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Not the best picture of how they work, but believe me they are more than what is needed with less power draw.
My M416 Build Starts Up!!
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Not the best picture of how they work, but believe me they are more than what is needed with less power draw.
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249/louetta road area
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M416 Continuation
I had a local fab shop weld up a frame for my future RTT. I also modified the tongue by removing the stock military lunette and replaced it with a 48" tongue. I kept the lunette type hitch for greater flex off road. I have a 30 gallon water tank mounted with a demand water pump. You can see the fill nozzle and water spic on the front left side. My propane bottles are 10 gallon transparent bottles so I can see the fluid and KNOW when they are getting low. I also have two 5 gallon fuel cells up front, and two ammo cans in the rear. One is for a deep cycle battery and inverter, the other is for tools or what ever. I also added two cans up front for what ever as well. All cans, fuels, propanes etc can all be pad locked.
I also added another receiver below the spare tire to add a bike rack when ever needed.
The next project is to add hinged bars on the sides of the frame to allow a kayak or canoe to be held.
I had a local fab shop weld up a frame for my future RTT. I also modified the tongue by removing the stock military lunette and replaced it with a 48" tongue. I kept the lunette type hitch for greater flex off road. I have a 30 gallon water tank mounted with a demand water pump. You can see the fill nozzle and water spic on the front left side. My propane bottles are 10 gallon transparent bottles so I can see the fluid and KNOW when they are getting low. I also have two 5 gallon fuel cells up front, and two ammo cans in the rear. One is for a deep cycle battery and inverter, the other is for tools or what ever. I also added two cans up front for what ever as well. All cans, fuels, propanes etc can all be pad locked.
I also added another receiver below the spare tire to add a bike rack when ever needed.
The next project is to add hinged bars on the sides of the frame to allow a kayak or canoe to be held.
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Continuation
continuation of the build..
continuation of the build..
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Continuation
Continuation of the build....
Continuation of the build....
I am new to the sport but live in Spring. Where did you find a local source for surplus trailers? Also, since Spring Creek closed are there any other places to wheel? Any advice wouldbe greatly appreciated! 
Man...I forgot how cool this thing came out!!!
Great build!
Great build!
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My M416 Build Starts Up!! Continued
There are many places to go wheeling... depends on how far you want to wheel to get there. Here is a google map on our land cruiser page that shows the texas locaitons we know of.
Texas Off-road Parks - T4x4T
Thanks for checking out my trailer... if you are in the Spring area. Give me a shout sometime or come wheeling with our group.
Let me know what we can do to help you out!!!
I am new to the sport but live in Spring. Where did you find a local source for surplus trailers? Also, since Spring Creek closed are there any other places to wheel? Any advice wouldbe greatly appreciated!
There are many places to go wheeling... depends on how far you want to wheel to get there. Here is a google map on our land cruiser page that shows the texas locaitons we know of.
Texas Off-road Parks - T4x4T
Thanks for checking out my trailer... if you are in the Spring area. Give me a shout sometime or come wheeling with our group.
Let me know what we can do to help you out!!!
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My M416 Build Starts Up!! Continued
Thanks for checking it out! do you have a build of your own? Would love to share some ideas....
Tom
Man...I forgot how cool this thing came out!!!
Thanks for checking it out! do you have a build of your own? Would love to share some ideas....
Tom
Yea Tom I'm doing the ROAM build a few posts down the list. I love how you used every available space to plan something to fit...very ingenious !!!
Is plan to open the RTT off the back or side?
Keep up the great work, nice Cruiser too btw!
Is plan to open the RTT off the back or side?
Keep up the great work, nice Cruiser too btw!
Where did you find the LED's? Prices?
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Lookin great Tom.
Buck
Buck
No Kidding! O'Reilly's has something that is worth a $h!t? Thanks for that, I'll have to go grab those tonight!
Tom,
Interesting mod on the drawbar. I want to retain the lunette, but would like more length, too.
The gas cylinder holders are sharp. What's the source or did you build them? I need to do something similar.
Interesting mod on the drawbar. I want to retain the lunette, but would like more length, too.
The gas cylinder holders are sharp. What's the source or did you build them? I need to do something similar.
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Draw Bar
The lunette is NOT the stock lunette from the 416. What I did is go to a local trailer supply and buy a heavy threaded lunette. I think the threads are like 1 1/4 or something like that. It came with washer and castle nut. I built a box on the end of the tongue to hold the castle nut and allow spin. Once installed I tightend it down to the same spec as the stock M416 and put the cotter pin in the castle nut. Now I still get rotation like stock but I dont need the stock long lunette.
I will post up some close ups of the set up tomorrow...
Tom
The lunette is NOT the stock lunette from the 416. What I did is go to a local trailer supply and buy a heavy threaded lunette. I think the threads are like 1 1/4 or something like that. It came with washer and castle nut. I built a box on the end of the tongue to hold the castle nut and allow spin. Once installed I tightend it down to the same spec as the stock M416 and put the cotter pin in the castle nut. Now I still get rotation like stock but I dont need the stock long lunette.
I will post up some close ups of the set up tomorrow...
Tom
Lunette
What did you do with the original lunette, landing leg and casting? Any chance you'd sell me that stuff??? I am in the middle of a frame-off restoration and I still need those parts.
Thanks, Ed
What did you do with the original lunette, landing leg and casting? Any chance you'd sell me that stuff??? I am in the middle of a frame-off restoration and I still need those parts.
Thanks, Ed
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Bottle Racks
I had them made local here in Spring TX per my design. I wanted something that would secure the bottle from theft but still allow me access to turn them on/off for use. Let me know what I can do to help...
I had them made local here in Spring TX per my design. I wanted something that would secure the bottle from theft but still allow me access to turn them on/off for use. Let me know what I can do to help...
Raszr,
No sweat. I did some looking around and adapted a suitable carrier. Pics below...
I'm still insanely jealous of your twin see-thru tanks.
I gotta get me one of those.
