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    Rebuilding MY m101a2 BY harleyhouse

    Do you have a camping trip planned for this summer? any last min. touches?
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    Rebuilding MY m101a2 BY harleyhouse

    Harley, do you use any sort of step stool or ladder for your kids to get up and down?
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    Dumping feature

    I cant wait till my boys are older and can really help out. right now they are 5 & 2 so im still doing 99% of the work. but its fun to watch them try to help. when you say farm jack, are you talking about a Hi-lift jack? and where do you put it?
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    Dumping feature

    well im glad it did not work anyways, i noticed the brake line would of broke as well, and since my surge brakes work and i love them i dont want to do anything to lose them. I dont see my self ever really needing to dump anything, just use a little back muscle and two young boys to help unload...
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    Dumping feature

    ill look into that, there were other bolts on the trailer taht were too tight that i found, so ill check on those next.
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    Dumping feature

    I even used chock blocks, still didnt work
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    Dumping feature

    Just to start off, i know the M101 A2 isn't meant to dump, But... i picked up 1 1/2 yards of mulch today and wanted to give it a try. Nada, didnt work, i put both breaks on and pulled the pins, put the jeep in reverse and gave it gas. the tires held for the most part, moved a little, but it did...
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    replacing wood bows on M101 A2

    your'e corners look brand new, where can i get some that look like that?! mine are in rough shape + alot of my screws look like there going to strip.
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    replacing wood bows on M101 A2

    now what about the hardware, ive got some screws in there that just wont come out wit out stripping them. plus the little metal sleeves that go around the bottoms, are they necessary?
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    replacing wood bows on M101 A2

    reversing them is not a bad idea
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    replacing wood bows on M101 A2

    I will try the pallet idea, Tons of them around here, if not then off to lowes. thanks everybody.
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    replacing wood bows on M101 A2

    I have a couple pieces of wood on my bows I would like to replace. what kind of wood should I be using?
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    M101 A2 pick up

    Gotcha, thanks. i cant wait for warmer weather to start working on this!
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    M101 A2 pick up

    Heres a couple of pics i promised. but now im confused... two different plates attached one on the frame says M116 A2 and on the tub it says M101. whats up with this:cookoo:
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    M101 A2 pick up

    Ill keep checking the classifieds, im giving myself until May, if i cant find one ill have one made i guess. i also just looked at the trailer today, it looks so easy to take off the tub, and the lunette. im happy about that.
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    M101 A2 pick up

    Great. thanks guys. is there any online site for a tarp other than making a new one? My wife doesn't want me doing to much too it. but as long as i can put stuff in it for camping right now and keep things dry, then I'll be all right. other than a tarp I quess the only thing i'm going to do to...
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    M101 A2 pick up

    Brought it home last night. I can not believe how wonderfully this trailer pulled behind my jeep. It's like it wasn't even there. Way better then my 6x10 utility trailer. Now the only concern I had was the driver's side wheel bearing was getting warm, the other one nice and cold. this M101 A2...
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    Alaskan Camper M101a2 Trailer Project Build

    Is there any write up on that trailer? i like it
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    M101 A2 pick up

    this trailer is costing $800 not including the gas round trip, so things are going to be VERY TIGHT this year for any mods to this trailer. im thinking if i cant find a cover/tarp for this by April, im going to go the mytarp.com way
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    M101 A2 pick up

    Awesome site, so much great info on here. this is my first post. im new to MV in the civilian world that is, im still currently in the Army Reserves, been to Iraq twice, as a matter of fact my first our i drove a deuce and a trailer from kuwait to Baghdad. So any ways 24 hours from now im going...
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