ColonelSanders

Odd that they got Benjamin Netanyahu to ride the bike in that pic?

BBassett

Perfect for bike-camping and taking my Macaw for a ride around the neighborhood.

PatrickGSR94

What's the strap around the top of the thermos for?

interceptor

Converted a kid carrier into a pup trailer. His favorite thing in the world!! Pack the cooler and head to the beach!

Diane Emerson

I use my BOB trailer and large bin to do landscape gardening work in my community, which is very hilly. I have a small electric assist to get me up the steepest hills with all the weight in my bin.

The two kickstands really help for stability, and I also have a Flash Flag which sticks out into traffic to keep the vehicles at bay. It works very well.

Diane Emerson

I also have a bamboo cargo trailer, which I had made for me in Portland, Oregon by Adam George: https://boundbikes.wordpress.com/bamboo-trailers/ I fell in love with the light and strong bamboo trailers after using my landlord's trailer, also made by Adam. So when I settled down again on Vashon Island, Washington, near Seattle, I decided I had to have one. I have used it only a few times, most notably to carry my groom and myself from the wedding to our home, being pulled by 3 cyclists, while we sat in state on a loveseat on the trailer. But now, I find I am not able to use it safely in my new home, as I would need to take it along a highway with a 50mph speed limit, and the shoulder is just not quite wide enough for me to feel safe with the cargo trailer. So I have listed it for sale in the Marketplace forum on this site.

And here is a photo of it being used for our wedding:


Safety first! Getting ready to head home on the bike trailer after our wedding.






Three cyclists were hooked up to the trailer through the use of bicycle tubes. It worked a treat!

Silverexpress

Nice setup. I just picked up a BOB from Craigslist, and am now working on fitting an electric assist on the front end of my recumbent. Where did you mount your battery?

Diane Emerson

I mounted the battery in the front basket. You can see it in the photo. It isn't large, because I wanted to keep the bike (sans trailer) light enough to hoist onto the bike racks on the local buses here. That has helped me extend my cycling range immensely. It was a kit from Hill Topper: https://www.electric-bike-kit.com/hill-topper.aspx

ocsawdust

I pulled my girl around for years. She loved it as well. Go for a ride? I'd ask her and she lit up and smiled big time! Never had any issues but after she passed I was reading how someone was talking of a friend whose pup got so e crud in her eyes and it got nasty and VERY expensive. Crud can fly off that rear wheel.

Alright, I said it and that's all.

take alot of pics so you can look back on them. They get so happy it's great. Having a trailer for my dog was one of the best things I ever did. Enjoy!

depshop

Some nice trailers on here! giving me some ideas for my build!

depshop

Started this the other day. Tore up an old rusted out wagon and framing it out from some scrap 2x4s. It's roughly 5ft x 2ft. I'm setting it up to cary around my pool cleaning supplies and tree trimming/landscaping tools. I'll finish it up in the next few days and snap some more photos.

Miller72

Looks Like it will be a heavy duty one...how did you make out? What did you do for attaching to your bicycle?

Here is my child carrier conversion for a grocery, camping firewood, beer & ice, and beach runner.
I am going to be staining it tomorrow, I fit it and removed the deck for staining.
I made it from a free pallet, hardware, stain and clear coat I already have and the frame comes from the child carrier we had for my boys...they have been riding for years now.











My goal(s)

1. (Very) Lightweight
2. Keep it simple and low profile
3. Build with materials I already have on hand

rodteague

Here's mine I built on an old Pacific Cycles Kid trailer (now InStep) we purchased from a thrift store nearly 18 years ago. I used the kid carrier as a beach/fishing cart after my 3 children were to big to be carried in it. About three years ago the fabric was frayed and brittle and the cruddy 16 inch tires had seen better days. I took the trailer apart and saved all the misc nuts and bolts along with the frame. Repurposed a platform I made out of Meranti plywood to carry snow ski's on top of our Traverse; cut it down to fit the PC frame, added sides and built two wheels using the 26"tire/rim sets off an old Mtn bike and 2 Maillard rear hubs I had lying around. I also added rod carriers and a flag mount. Tow bike is a Raleigh Technium 440 I converted to a single speed last year. Enjoy the pics!



