M-100 trailer info sought

[rob love]

Originally Posted by 302Trooper

Did these trailers leave the service with the M38A1 style light or were they upgraded. Does anybody have a Data plate that they could part with?

Trailers were never a big priority in the military. Most of the taillamps were left stock on the 1/4 ton trailers. Remember that during the service of the M100 (until roughly 1994/95) the large M series taillamps were still made of plastic, so they were very susceptible to breaking when you tipped the trailers back. There was nothing wrong with the smaller metal lights; certainly there was never an official modification to change them up to the larger ones.

If you are going to go to the larger lights, they are available on ebay these days for as little as $15 or $20 each. These are the newest LED examples which will work with either 12 volt right up to 36 volt. I would suggest building brackets which raise the lamps higher than the bottom of the trailer and set them back to the back edge of the trailer, so they don't get smacked. Even better is to get the large composite lamps made of metal, except they will not have the multi-voltage capability.

Marc said:

well whadya know....you're right again Rob..

These are words that the wife will never utter, even though often true.