Military Jeep Trailer

[TexTJ209]

This was posted on another board, figured I'd pass it along. Great deal on a Jeep trailer...if I wasn't so damn poor I'd buy it myself.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80765&item=2492266897&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

[usmcagg02]

not a bad lookin trailer but i've never seen a "military" trailer like that. :rolleyes: he's prolly just as full o **** as the rest of us. :gigem:

[jwingfield2k]

umm, thats not such a very good deal. i got a 5x8 with 4ft sides welded wire stuff with drop down gate single axle for 600. brand new.

[TexTJ209]

Its an M416 Military Jeep trailer, ****ty ones typically go for twice the buy it now price, they're usually kinda hard to find. For that trailer, its a good deal.

http://www.vegasauto.net/images/m416.jpg

http://members.aol.com/brimiljeep/WebPages/JeepTrailerPage.html

EDIT: People typically want 'em b/c they were built to have the living **** beaten outta them, and come back asking for more. :gigem:

http://www.cs.odu.edu/~glaves/chris/trailer/images/trailerup1.jpg

http://www.cs.odu.edu/~glaves/chris/trailer/images/trailerangle2a.JPG

[JeepsterJayson]

I know the trailor is cheap ****, but that Land Rover is not. Thats a defender 90 Right?

[TexTJ209]

Yup, Defender 90.

[agjohn02]

but its not a pintle hook anymore, regular ball. so, thats half the fun gone. plus, you can buy em on 6 just south of college station.

[TexTJ209]

Hmm...didn't even notice the pintle was gone. Definitely no fun that way. Where at on 6?

[uglyota]

so what would anyone here pay for one of these trailers, just out of curiosity?
I'm talking if I could come up with one (or more) in, I dunno, 2 or 3 weeks?
also--just hypothetically of course--what kind of axles do you think these are?
:p

[agjohn02]

the trailers i was talking about are about 5-10 miles south of cs on the west side of 6.

those are planetary axles like are on heavy equipment. that truck was most likely for towing aircraft.

[uglyota]

that truck was most likely for towing aircraft.
right you are. are they worth anything?

I understand the guy on 6 wants an arm and a leg for his trailers. I may be able to get them cheap

[agjohn02]

ive always though they'd be hella sweet on a crawler. only problem i see is ive never seen em with an offset front pumpkin. all the ones ive seen were centered up. could be why that truck sits so high. they're super heavy but very strong. its kinda like a mog axle without the offset in the portal. an inline portal if you will. look at that pic of the tractor picking up the scout in my buildup thread, its got the same kind of axle in the front, as does our backhoe.

i priced those trailers on 6 and i seem to remember them being expensive.

[uglyota]

okay, just googled it up. I always wondered how planetary gears worked...doesn't look as strong as regular gears to me

[BigRedFord04]

shouldnt that "buildup thread" be in Projects and Buildups? its turned into a little more than a thead about a kickass scout motor. attn: webmaster

[agjohn02]

since you're flaming me in the other thread... ill let you figure it out on your own. [soup nazi voice] NO HELP FOR YOU ![/soup nazi voice] :flipoff2:

[agjohn02]

shouldnt that "buildup thread" be in Projects and Buildups? its turned into a little more than a thead about a kickass scout motor. attn: webmaster


yeah, i agree. i just didnt want to be a whiner and bring it up.

[uglyota]

I did figure it out, and my personal opinion is that planetaries look like a very strong design...lots of gear reduction, but not very strong
flaming, eh? I was thinking of it as more of a subtle jabbing. Anyway, you disrupted a quality noob bashing with a non-sequitur attack on somebody's morals. That couldn't go unacknowledged. Nonetheless a good example of how the kitchen is used differently than are the rest of the forums ;)

[agjohn02]

52" rubber, 5 liter turbodiesel, and a lot more weight than any rig will ever see... id say they're strong.

http://tamor.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4666&stc=1

[BMFScout]

and five lug, that means you can bling wheels right?

[agjohn02]

fo shizzle my nizzle, dem's 26's yo.