hi john i have been considering running away from home and i just want to let you know that this helped me a boat load as i can now carry food water extra chains and gears with me whn i am on the road. thank you
You can get by without welding. It's amazing what you can do with metal bits from the hardware store and bolts. If you can cut metal and drill holes, you can build stuff like this. A friend of mine just finished building me a bike trailer. It's mostly wood. with angle iron from the hardware store bolted on to hold the wheels. The hitch she made from angle iron from the hardware store and bolts. Between the hitch and trailer is a length of electrical conduit pipe. No welding needed :D
I've been putting off my little red wagon project for a while Couldn't figure out how to deal with all that tension i was getting from the wagon Thanks You are the hero of the day !
Hi john.. I've been thinking about making myself a trailer to carry a few toolboxes / tools.. Where I live parking vehicles is such a problem and having to watch out for parking wardens and now CCTV camera cars. Doing a few odd jobs locally is getting expensive when the fines come in.. This looks like just the project for the job.. Thanks for uploading and the great ideas.. Paul
The castor for the yawl and pitch is a great idea. I am a bit worried about the single bar from bike to the trailer and the stresses it might put on the bike. What I want to make is a similar sized trailer form my bike and I travel from one side of Auckland ot the other side of Auckland here in New Zealand picking up computer parts bargains I buy from the local auction website. I dont have welding equipment and plan to use metal bars which I can drill and bolt but I will need to find some bars.
Even crazier, it's from 1996! I've owned it since new when I saved up my money and bought it in '97. In recent years the bike has been refurbished using similar-vintage parts off of discarded bikes.
@djfantom205 I'm using the trailer with the old mountain bike that's in the video here. Gearing doesn't seem to be an issue. I did stall it yesterday though when I got into some mud on a trail with a load in the trailer.
You could use that trailer to carry groceries or even bottled water. I passed one of these trailers up in the thrift store because it didn't have a connection for the bike. Nice way to connect it to the bike.
@Ricine I understand having limitations like that. I used to live in a small apartment and could only dream of owning a welder. Hopefully you can get to that point someday. In the mean time good luck with your bike trailering.
what an amazing project! it's always such a treat to encounter intelligence on the internet. i, sadly , do not posses such intelligence thus unable to emulate your trailer. the hitch mechanism is genius! when this world goes "Mad Max", and there are many convinced it already has, may i chill with your crew?
Does that air-hose quick-connect hold together when there's weight on the trailer? I'd worry that it'd pop-off at a bad time. (See trailer roll past...), ha-ha. Thanks for sharing -- good to see things being re-used and re-purposed. Gathering parts here/there to begin one of my own...thank you for the ideas.
I don't think I can endorse you running away from home but I'm glad you'll be able to carry suitable spares and supplies with you if it does come to that. Please be careful out there.
The fix for the pretzeled wheels was to first throw them away. Then I cut the front fork of a bike in half and welded each half to the trailer to make both an outside-edge place to mount the wheel axle and also a sort of guard in front of the wheel so it wouldn't be able to fetch up on things like legs or trees. For the inside mount I notched a piece of angle iron out to accept the axle stub and welded that in place. Then the wheels were picked from the scrap pile as well: 20" front wheels I believe. I hope that helps make some sense of it. Cheers!
@cdltpx I'm honoured that you like my idea that much, thank you! If you rig up a trailer with a collapsible frame I'd love to see it. Make sure you make a video :)
Instead of using a wooden base, I went to the DOT, and requested an aluminum road sign ...I paid them a few bucks for their gratitude ;) But I wanted one large enough to not fit, though to cut to size/shape if required. But it works great! --for-granted there was a little extra weight, though it was less than 5 lbs., so it won't limit one's load when it comes to the trailer's hauling capacity. Thus it will most certain solve any issues when comes to durability, weathering, warping, and possibility of rust.
bought a kids trailer like that for $20 from craigslist ...i thought i was the luckiest guy before seeing this video LOL...that plastic tray part of the TARGET shopping cart, that you can find in the garbage, would be a nice enclosure that you could put on top of that frame :D
EvendimataE At least if you got yours off craigslist the wheels hopefully weren't pretzelled! Good idea with the shopping cart parts. Good luck with yours!
@cdltpx Like me, you're a bigger guy. That leads me to believe that you would use some kind of mountain bike probably with 26 inch wheels. A trailer like mine (or any other similar style) could easily be adapted to run 26 inchers. This would also allow it to roll even easier over light duty terrain. If you wanted to get really serious about reliable tires for bugging out by bike/trailer I'd suggest looking into some airless foam inserts or something. At least for the trailer. Flat-proof.
