M101A2 Project (1 Viewer)

[Mark Harley]

Great trailers, I topped mine with a poor man's roof top tent.

 

[Teddy]

Put in to use at our club's Adopt a Highway day a couple weeks ago. We pick it up three times a year and got 15 bags of trash in 2 miles.

 

[Teddy]

Didn't get any pics, but it turns out that 2 scoops of gravel is what it takes to flatten the springs out. Hauled 6 scoops total weekend before last.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

The only time I had enough weight to flatten out the springs was when I hauled 3500# of crushed concrete from a sidewalk I demoed up to the landfill. Two scoops would be two cubic yards or 2/3 of a yard or what? Curious how much weight that would have been.

 

[Teddy]

The only time I had enough weight to flatten out the springs was when I hauled 3500# of crushed concrete from a sidewalk I demoed up to the landfill. Two scoops would be two cubic yards or 2/3 of a yard or what? Curious how much weight that would have been.

I asked the guy at the landscape place how much weight it was. He said, "Each scoop was about a ton." So, I would guess 3500-4000 pounds. The really unbelievable part to me was that my springs on the 80 didn't sag at all. Four inch Ironman super heavies. I for sure had to put the truck in four low moving it up the hill in my back yard.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I was pretty surprised how well the weight was balanced as well. Makes sense, since when the trailer is empty, there is very little tongue weight. It's easy to pick up and move around on flat ground, considering the trailer weighs ~1400#!

 

[Teddy]

On FLAT ground is the key word. I tweaked my back trying to unhook it off road in the GA mountains and at Black Balsam. I have learned my lesson now and I'm not too proud to ask for help.