Why folks want a trailer ?

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Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by acudanut » December 19th, 2018, 1:33 am

Just curious. I have no need for one.

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by halftracknut » December 19th, 2018, 1:50 am

You need a trailer to haul all the spare parts for your trip.....
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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by m3a1 » December 19th, 2018, 10:25 am

A good trailer converts any vehicle into a wheeled Swiss Army Knife. THAT's why you need a trailer.

However, if you have to ask....you probably don't need a trailer.... yet.

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by Mark » December 19th, 2018, 10:32 am

When my brother had a corn furnace, he would fill it up with shelled corn(the leaf springs would be like close to an upside down U).Actually the trailer is a 3/4 ton rating), probably a 15 mile round trip to the farm.This is with a M416
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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by m3a1 » December 19th, 2018, 10:46 am

Plus, your M151 was meant to have a small trailer. That's why it has a hitch.

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by Mr. Recovery » December 19th, 2018, 1:21 pm

The 416 will easily hold 20 cases of beer and 1/4 ton of crushed ice. !! :)
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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by Surveyor » December 19th, 2018, 1:43 pm

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by m3a1 » December 19th, 2018, 4:27 pm

All good reasons, as I see it.

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by Horst » December 19th, 2018, 4:48 pm

buying a M416 was probably one of the best investments. Apart from pulling it behind the 151 or having a platform for a car tent, it get's most of its use behind a civvy car. The pintle is changed in minutes to a civilian version and I have a second set of 12V lights.

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by m3a1 » December 19th, 2018, 10:43 pm

Ooh my....that's a big one. Tent, I mean. :wink:

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by raymond » December 21st, 2018, 5:17 pm

Mr. Recovery wrote:The 416 will easily hold 20 cases of beer and 1/4 ton of crushed ice. !! :)

Pictures to prove it :?:
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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by svramselaar » December 23rd, 2018, 7:28 am

hi



i use my trailer for shows sleeping on top of it this was belting 2017
the hut where we sit in is also at the trailer
it holds my shaving mirror
the can has a tap on it
near the can you can see a cartidge box it has now a two pan cooker inside
on the road the water can go inside and at the new longer made boom sits my scooter with two bolds the road

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by SturmTyger380 » December 25th, 2018, 12:10 pm

When we do our yearly encampment I have so much stuff to bring, large canvas awing with posts, food, beer and all the rest of what I need. There is no way that would fit in the back of a 1/4 ton.
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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by Bryan45 » December 31st, 2018, 9:26 am

I use my M416 much more often than my M151A1. I pull the trailer behind my truck, my '05 Wrangler, and my 151. It hauls firewood, cleans up brush around the yard, hauls recyclables to the center, trash to the dump, landscape materials, and targets to the range.

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Re: Why folks want a trailer ?

Unread post by rickf » December 31st, 2018, 10:51 am

You do NOT have an M1 Garand AND and an M1C Garand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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