Started the cargo box; checking for fit before bolting on and painting the frame


rebuilt the tonge


Day before we left for the Gulf



Maillard hub


section of frame from a old Hobie Fish Cat



Cart on the beach at Fort Pickens Gulf Islands National Seashore



Two of my sons holding the fully loaded rig before heading back to camp at Fort Pickens


Best regards

Rod

BBassett

Bike and Trailer https://imgur.com/a/DKpcF0a

https://imgur.com/a/zXXlyuv

https://imgur.com/a/3w6izz7

Check out 70 miles w/front panniers & trailer on Relive!https://www.relive.cc/view/g37290970278

BBassett

Bike and Trailer https://imgur.com/a/DKpcF0a

https://imgur.com/a/zXXlyuv

https://imgur.com/a/3w6izz7

Check out 70 miles w/front panniers & trailer on Relive!https://www.relive.cc/view/g37290970278

ablang

So nice it had to be posted twice.

hobbitman

Picked up this Trek branded trailer for 20 bucks at a yard sale. I ripped off the canopy, added some scrap particle board, and then finished it off with some eye bolts for straps. At $23.86 all in, I’m happy.

flangehead

I had an old Pacific Cycles Instep kiddie trailer that had been in the sun too much and all the nylon was rotten. I stripped off the topworks and used Rubbermaid FastTrack Garage 48 in. x 16 in. Wire Shelf material for a flatbed, secured by stainless steel hose clamps. For the dimensions of my trailer, I was 1" short of getting by with just one 48" shelf; had to buy two of them.



Conversion to flatbed trailer.

I subsequently added reflectors and red rear LED light mountings.

I've been using it for loads that I can't handle in my baskets for the past year and it has worked well. The multiple connection options afforded by the grating makes securing diverse loads simple.

Some examples:



Grocery run mode with laundry basket secured by bungee cords.



Loose cargo secured by bungee cords, partially removed.



Pet hauling mode.


Dolly mode for long loads.

P.S.

After about 2 years of operation I found that the shelving material failed as follows:


Fatigue failure on small diameter strand.

In retrospect I should have strapped down the large diameter material, which is what I've done for the repair:


Better to clamp to large diameter on shelving.

A good feature of the hose clamps is that it can all be rebuilt if needed.

Rebuild Note: After about 3 years of service, I could see that the aluminum frame was being damaged by a shelving member that I had not secured:


Rubbing damage where the old shelving was not secured to the frame.

In addition, the old shelving was pretty beat up due to times I'd loaded heavy objects without putting down some protection. I've now got a piece of 1/4" plywood cut to the size with some heavy twist ties that I use when I'm carrying heavy point loads. I decided to replace the shelving while I was fixing the rubbing damage.

Condition of old shelving material, due to moving point loads without using 1/4" plywood cover.

I installed a protective bracket to prevent the rubbing damage:

Joint protected by a bracket and now secured.

The big lessons learned so far are a) make connections as much as possible to the large diameter members of the shelving and b) use something to spread point loads.

Brockster

Very nice workmanship!

Diane Emerson

Not being a member of PhotoBucket, I am only allowed to see a fuzzy image. Would you consider downloading the photos to your computer and uploading them again?

interceptor

Yes, him too!! He passed 6 months after I posted this. Still sad, can not get rid of the trailer though.....He LOVED IT!! Use for other things and always thinking
of him when I tow it.

BBassett

It's not just a thermos it's a coffee press and it has a small rattle that drives me crazy. The trailer has gone through some changes since I got it. Check these out.

Full suspension mid-drive ebike and trailer evolution
https://photos.app.goo.gl/wP8vs7T5hLpNjSBX8

3speedslow

A friend just picked it up for me from CL after I found it in his hometown. 25$ for a single wheel trailer. Will be using it for groceries and some lite touring.

bjjoondo 

Just built up a homemade utility trailer from a old "Burley Child Carrier Trailer", I found for cheap! Found a great TUB to put in it and got it all together and mounted up on Feb. 1. On the 2nd. we took it out for it's first Test Run and it pulls GREAT!! Sadly our almost 30 year old Ford Ranger we've had for the last 2 years is having transmission and other expensive problems so we will be "CAR FREE" again soon. We were CAR FREE for 10 years before 2019, when my lovely wife Jo had a heart attack in Jan. 2019, I made a deal with my brother for his old "junk hauler/yard" truck as due to having constant hospital and doctor/specialists visits in WINTER I need fast and convenient transportation!!!!! Now 2 years later Jo is doing very well and back to being strong enough to ride a bicycle easy! So the old beater truck was NEEDED but it's time and mission is about to end and I needed a trailer so we can get FOOD and larger items. Bit of a PIA to have to haul a trailer and bikes up stairs to our 2nd. floor apt. but it's doable. Since we are now have ONLY our meager Social Security Retirements for our sole income we can NOT even dream of affording another PU truck! As they say: what comes around goes around and for us that is true, The "RIG" as I call the bike and trailer combo will do the job now!



The "RIG" is alive!! LOL!

andychrist

Just remodeled my salvaged Burley Nomad with a new bed and black Rubbermaid 35-Gallon ActionPacker.




Currently on Blutus, my dual Bafang 500W hub drive LWB ecumbent, soon to be transferred to a new Stratus LE build with TSDZ2 mid drive as well as 20” Bafang front hub once that setup is complete. Just got the remaining parts so will post back upon completion with better pics!