M416 trailer progress

stick · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:23 am

I'm not sure where a thread like this should go, so I'm putting it here. If you look closely, you'll see part of a KJ in the pics :lol:

Started work on my M416. This is what I started with:

I parked it in the garage and disassembled it:

After several hours with an angle grinder, I had the frame pretty well cleaned up. I then gave it two coats of POR-15 and a top coat of rattle can semi-flat black:

stick · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:23 am

I gave the wheels a few coats of olive drab green:

After a few more hours with the angle grinder I had the bottom of the tub ready to go. I painted the underside of the tub with 2 coats of POR-15. I'm not going to top coat it since the POR-15 on the underside isn't going to see any sunlight:

More pics coming soon...

stick · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:24 am

A few more update pictures:

I rewired the trailer. The old wiring was pretty loose and the wires were just twisted together and electrical taped. I soldered the wires and made everything nice and tight. I used zip ties to hold the wiring nice and snug to the frame. I also re-installed the lights and military data tag on the frame:

Next up was several house on the angle grinder again with the wire brush attachment. I knocked off all the loose paint and rust. I then gave the bottom of the bed, fenders, and anything else that was rusty a coat of POR-15

Next up was primer. It could have used a little more primer, but I ran out, so that will have to do. I also painted the hard to reach places with rattle can olive drab. I figured those would be the spots that would be hard to get with the air compressor powered spray gun.

I had to re-install the bed on the frame because I'm transporting the trailer to my parent's house this week where I'll paint it. I had some issues getting the trailer to fit on the frame and for the holes to line up, but I guess that's understandable since I dropped the bed once when I was moving it and and flipped it over twice to work on it. I'd imagine things shifted a little. With a little muscle, I was able to get it back on and bolted down with new grade 8 hardware. Pulleys are great!

Hope to have some pictures of the final paint job before the end of the week... :wink:

DoverKJ · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:39 am

Looks good. I am still working on mine, frame is almost done, need to rewire it, then sandblask the tub and fenders and patch a hole in the floor of the tub. Had a few other project that needed to get done first like a new workshop, fence and deck that needed to be built.

Keep us updated.

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:52 am

Looks great! Definitely keep us updated...waiting for more pics...

Maximum Carnage · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:59 am

That looks great, on the first pictures it seemed like it needed a lot of work but you made it seem too easy.
I was planning on buying one but my plans were put on hold. I figured buying a house should be priority, especially with the market. Unless I find a deal I can’t pass up.

Keep the pictures coming.

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:02 am

Looks way cool.

Is it possible to replace that hitch with a 2" ball recepticle?

Where did you get the trailer?

What was the wieght limit rating on it originaly?

can you give us a breakdown on your initial and meterial expenses?

are you required to and what is involved with registering that thing when it is finished?

Cool Link: http://vegasauto.net/m416.html

stick · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:18 am

Max Carnage - I'm in the process of buying a house too. I used the excuse of "the trailer would be good for hauling things while moving" :lol:

Woody - Yes, you can replace the military lunette hoop with a standard 2" ball coupler. Most folks who do that just weld on a piece of metal and then weld the coupler to that. I think some of the early civilian Bantam trailers have a peice that will fit on these trailer too, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

The original military data tag reads:

WEIGHTS= EMPTY, CROSSCOUNTRY, HIGHWAY
Payload= - -, 500, 750
Wheels= 482, 960, 1208
Ldg Leg= 88, 110, 112
Total= 570, 1070, 1320

SHIPPING =159 cu. ft.

I bought the trailer from a private seller. He had been using it to haul trash to the landfill for the last two years. He got it from a military collector who originally bought it to use as parts for other projects.

PA does require you to title and register the trailer. Of course this will depend on your state. SOme states don't require it to be titled or registered as long as it's below a specific GVW.

I'll give you a parts and cost rundown when I get it completed and sum it all up...not sure I want to do that :wink:

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:18 pm

stick wrote:

I'll give you a parts and cost rundown when I get it completed and sum it all up...not sure I want to do that :wink:

I understand. It just looks like a great project and wondering if I want to tackle this.

Thanks again.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:24 pm

Looking good , I am still looking for one . I would not change the hitch though

KeswickDave · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:27 pm

That's so cool, I hear the Canadian military trailers are good, maybe I should go looking for one - makes my little utility trailer look positively wimpy!!!

Maximum Carnage · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:29 pm

KeswickDave wrote:

That's so cool, I hear the Canadian military trailers are good, maybe I should go looking for one - makes my little utility trailer look positively wimpy!!!

Check this out http://www.futurelogistics.ca/Site02.data/SmartObjects/M101TrailerFlyer.pdf

KeswickDave · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:34 pm

OOOh yeah I want one... lol... like new. Very cool.

But my $250 trailer will have to do for now, although if I was buying that I sure would pay in USD! Don't think they've updated their brochure for the current exchange rates!

RAYMAN975 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:24 pm

that is AWESOME!! i gotta find one!

that olive drab green is a badass color!

stick · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:37 pm

update 3/13/08

I got it all painted up. Not the best paint job, but it looks better than what it did before I started.

stick · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:38 pm

While I was taking pictures, I took a few shots of my Willys and trailer together

Edit: More about the Willys can be seen here: http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=23625

KeswickDave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:44 pm

Awesome! They make a nice couple :wink:

Prometheus Xray · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:26 pm

i feel like this is world war 2 again, nice work man...looks great! now u just need to mount a .30 cal on the back of the willys

CD · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:32 pm

stick wrote:

While I was taking pictures, I took a few shots of my Willys and trailer together

That looks great Stick, must give you great satisfaction & enjoyment driving both around. I'd love to park that willys at my place. Is it just the photo or are the tyres on the trailer larger than the Willys?

Rush345 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:33 pm

I love it especially with the classic Army Jeep, I just looks so good together the way they ment to be! Now for a KJ I would buy this as a POS and look for KJ Flairs and matching wheels and same trim to tie it to a KJ then it would fit into our norm. No knocking the nistolgia trailer but just if you have a classic CJ this trailer just adds to it's value. But a Liberty need just a little extra enhancements :twisted:

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