fxk142
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Well guys after searching for months, and monitoring craigslist daily, I have found a decent M416 trailer which I was able to pick up on the cheap ($225!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). I purchased it from a Vietnam vet who showed us his machine gun, Bazooka and grenade collection before we left! Pretty cool guy. I went and picked it up yesterday and towed it home on a landscape trailer to my shop where the build will begin. The bed is solid, no rust through holes that I can see. Frame looks good too, nothing more than surface rust. And the rear tail was untouched and unmodified, no tailgate, so it's still water-tight.
No title came with the trailer. Coming from PA that is a problem, but I found out that I could register the trailer in Maine without being a resident, and without the need for a title. All I needed to provide was a Bill of Sale, pay the registration fee which in my case was $50 for 5 years, and pay a 5% Maine sales tax, which was $11.25. So for $61.25, it looks like problem solved. Try this site if you want to go through Maine: http://www.mainetrailerregistrations.com/
Here are a few pics:
Building to match this:
The Lunette is gone, and was replaced by a 2" Ball hitch which I plan on removing.
Plans:
-Welding in a 2" reciever tube for a Max-Coupler
-I am going to blast the body and chassis
-Possibly poweder coat the frame
-Fab up new fenders to contain the bigger tires
-Either a SOA with a new 3500 lbs axle and new brakes or a custom trailing arm suspension with air bags. This will depend on how ambitious I am, and how well I do in the welding class I am currently taking
-Line-X the bed
-Aluminum Lid
-Tracks and Thule cross-bars for the lid to mount Kayaks, bikes, or RTT
-Box for the tongue to contain batteries
-Water tank
-Jerry-Can holders
-Propane tank and holder
-Rewire and put on new tail lights
-Matching 35x12.5x17 tires and wheels to my JKU (Mopar Winter Wheels like these)
More to come.....:wings:
No title came with the trailer. Coming from PA that is a problem, but I found out that I could register the trailer in Maine without being a resident, and without the need for a title. All I needed to provide was a Bill of Sale, pay the registration fee which in my case was $50 for 5 years, and pay a 5% Maine sales tax, which was $11.25. So for $61.25, it looks like problem solved. Try this site if you want to go through Maine: http://www.mainetrailerregistrations.com/
Here are a few pics:
Building to match this:
The Lunette is gone, and was replaced by a 2" Ball hitch which I plan on removing.
Plans:
-Welding in a 2" reciever tube for a Max-Coupler
-I am going to blast the body and chassis
-Possibly poweder coat the frame
-Fab up new fenders to contain the bigger tires
-Either a SOA with a new 3500 lbs axle and new brakes or a custom trailing arm suspension with air bags. This will depend on how ambitious I am, and how well I do in the welding class I am currently taking
-Line-X the bed
-Aluminum Lid
-Tracks and Thule cross-bars for the lid to mount Kayaks, bikes, or RTT
-Box for the tongue to contain batteries
-Water tank
-Jerry-Can holders
-Propane tank and holder
-Rewire and put on new tail lights
-Matching 35x12.5x17 tires and wheels to my JKU (Mopar Winter Wheels like these)
More to come.....:wings:
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