RE: [ihc] WOW CJs and my NEW (to me) Trailer

["Mac @ TRIAD" <mac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

## >> I've ridden and driven too many KILLER jeeps to say much of
## >> anything bad,
## >> and there are about 6 models I'd love to get for my own
## >> should they come up
## >> somewhere.  ~'53 wagon 4wd, FC, MB/CJ2, CJ6/8, Commando,
## >> early sedan...

i have to agree.  there are some Jeeps that i do like.  my dad has an '88
Cherokee Chief, and it's pretty nice.  a buddy has a '80 Grand Wagoneer
Limited that i like a lot.  i like the original Honcho series of trucks (i
forget the years, but they weren't around very long), and i dig the early
'70s J series fullsize trucks, most notably the J20.  i don't much care for
the smaller CJ/YJ/whatever models, however.  just too small for me.  our
800A is almost too small for me.

## >> Anyway, last weekend I picked up a Dunbar Kapple Trailer,
## >> 1951 Vintage.  No
## >> rust holes, no big dents,  only surface, brand new tires,
## >> been sitting ~20
## >> years, and lunette AND ball hitch hookups, lights, both blackout and
## >> conventional, manual brake to set the trailer still, and the
## >> peg-leg for
## >> level stance when not on a truck, shocks, of course the military wrap
## >> springs (like 12 leaves in all but still very soft!).
## >> Pictures soon if
## >> anyone wants some.  It even had the shadows of the US Army
## >> Labels on the
## >> sides.  Neat thing about this trailer is that there is no
## >> tailgate so it's
## >> perfect for the trail or those trips to the wrecking yard
## >> either to pick up
## >> the little bits or drop them off for 'recycling'.  Also, it's
## >> 5 on 5.5" but
## >> the wheels there now are 16" x 6".  The goal is make a tonneau for it
## >> (plywood or steel) and either put a tent over the trailer, or
## >> just keep the
## >> camp goods and spares in the trailer and sleep in the truck.

about all i can say is "WOW".  that's a cool acquisition.  what i'd like to
know is how it got the 5 on 5.5 lug pattern.  i haven't seen even ONE of
those things here on post with that pattern.  if they're 5-lug, it's nearly
always five on eight (there's a five-lug that matches the big ten, but i
don't see many of those at all), though most now are either big Budd six,
eight lug to match the HMMWVs (these aren't real common either), or big Budd
ten to match the five tons.  i believe the ones they keep around for the
Chevy ton-and-a-quarter trucks are six lug but they keep those trucks and
their trailers kind of far off the beaten path (too far to get a good look
at without binoculars) in a specific motorpool area, so i haven't gotten to
look real close at them.

anyway, neat trailer.  an uncle of mine has one for his early '70s J20, both
are eight lug.  i've kind of drooled over these trailers for years, but i
wouldn't know what to do with one if i had it, so i never seriously looked
into getting one.  thanks for sharing, that's pretty cool.  if you're gonna
share pictures of it, i'd certainly like to see.

--Mac

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