3/4T Manac trailer tires

[rob love]

You have a version that is based on the LSVW tire. The LSVW tires are quite heave, and the tires large, which results in a lot of unsprung weight. This can be a problem if you are trying to tow with a normal vehicle.



The good news is you can replace the hubs and drums with something more commercial. Take your hub/drum to a decent trailer place, or do your homework online, and you can put on something that takes a more normal wheel pattern. If you are trying to keep the trailer as it is, then you are on the hunt for LSVW rims. You will want to be finding whomever is buying the scrap ones out of Petawawa, or perhaps someone on this forum might have some squirreled away.



The bows and tarp are the same that were used on the earlier manac, and will have been on the late American trailers as well. The army will quite often throw the bows and sideracks into the scrap bin as well.



Trying to find a decent tarp may be a problem. The tarp is essentially the same as any of the 3/4 ton trailers, but the company that was making tarps for the trucks and trailers, both in Canada and the US, went out of business a couple years ago, and at this point the supply of new ones is pretty much exhausted. I see a few sellers on ebay selling new tarps for between $325 and $375 USD. Search for M101 tarpaulin. By the time you get that into the barn, the tarp will run you almost $600 Cdn.