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Does anyone have experience restoring a data plate like this? It can be read but with difficulty. Any background coloration is gone and the relief is so low I can't see a way to re-color it for readability. Thanks

Kirk, I received my TM5-7044 manual today, hard copy from Belgium. Great reading. I can read all about how the M1 trailer is made and operated. Thanks for the reference.

Hello Kirk, Thanks for the description of how the trailer tilts. Your trailer at least still has the tailgate and upper structure around the fenders so you have more to work with. The picture of the tailgate gives me something to go by to fabricate the new tailgate-ramp combination. So the...

Here is the spring suspension sliding block. There's probably a proper name for it. L Lots of grease required on these trailers.

The center pivot is mounted on a heavy block that moves up and down within the limits of the frame around it. That provides the spring suspension for the trailer. The ends of the beam are retained by heavy guides, lots of grease required! Now I know what the holes in the sides of the bed...

The more I learn about this trailer the more interesting it gets. Like the suspension, a walking beam, but with no axle crossing from left to right so the bed can be very low and there is nothing to 'hit' underneath. A wheel was taken off today and some cleaning done. It's obvious why the...

Waafast, your trailer looks a lot like mine, Yours has some decking added to cover 3/4 of the bed but mine doesn't. But look at the right rear quarter of your bed and the 'torch cut' along the gap, mine is exactly the same. The humps that run the length of the beds on the M1, may have been to...

One of the first chores was to move the lunette assembly up to the top holes so it would fit the LMTV. However, those 1" bolts were completely rusted in. One came loose with impact. But no amount of heating beating or twisting (1' impact!) would free the worst one, actually twisting off the...

Some of the notable shortcomings are: The upper structure around the top of the side fenders has been torched off. The front wall of the trailer is cut out. The winch assembly is missing. 3 of the 4 stabilizer feet are torched out leaving one on the left front, but the screw assembly was cut...

As noted in another thread, https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/neat-use-for-a-directors-trailer-m17.14871/, I have an M1 Searchlight trailer to restore to a usable condition. I don't plan to do a complete restoration to original though, too many parts and pieces missing off this trailer...