"Trailering Review" I pull my boat today.

[raptorman53]

It's only 4500lbs. But, it gets the job done. Hauled about 2000lbs. of old sheet rock and other trash to the dump the other day. The truck did great.

Thanks for the review Skeeter.
I just got delivery of my Canadian Military 1/4 ton trailer, to go with my H3. I wanted a USGI one but they are so few and far between at this point, not to mention the condition they are in. The M101 CDN 2 fit the bill perfectly. I had it cleaned up and repainted so it really looks fantastic now. I will be getting some pics of the whole thing put together in a few days or maybe a week.

The trailer itself is only 775lbs. so it will trail effortlesely. 1/4 ton cargo weight is what it is rated for off road, so I imagine I could really pull about 1/2 ton with out any issue or degradation of the trailer.
What' a truck w/out a trailer anyway.

Below is a pic of it just re-painted befor I took delivery of it.



The Hitch.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Lex_Ordo

Thanks for the review Skeeter.
I just got delivery of my Canadian Military 1/4 ton trailer, to go with my H3. I wanted a USGI one but they are so few and far between at this point, not to mention the condition they are in. The M101 CDN 2 fit the bill perfectly. I had it cleaned up and repainted so it really looks fantastic now. I will be getting some pics of the whole thing put together in a few days or maybe a week.

The trailer itself is only 775lbs. so it will trail effortlesely. 1/4 ton cargo weight is what it is rated for off road, so I imagine I could really pull about 1/2 ton with out any issue or degradation of the trailer.
What' a truck w/out a trailer anyway.

Below is a pic of it just re-painted befor I took delivery of it.



The Hitch.

I like it, does it come in yellow with black trim ??? !!!

RYD

[Urban Ops]

I towed my rock crawler out to Moab and back to Cali. with no problems. The Samurai and Big Tex trailer weigh in at 4,400 lbs. I got an average of 12 mpg and it actually pulled very well in the mountains. My last tow rig was a '02 Dodge Dakota with a 4.7 ltr. The H3 really surprised me how well it did. There are a couple pulls going up Ice House Road to the Rubicon that I had to drop the Dakota down into 1st gear to pull. With my H3 I never drop down below 2nd or 35 mph. I think you should put your tranny in 3rd anytime you tow period. Tranny's cost more to repair than you are going to save on gas.

RYD,
The trailers that this guy had, were all surplus in Un-Issued condition. However, they sat around for about 12 years so some slight surface rust was evident. It probably could have been left alone the way it was, but I wanted it to look new.
The seller did ask me if I had the paint color codes for the H3, and I could have had it matched , but I wanted to keep it the Original military Olive Drab.
He seems to have a pretty good source for etting them in from Canada, so he might get more. This one was one of his last three.