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I’m not too surprised the HMMWV wheel offset is insufficient. Thank you for answering that!

Question for the crew here, can you put the HMMWV wheels and tires from an M101A3 on an M101A2 / M116A2 (flat bed/generator)? I couldn't seem to find a direct answer for fitment/rub issues other than papakb saying he has ran "HMMWV wheels and tires on my M101A2 for years without any problems."...

April 07th, 2024: I want/need to buy new tires for my M101A3 (and for one of my generator trailers), but I figured in the mean time, the tires I have hold air and would work for a generator trailer sitting in the driveway. I "borrowed" the very nice (like new) tires from my green MEP-803A...

Thanks swbradley1! Great idea for transporting amateur radio masts too! On Veterans day a week and a half ago, I couldn't pass up yet another trailer load of free firewood (albeit greener and harder to split by hand than I expected) from a small ranch just a couple towns over. The wood...

Little update in the above post for all y'all: Due to age and sidewall cracking, I'd like to replace all my tires on this trailer, but it's a funds thing and to get them shipped from Feltz Tire. Local to me Boyce Equipment's HMMWV tires are all 8+ years old at the time of this writing...

I have had other projects that were far more labor intensive (such as restoring my deuce's wooden troop seats and bows, or installing the cab reinforcement bracket), but this spare tire hoist sure wore me out and took 3 times longer than it should have and I broke 2 hoists. Lessons...

I have relocated the military 12-pin plug to be strapped down via a pair of footman loops on the toolbox. I used 16 gauge steel backing plate on the inside of the aluminum toolbox. Perhaps I should have put the footman loops towards the bottom of the box, but this works too.

I have added 8"x4"x1/4" backing plates for the Hi-Lift jack mount. I suppose this shows that the front mount is slightly crooked. :shrugs: An unrelated note, in the first photo you can actually see that the hue of the left plate (painted with Rapco 383 Green substitute) is an exact match...

Thank you! I like the addition of the additional angle iron to help hold the tire stable. Great photos; that helps me a lot.

Yes, all bolts are directly to the metal of the trailer. Great suggestion. I'll have to do that for the spare tire hoist and, at minimum, for the Hi-Lift jack, as I see those mounts as the most susceptible. The jerry can mounts probably wouldn't hurt, but I do see those as less likely as they're...

Certainly quite valid points I haven’t considered. However, these HMMWV tires have runflats so the wheel doesn’t have quite as far to “fall”. Even if so, I don't think it’ll be too hard to find/stack something to drive the flat tire onto for needed clearance to access the spare. Interestingly...

Now, a rather important subject: Where to put the spare tire. The spare would have fit very well in front of the cargo box on the tongue (where I put the toolbox); such as how this fellow on Facebook did his: However, without a specially designed mount, the spare tire would been in the way of...

I had a tan toolbox I kept from a previous 3kw generator trailer that I had sold. I painted the exterior with Rapco 383 green substitute. I then cut off the 'U' storage mount for the 12-pin military trailer plug, and painted the section of frame rail. (I still need to find a new location where...

Now, I do have spare tire for this trailer (that I still need to mount, but that's for later) but I thought a Hi-Lift jack would be the most useful jack to use with this trailer. Locally, I found someone selling a like-new (green!) Hi-Lift "Signature Edition", Model PJ-485 (48" long) that I...

With the additional fuel carrying capacity, I wanted a fire extinguisher mounted on my trailer and I have a couple extra fire extinguisher mounts I've collected. I considered placing the mount on top of the passenger fender, but with my extinguisher being so tall, I didn't have a good feeling...

This project to add 4 jerry can mounts to my M101A3 took me about 4 times longer than I anticipated, but it is my fault as I'm sure I over-complicated it, and I over-built the mounts. I'll start with the finished pictures and then you can keep reading further down if you want all my boring...

I was able to mount the pioneer tool rack to my M101A3 this weekend. For reference, the numbers stamped on the rack: MS53053-1 19204 ASSY 734692 MFR 62412 I used four 3/8" grade 8 bolts through existing holes in the rack to bolt directly to the top-most outer lip of the trailer's tailgate...

Thank you, Guyfang. This has been the nicest summer in my memory here, especially this August. I talked to one of my brothers, and that jerry can placement on top of the fenders is not a great idea, even with reinforcement, due to raising the center of gravity. So I am going to use some angle...

All this recent use of my M101A3 has definitely put more scratches in the bed paint and the formerly new side racks and cargo cover. I wish the wear and tear wasn't the case, but I'm also happy to have such an essential, useful trailer. I also have been considering some modifications for the...

June 2022: My brother decided his firewood stack was too big (part of the wood pile was in the way of a new shed he wanted to build) so I helped him for the day dig, and prepare the ground, and made off with a load of split firewood! The cargo cover was essential to not drop any on the highway...