick skin and also, from what I've been told, a strange sense of humor....I can only imagine it developed during my military service and further refined in law enforcement....:grin:

I have been a member here for a short amount of time....and already the affliction/addiction is taking hold....I now have not one, but two M101A2 trailers, an A3 axle assembly and several mounted Humvee tire/rims....the 1st trailer purchased is already in use on my job....with some minor mods so...

Check out Berg Tire in Fayetteville, NC....8 and 12 bolt rims along with tires....Berg Supply does DOD canvas work as well as custom canvas (vinyl) work also....good people to deal and work with....

Duhon - I know I posted up the pics of the flip bed for my trailer....just because it was sort of related to what you want to do with troop seats in yours....but I got thinking about the use you were looking at getting out of them....since I'm thinking the primary use will be to haul Scout...

CUCV seat back with bottom flange removed and notched for trailer bow uprights.... seat bottom brackets extended.... frame assembly just prior to welding.... bed mocked up in trailer.... finished bed assembly in trailer in down position.... another one.... in the up and locked...

I have just built a folding bed (74" x 22 1/2") for use in my M101A2 utilizing some spare troop seat pieces....as soon as I can get the pics up I'll give a down and dirty description of the install....it did require a bit of cutting, welding and part modification....installing troop seats to be...

That is what I was thinking....thanks, Paul