Expedition Trailer

For some time I have been planning on mounting water tanks under the bed of our M416 trailer.  The idea was to be able to carry more water and to have the weight down low to help keep the trailer from tipping. I ordered two 15 gallon tanks off the Internet as a starting...
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The standard pintle hitch on the M416 trail is a great hitch. However, there are a few shortcomings; the pintle is REALY noisy; in many cases the tongue is to short; for high speed highway travel it is lacking in stability; and it is really hard to back. The positive of the original pintal is that it...
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Version 1 of my Rooftop rack for the trailer was mounted inside the trailer bed. This was going to cause problems with installing a hard cover for the trailer. Here are a few pictures showing the new rack with the frame modifications required to support it.   Mounting the tent on the new rack...
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With the intention of moving my roof top tent rack outside the trailer bed some frame modifications were needed. The initial modifications where to the frame. I needed to extend the front and rear frame cross members about 10″ out from the side of the bed. The front and rear cross members where replaced....
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The rear spring shackles on the M416 are not very durable and they have a tendency to bend. There is any easy replacement that fixes this problem. I ordered replacement shackles for an early build jeep that add about 3/4″ lift as well as strengthen the build. The replacement was an easy 20 minute...
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