Michael, I've never heard or seen of longer-than-standard variations of
the M416, but you've piqued my curiosity. Any chance you have any
pictures of this beast? I'd love to see them!
Cheers, and good luck with the neighbours!
Henry Cubillan
Michael Moran wrote:
> At a local auction last Saturday, I placed 3 proxy bids
> on 3 M416 trailers. I looked them over rather quickly on
> Thursday. Each was painted a fire engine red for the fire
> department. One had a drop mesh tailgate added, one had a
> generator installed, and last one looked untouched. Each
> had working parking brakes, tongue stand, military tires,
> held water (raining), lunette tongue and round 6-plug
> wire connector. I won the best condition one! But after
> reviewing a lot of trailer pages, I think that they are a
> different model M416 as I recall a rather long tub to
> them. Once I get back from vacation, I'll investigate a
> little further. I do recall and have noted M411 as a
> number on the ID tag. It was raining rather hard and I
> wasn't prepared for the weather when I looked at them. I
> basically gave them a rating when I bid. Is there
> different models of the M416 style trailers? All were
> dated 1967/1968.
>
> There was also a military dump (M35?) and a M715 which
> had seen better days. I wanted to get the M715, but the
> wife insist that I make amends with the city and
> neighbors first. So I'm working on that. The M715 needed
> lots of TLC and currently the garage and driveway are
> full.
>
> What this is all about is the M105A2 trailer I have. The
> M715 would be nice in front of it. But the neighbors with
> the city behind them want the trailer out of the
> neighborhood. I've supposedly sold it and will close the
> sale when I return. He's a lister here. The M416 trailer
> should be more accepted...(?)
>
> mm
>
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-- Henrique Cubillan TLCA#4080 1991 FJ62LG-MN Herndon, VA USA 1967 M416 1/4T cubillan@earthlink.net http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=31079
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