M416 with tailgate?

need more space? add a M416 trailer! and discuss it here.

Moderators: rickf, raymond, Mr. Recovery

Post Reply
on-to-berlin
Sergeant First Class
Sergeant First Class
Posts: 236
Joined: December 1st, 2011, 1:54 pm

M416 with tailgate?

Unread post by on-to-berlin » August 13th, 2017, 3:46 pm

Are there any pictures of M416 trailers with tailgates while beiing in service? A lot of conversions like that were done
once they were privatly purchased so I was wondering if some conversions were done already while in service?
The reason I ask is that I just bough a nice M416 with a tailgate cut in. I want to put it behind my A2 and also paint it in MERDC. At the moment I think about closing the tailgate again since I like it better. But if there is any photographic evidence from the 70s or 80s I might eventually keep it that way.
Any input greatly appreciated!
1939 Harley Davidson U
1944 Harley Davidson WLA
1944 Willys MB
1969 Ford Mutt A1
1973 AM General Mutt A2

User avatar
rickf
General
General
Posts: 19738
Joined: November 26th, 2007, 1:28 pm
Location: Pemberton, NJ.

Re: M416 with tailgate?

Unread post by rickf » August 13th, 2017, 5:16 pm

If it was done the person doing it would most likely have been court martialed for destruction of government property. The trailers were made to float and the tailgate completely negates that.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone

User avatar
muttguru
Colonel
Colonel
Posts: 1992
Joined: November 26th, 2007, 12:18 pm
Location: Li'l ol' England.....

Re: M416 with tailgate?

Unread post by muttguru » August 13th, 2017, 5:43 pm

rickf wrote:If it was done the person doing it would most likely have been court martialed for destruction of government property.
Unless, of course, you happen to be the owner of an M416 modified for an AN/MRC-12..... in which case Lexington-Bluegrass Army Depot would have done the work for you :D

Ken

Image
Kind regards....
Ken

Always wanted - Details and pictures of M416 Trailer data plates & M151 data plates & body-tags for my research. Thanks!

Contact address - - muttguru@aol.com

Note for 2023..... Ken..."Less Stress - More Exercise!"

User avatar
rickf
General
General
Posts: 19738
Joined: November 26th, 2007, 1:28 pm
Location: Pemberton, NJ.

Re: M416 with tailgate?

Unread post by rickf » August 13th, 2017, 6:07 pm

Is that even designated a 416? The whole rear end is different.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone

User avatar
muttguru
Colonel
Colonel
Posts: 1992
Joined: November 26th, 2007, 12:18 pm
Location: Li'l ol' England.....

Re: M416 with tailgate?

Unread post by muttguru » August 14th, 2017, 3:37 am

rickf wrote:Is that even designated a 416? The whole rear end is different.
Rick....yes, it's a real M416.....see here:-

Ken

There's also diagrams of it in FM 10-518 Rigging Equipment for Airdrop (Section 6 page 6-2 - Rigging M416Trailer)

Image
Kind regards....
Ken

Always wanted - Details and pictures of M416 Trailer data plates & M151 data plates & body-tags for my research. Thanks!

Contact address - - muttguru@aol.com

Note for 2023..... Ken..."Less Stress - More Exercise!"

Fil Bonica
Brigadier General
Brigadier General
Posts: 2607
Joined: December 9th, 2007, 10:49 am
Location: ~ Heaven ~

Re: M416 with tailgate?

Unread post by Fil Bonica » August 14th, 2017, 10:02 am

Some years back Jeff at frontline had a teletype trailer with a tailgate and elevated canvas top.
Had it not been so far away in would have been in my yard.
For what its worth there is another example of a 416 with a tailgate.

Fil Bonica
K1ABW

User avatar
rickf
General
General
Posts: 19738
Joined: November 26th, 2007, 1:28 pm
Location: Pemberton, NJ.

Re: M416 with tailgate?

Unread post by rickf » August 14th, 2017, 5:03 pm

Live and learn. There were guys getting court martialed in the first Gulf war for putting boiler plate on Humvees. Can you believe it? Unauthorized modifications to military equipment.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone

on-to-berlin
Sergeant First Class
Sergeant First Class
Posts: 236
Joined: December 1st, 2011, 1:54 pm

Re: M416 with tailgate?

Unread post by on-to-berlin » August 17th, 2017, 5:30 am

Thank you for the input. The I will reweld the tailgate.
1939 Harley Davidson U
1944 Harley Davidson WLA
1944 Willys MB
1969 Ford Mutt A1
1973 AM General Mutt A2

Post Reply