Not sure when it changed, but they could still be ordered by just the tire when I retired in '17. They usually came banded on a pallet. Two of the larger tires to a pallet, four smaller tires to a pallet.
Most Army supplies (including replacement parts) came banded to a pallet to make them easy to ship and move around.
I made a whole truck load of palletized items a few years ago for a ODS USMC resupply truck/trailer combo.
I started a quick weekend project today.
I have thought about converting the Trumpeter 40’ M872 trailer into the shorter (30’, double axle) M871 trailer that is usually pulled by M932 5-ton tractors.
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I was able to get a Trumpeter M872 from Tim “Buckeye” Smith here at Armorama. Thanks Tim.
The M871 is basically the same trailer, just shorter and it only has two rear wheels as opposed to three on the 40’ M872.
I started by cutting 99mm, roughly 10’, from the middle…
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