Trailer Bow parts ???

[Man of Steel]

Hello, I am kind of new to the site so bear with me. I am starting to rebuild an old 101 trailer and with the trailer came some old bows parts. I need to identify the flat bars that are in the photos. Some of the flat plates are long and some short. I am going to guess that they sandwich on both sides of a piece of wood the size that goes in the bow (in photo) then slips into the side pockets??? Looked for the breakdown of the bows in all the TM's for the trailers/bows. Any help would be nice.
Thanks much

 

[3dAngus]

Which M101? M101A1? A2? Surely not the A3.
I don't have those flat plates on my M101A2. Never seen them on any M101A3.
Never seen a M101A1 closeup in person, but I'll probably own one before the end of the month.
They just don't look like they belong to any trailer. Maybe someone else will be more informative if they do.

 

[indy4x4fab]

M35 bow corner parts.

 

[MWMULES]

Early 101 bow stakes had thin sheet metal wrapped around the ends where they fit into the stake side. Nothing like the pieces you have Man of Steel , and pretty sure also that is a duce corner.

 

[Man of Steel]

101A1 Trailer

I must add that they were in the trailer with a few other items. Maybe parts that someone left in the trailer from something else. The corner kinda looks like a deuce part but maybe it's a M80 too. My 25 years in the Army was mostly in aviation so don't remember the vehicles to much, but learning now.

Thanks

 

[indy4x4fab]

I must add that they were in the trailer with a few other items. Maybe parts that someone left in the trailer from something else. The corner kinda looks like a deuce part but maybe it's a M80 too. My 25 years in the Army was mostly in aviation so don't remember the vehicles to much, but learning now.

Thanks

m50, m809 and m939s use a wider and larger corner as well its an m35 corner.

 

[Recovry4x4]

m50, m809 and m939s use a wider and larger corner as well its an m35 corner.

Are you sure about that Sir? If so I had no idea. The 925 bed in my yard uses the same stuff as my old deuce.

 

[indy4x4fab]

I'll post up a picture of the two corners side by side after bit with tape measure, too.

 

[Recovry4x4]

See, all these years of dealing with this stuff and I'm still learing daily! Thanks Sir

 

[indy4x4fab]

M35 bows will fit in the 5 ton pockets no problem but the 5 ton bows are a hair bigger and will bot fit in to a m35 bed post hole. I thought the same thing until I had them laying side by side. Now of course the top bows on the 5 tons is longer then the m35 bow, due to the fact the bed is wider, But we all know that's a given.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Huh!

 

[Recovry4x4]

Now I'm confused. The bow corner thing threw me a curve. I've never seen different corners but I know bows are the same. The only deuce beds that are narrower are the M34 and M135 beds.

 

[gimpyrobb]

opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:

 

[indy4x4fab]

Making a call to tweeter, he has both m35 drop side and m813a1 sitting in his drive way. I'll have him put a tape on both at the back.