Hi Mark
When I try to connect an M105 which is similar to an M103 to an M998 the
gear doesnt quite make it. So I have to have 2 strong backs handy to hold
up the trailer while the gear is retracted and then it is hooked up.
Glenn Shaw
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From: <mblair1@home.net>
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Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 6:47 PM
Subject: [MV] M103 trailer tongue height?
>
> Ok, I hope this isn't a dumb question, but I don't have experience
> with these trailers yet. Does anybody happen to know if the landing
> gear on an M103A3 1.5-ton trailer (the same chassis that is used on the
> M105, I think) can crank down low enough to couple and uncouple the
> trailer from a HMMWV?
>
> I am considering getting an M103A3 generator trailer for use with my
> M109A3 2.5-ton shop van. I think it'll be hard to back the trailer
> into the hangar where my van lives because of the van's poor
> visibility to the rear, and the lack of maneuvering room. My
> hangar-mate suggested using his HMMWV to move the trailer in and out
> of the hangar. The HMMWV's pintle hook is about a foot lower than the
> hook on the 2.5-ton, so I don't think I'd want to haul the trailer on
> the road with one, but I don't think the height difference would be a
> problem for pushing the trailer around the hangar at low speed, as
> long as the landing gear could deal with the low pintle hook.
>
> He also suggested that I could put another pintle hook on the front of
> my 2.5-ton, and that sounds sorta interesting...
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice!
>
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