Homemade Flatbed Bike Trailer.wmv

This is the trailer I buit. It's just over 70 lbs empty. So far I haven't found the weight limit yet, but I can stand on it and bounce around, I weigh 220lbs and it holds me easy.

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Howto & Style

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• Bicycle Trailer
• Homemade Bike Trailer
• Flatbed Bicyle Trailer

[VooDooAssassin2]

i have a 7foot trailer i have made it is a bumper pull type and i am wondering what is better attaching it to the seat post or frame?

[slybarger]

@VooDooAssassin2 Well the only trailer I have pulled is this one. But I would think that the frame type hitch would be stronger. The main reason I went with this type of hitch, was to be able to pull the trailer with just about any bike, without modifications to any other bike. Long story short, if a friend wants to borrow my trailer, they can use their own bike that is set up the way they like it.

[henshooten]

yiu can make an even better hitch by gettin a heavy duty spring drilling 1 hole in either end and then drill a hole in the eyebolt stem ,put it in the spring and line up both holes and bolt in place attach the other end by drilling a hole in the trailer stem ,then place the spring over the stem pipe line up holes and bolt in place ,this meathod also eliminates the initial pull at the start that you would feel with weight on the trailer and the stress on the hitch and seat pole awsome build mate

[slybarger]

@henshooten I might give that a shot come spring time...haha no pun intended.

[todmills]

Great trailer design, very straightforward! I do wonder if the pipe tongue has had any problems with wanting to flop over at all? I'm making a trailer with similar structure, but smaller, using mainly aluminum angle. I'm using 26" bike wheels to match my tow-bike, although I haven't done anything with the tongue yet. Good point about using the expanded metal as attachment points. I don't have expanded metal, but left the corners sticking out beyond the basic rectangle of the trailer bed.

[slybarger]

@todmills Thanks, And yes the tounge is not as strong as I would like it to be. Basically what I did is thread the pipe into the flange as far as I could and then mounted the flange to the frame. That way it was both tight and in the right position. Hit me up if you have any other questions...

[henshooten]

if you need a better exp inbox me your email add and ill send you a diagram of it

[slybarger]

@2wagondragon Thank you. And yeah I had no idea it was going to come out so well.

[2wagondragon]

Great job. That's a really sturdy looking unit. Never seen anything that big so maneuverable..