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This page describes how I built a heavy duty trailer from a military surplus trailer bed from M105A2 trailer. The subdirectories here offer pictures roughly consistent with project stages. The first shows the bed. The second shows the axle that I bought locally and then decided to not use. Then there are drawings. One directory offers pictures of the M105A2 trailer that I found on the web. The first thing I actually did was weld a adjustable eye rail to the tongue. Then I welded the frame, then I put on axle mounting brackets, on thick pads.
This homemade trailer has a bullet hole in a place which you would not expect to get damage from careless loading/unloading, see last picture.
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00 M105A2 Bed 01 3500 LB Trailer Axle -- I did NOT use that axle! It is for sale
02 Drawings 03 Actual M105A2 -- Pictures of actual (not mine) M105A2 trailer
04 Welded Adjustable Eye Rail 05 Welding Frame 06 Mounting Axle 07 Trailer Turned Over 08 Trailer Electrical Box 09 Trailer Ramps 10 Trailer Backing Guide
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