CDN M101 Trailer

[Ed Storey]

It is difficult to figure out what trailer you are talking about when you continuously use incorrect terminology. Canadian ¼ ton Trailers were manufactured in two types M100CDN and M101CDN2, and I just told you that information in a previous post - perhaps if you start using this terminology instead of constantly saying 'M101' it would have be easier to determine what trailer you were actually talking about.

The data plate on the trailer clearly lists it as a Canadian M101CDN2, so there is no excuse for using the incorrect name.

The listed payload in C-30-825-000/MS-000 for a M101CDN2 Trailer is 227 kg (500 lbs) - if this is the trailer type being discussed...

[chris vickery]

Ed, the M101CDN2 is also referred to as the "Iltis" trailer, correct?
I know the term "M101" gets thrown around loosely when referring to Canadian trailers, be it 1/4T or 3/4T models...
Perhaps some pictures may assist

[Ed Storey]

Chris:

The Iltis towed both the M100CDN and the M101CDN2, so calling the M101CDN2 an 'Iltis Trailer' is just as misleading. Why not use the proper terminology, then there is no mistake as to what is being discussed.

I can understand the confusion between the various M101s used by DND and if someone wants to start a thread on the confusing naming protocols adapted in the 1990s for some trailer models then go for it.

Sure, what we need are more photographs posted, I am right on it....

[chris vickery]

Apologies Ed for using the term "Iltis" trailer, I am merely pointing out the fact that terminologies for all these trailers is used loosely.
I think most people know what a M100 trailer is....
For us "civvies", military jargon and nomenclature is often lost when discussing various materiel.
As to Duane's query, any trailer stipulated as a 1/4T has a payload of 500lbs.
For the M170, a 1/4T trailer is plenty to haul down the highway.