M1101 trailer on our Middle East diesel 80 with the original pintle hitch

[John Young]

So I took the plunge and bought this on govplanet.

All in with auction fees and title documents was about 2400 USD

I bought this because I have some things I need to move from Northern Virginia to Florida, and kinda just because I wanted a nice utility trailer.

I know I need to change out the tires and wheels but today I am faced with either spending another 600 to get the trailer to Arlington VA where I can really work on it, or just going up and hauling it more or less as-is for about 80 miles from PA to NOVA. The tires look really good and seem likely to be new from 2010. I think I might take a chance and just go for it.

 

[John Young]

I've been reading up on the M1101 and doing some calculation with assistance from our new robot overlords. With stock military tires I am getting nose down angles of about 6.5 degrees which does not seem to terribly bad.

My pintle hitch is about 615mm with my 40mm rear lift on the 80. I read that 3 degrees nose-down is about optimal but I'm thinking that I should be ok for a short trip.

Right now I am trying to sort a short term solution for the lights. Thinking wireless kit from Amazon, but I don't think my 80 has any trailer wiring in it currently.

It looks like the OEM connections points are still there and undisturbed.

But there is no indication that anyone has ever wired them up.

 

[John Young]

This was kind of a spur of the moment impulse buy. I'd really like to find a US made plug-in harness. I did find this AUS harness that looked good but the timing would not be great.