@nicholasbiblelife I don't know how strong they really are or how strong they should be. I _do_ know that they shrugged off a 100lbs load in the trailer no problem and that I can grab the trailer and yank the bike out of someone's grip with it. My conclusion is that they're strong enough for my needs. It wouldn't be difficult to use some heavier hardware there instead though if you were building your own and worried about strength.
i need bigger so i can transport a rc plane a car wont do the job too small unless i buy a van but nothing hurts to build your own traller to transport it to a field
are you any good at fabrication? if so, can you do a tutorial on transforming a bike into a dog sulky? there is absolutely NONE on youtube and dog sulkying is becoming quite popular. if you had a DIY on how to make one cheap, i bet youd get massive views!!!! please consider this!
I'm not a super fabricator, just a hobby tinkerer. I think what you suggest could be accomplished by modifying the bike trailer in this video or many other similar ones to fit your dog/needs. Thanks for the neat suggestion though, cheers!
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great bike trailer. I like the hitch connection. Great job.
hi john i have been considering running away from home and i just want to let you know that this helped me a boat load as i can now carry food water extra chains and gears with me whn i am on the road. thank you
why would you run away from home?
You can get by without welding. It's amazing what you can do with metal bits from the hardware store and bolts. If you can cut metal and drill holes, you can build stuff like this. A friend of mine just finished building me a bike trailer. It's mostly wood. with angle iron from the hardware store bolted on to hold the wheels. The hitch she made from angle iron from the hardware store and bolts. Between the hitch and trailer is a length of electrical conduit pipe. No welding needed :D
Great video. I try to garbage pick my welding materials as well. It's amazing what an inexpensive welder and some good imagination can produce.
Way cool... Like the split fork use and great hitch.
Great vid. Thanks for sharing. I love your idea of the caster hitch.
I've been putting off my little red wagon project for a while
Couldn't figure out how to deal with all that tension i was getting from the wagon
Thanks
You are the hero of the day !
Glad to help, good luck with your project!
All done .
Works like a charm, wish you could see it
Again thanks
Thanks! I designed the hitch that way after seeing a bunch of stuff online and incorporating all of the parts I liked from other hitch designs.
Brilliant! Love your problem-solving. Definitely getting a welder next, will be the next skill I add to my bag of tricks!
Hey, thanks! Good luck with your welding!
Very nice. I was thinking about doing something like this as well.
Hi john..
I've been thinking about making myself a trailer to carry a few toolboxes / tools.. Where I live parking vehicles is such a problem and having to watch out for parking wardens and now CCTV camera cars. Doing a few odd jobs locally is getting expensive when the fines come in..
This looks like just the project for the job..
Thanks for uploading and the great ideas.. Paul
The castor for the yawl and pitch is a great idea. I am a bit worried about the single bar from bike to the trailer and the stresses it might put on the bike. What I want to make is a similar sized trailer form my bike and I travel from one side of Auckland ot the other side of Auckland here in New Zealand picking up computer parts bargains I buy from the local auction website. I dont have welding equipment and plan to use metal bars which I can drill and bolt but I will need to find some bars.
I love your project! I think I make one to. Also, the hitch design you used is amazing!
Even crazier, it's from 1996! I've owned it since new when I saved up my money and bought it in '97. In recent years the bike has been refurbished using similar-vintage parts off of discarded bikes.
@djfantom205
I'm using the trailer with the old mountain bike that's in the video here. Gearing doesn't seem to be an issue. I did stall it yesterday though when I got into some mud on a trail with a load in the trailer.
You could use that trailer to carry groceries or even bottled water. I passed one of these trailers up in the thrift store because it didn't have a connection for the bike. Nice way to connect it to the bike.
looks great how would u make a simple axle and how would u connect it to the bike if it had a quick release wheel
@Pwnsauced
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you like the trailer.
Hey that sounds like a great use for a bike trailer, I hope it works out for you!
@Ricine
I understand having limitations like that. I used to live in a small apartment and could only dream of owning a welder. Hopefully you can get to that point someday. In the mean time good luck with your bike trailering.
Love it built big one to live in please.
Maybe someday... thanks for watching!
what an amazing project! it's always such a treat to encounter intelligence on the internet. i, sadly , do not posses such intelligence thus unable to emulate your trailer. the hitch mechanism is genius!
when this world goes "Mad Max", and there are many convinced it already has, may i chill with your crew?
@huffster329
Thanks! If you build one of your own, be sure to stick it on youtube for everyone to enjoy. The more the merrier!
