What’s your Trailer?

What’s your Trailer?

  • DYI (explain)

    Votes: 5 19.2%

  • Modified (explain)

    Votes: 2 7.7%

  • Aosom

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Bob Ibex

    Votes: 3 11.5%

  • Bob Yak

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • Burley Flatbed

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • Burley Nomad

    Votes: 2 7.7%

  • Chariot

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • Croozer Cargo

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • Croozer Travel

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • InStep

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Schwinn

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other (explain)

    Votes: 5 19.2%

  • More than one of the above… (explain)

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • I don't have one, but I want it :)

    Votes: 4 15.4%
  • Total voters
    26
Kingfish

Kingfish

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With so many options out there –

  • What is your favorite and why?
  • Is it self-powered?
  • How far have you gone with it?
  • Typical weight of load?
  • Any problems?
Pictures please!

Thanks for sharing! 8)
~KF
 
I chose an Xtracycle over a trailer and I'm glad of it. It's the most useful bicycle accessory I ever bought.

No clearance problems negotiating bollards. No extra drag. Can't jack knife under heavy braking. No extra lock required to secure it. No extra tires to maintain. Carries 200# or a full size passenger and I could still tow a trailer or two if needed.
 
I use an older Burley Lite folder behind my Electric scooter as well as my Dahon Helios mainly because that is what I had from when the kids were small. I use it now to go grocery shopping or haul gear on gas scooter rides. A few years ago 5 of us did a 400 mile ride down the California coast in 4 days on gas scooters and I pulled this trailer full of over 100 pounds of spare parts, gear and gas. I did not have a single problem :)

I use a long shank lock as a hitch pin and it LOCKS the trailer to whatever I am hauling it with.
 

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Couple of trailers, both scrounged junk. One is like CoffeeLuke's, with a dog kennel as a primary component (but it's removable so I can use it as a flatbed. too).
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=258262#p258262
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face off a mainframe computer panel, some wheelchair wheels, and some square tubing plus a headstock off an old ScootNGo.

They both use this bike-parts hitch:
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=258596#p258596
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The older trailer was the first thing I ever welded up (not counting shop class more than a couple decades prior)
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made out of old bike parts and computer desk frame, and I think a piece of a folding lawn chair.
 
I bought a Yakima trailer on closeout that was a ripoff of the Bob (Yak) trailer. I couldn't buy skewers for it any more (I put it on several bikes), so had to buy a Bob front fork to keep it usable. I suspect that Yakima was sued by Bob and had to discontinue production. Unfortunately, they also discontinued carrying any parts.

BTW, here's a great web site for parts (and trailers). Not cheap, but lots of parts and advice available:
http://www.biketrailershop.com/
 
mines a garden utillity cart from bunnings (hard where store)

i removed the handle and made a simple pivotal hitch
i usally have over 110kg on it

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DIY. The good pics got totally trashed but the ones below show most of it anyway...

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Surely larger diameter exhaust pipes would improve performance. :lol:
 
I like the DANGER sign; nice touch :twisted:
Cheers, KF
 
Thanks..I got the sign off here somewhere...

There's two SLAs (18 and 20ah for 12v 38ah) hooked to a 1kw inverter which powers a 90/180v SCR controller which powers the treadmill motor. 9:1 reduction to 20x1.5 wheel (20x1 3/8 in the pics). I figure I get about 25wh/mi motor-only....w/ only the 20ah SLA the range was 4 miles (while running a 60w bulb :idea:) so I figure I got about 30wh/mi in that test. :D

You can only see part of the black polycarb deck (top pic on the left)...it's sort of triangular and clicks into the yellow forks...it sits a bit too high to be very useful but it makes it look cool. The deck also doubles as a kick-stand which it's doing in the pics.
 
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