Paul, I guess the problems with the website prevented my response from loading, no big deal. So here you go.
The high points are:
a). It pulls straighter than a brick layer's chalk line.
b). Due to its weight it doesn't bounce through potholes or bumps.
c). It pulls like a dream.
d). Dual hand brakes keep it in place when parked.
e). Pintle hook assures connection off road
f). Surge brake is standard.
g). The retractable parking wheel assembly is stronger than a towsack full of garlic.
However, it requires further consideration as to it practicality for me because:
a). It is just too long at 14". Because it is so long we don't have any trailers long enough for Chinolet and trailer.
b). Requires a pulling vehicle with equally tall 39" tall tires..or a vertically lifted pintle hitch. Now on the flip side CCV5 might fit the bill with its 3" lift. So next year when the it is ready it might work since the Patrol's payload only allows for tools, bread and water.
c). The bias ply tires are good off road but aren't so good on payment. My grandad used ONLY those bias ply military tires on his FJ40 from 1968-1980. He never complained, except when I ran into our hay trailer in 3rd grade with it. It was his daily driver, but never really went over 55 mph.
d). My only experience with those military tires are from the time I bought a pristine fully decked out (including submergence kit) M38 from a museum near Tulsa. By the time I towed it back to Dallas the tires were down to the cord.
e). The is some concern the bearings can't take modern highway speeds either.
f). Requires yet another electrical connection as the military prong is ....well military.
g). It is heavy, I'm not certain a Patrol can tow it loaded up and out of some of the creek beds we must traverse in West Texas. But then again I've never driven a Patrol off road yet............
The "idea" was to trailer it to W TX, then use it off road. The reality is that it requires its own trailer so at this point, for the reason's noted above, it will likely not make the Big Bend Patrol of 2017.
More to follow,
David