Does that air-hose quick-connect hold together when there's weight on the trailer? I'd worry that it'd pop-off at a bad time. (See trailer roll past...), ha-ha. Thanks for sharing -- good to see things being re-used and re-purposed. Gathering parts here/there to begin one of my own...thank you for the ideas.
I don't think I can endorse you running away from home but I'm glad you'll be able to carry suitable spares and supplies with you if it does come to that. Please be careful out there.
Clever hitch; impressive pretzeled spoke wheel fix. Like to see video on how that was done.
The fix for the pretzeled wheels was to first throw them away. Then I cut the front fork of a bike in half and welded each half to the trailer to make both an outside-edge place to mount the wheel axle and also a sort of guard in front of the wheel so it wouldn't be able to fetch up on things like legs or trees. For the inside mount I notched a piece of angle iron out to accept the axle stub and welded that in place. Then the wheels were picked from the scrap pile as well: 20" front wheels I believe. I hope that helps make some sense of it. Cheers!
Well done!
Thanks!
@cdltpx
I'm honoured that you like my idea that much, thank you!
If you rig up a trailer with a collapsible frame I'd love to see it. Make sure you make a video :)
interesting attachment to the bicycle with air hose quick-connect and caster.
Instead of using a wooden base, I went to the DOT, and requested an aluminum road sign ...I paid them a few bucks for their gratitude ;) But I wanted one large enough to not fit, though to cut to size/shape if required. But it works great! --for-granted there was a little extra weight, though it was less than 5 lbs., so it won't limit one's load when it comes to the trailer's hauling capacity. Thus it will most certain solve any issues when comes to durability, weathering, warping, and possibility of rust.
Justin Barney
That's a great idea too. Cheers!
bought a kids trailer like that for $20 from craigslist ...i thought i was the luckiest guy before seeing this video LOL...that plastic tray part of the TARGET shopping cart, that you can find in the garbage, would be a nice enclosure that you could put on top of that frame :D
EvendimataE At least if you got yours off craigslist the wheels hopefully weren't pretzelled! Good idea with the shopping cart parts. Good luck with yours!
@Ricine
Thanks, I just use whatever I can lay my hands on.
@cdltpx
Like me, you're a bigger guy. That leads me to believe that you would use some kind of mountain bike probably with 26 inch wheels. A trailer like mine (or any other similar style) could easily be adapted to run 26 inchers. This would also allow it to roll even easier over light duty terrain.
If you wanted to get really serious about reliable tires for bugging out by bike/trailer I'd suggest looking into some airless foam inserts or something. At least for the trailer. Flat-proof.
Nice trailer! I'm afraid I was lazy and bought one, but I'm very pleased with it.
Great Built, and Version 2 is WAY BETTER :D
@nicholasbiblelife
I don't know how strong they really are or how strong they should be. I _do_ know that they shrugged off a 100lbs load in the trailer no problem and that I can grab the trailer and yank the bike out of someone's grip with it. My conclusion is that they're strong enough for my needs. It wouldn't be difficult to use some heavier hardware there instead though if you were building your own and worried about strength.
Great ideas! How did you attach the end of the air hose to the cut plastic wheel?
If I recall correctly the airhose is screwed into the plastic wheel with some large aggressive wood screws or something similar.
good job!
Nice Hitch.
good use of thins
the garbage pile rocks
Hey man,
You bring the beer or chips or something and I'm sure we can work something out :)
i need bigger so i can transport a rc plane a car wont do the job too small unless i buy a van but nothing hurts to build your own traller to transport it to a field
Good stuff
Hahaha, thanks! You tell it like you see it!
you realy have to have a excelant gear set or else your just guna stall and tip over
LOVE IT
+contreeman
Thanks!
I JUST GOT ME AN ELECTRIC WHEEL CHAIR I AM GONNA GET ONE OF THESE TO PULL AND PUT MY GROCERIES IN. THANKS FOR ALL THE INFORMATION BROTHER GOD BLESS
That's a great idea. Good luck with your trailering!
u have the same bike as me
Yessir!
are you any good at fabrication? if so, can you do a tutorial on transforming a bike into a dog sulky? there is absolutely NONE on youtube and dog sulkying is becoming quite popular. if you had a DIY on how to make one cheap, i bet youd get massive views!!!! please consider this!
I'm not a super fabricator, just a hobby tinkerer. I think what you suggest could be accomplished by modifying the bike trailer in this video or many other similar ones to fit your dog/needs. Thanks for the neat suggestion though, cheers!
I wouldn't put too much weight on that trailer if I was you.
camera is jerking around so much and the lighting is too dark, not good !