Look what you can do with a Harbor Freight trailer

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BeachBoy

krazy kanuk

Name

Etienne

• Feb 24, 2006

• #1

I was trying to find a picture of a HF trailer tilted (attached to a car) to see if it's possible to get the bike on without ramp..

check what I found:

http://mullersgoodies.com/trailer.html click on "trailer" link on the top menu

quite insane to try that with a 200$ trailer!

Regards,
E.

 

pete

When in doubt power out

Name

pete

• Feb 24, 2006

• #2

BeachBoy said:

I was trying to find a picture of a HF trailer tilted (attached to a car) to see if it's possible to get the bike on without ramp..

check what I found:

http://mullersgoodies.com/trailer.html click on "trailer" link on the top menu

quite insane to try that with a 200$ trailer!

Regards,
E.

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Nifty. That gives me an idea to make the trailer fully enclosed to tow around my motorcycle.

 

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BeachBoy

krazy kanuk

Name

Etienne

• Feb 24, 2006

• #3

yeah fully enclosed is one thing

making it a camper trailer, I guess it's kinda heavy1

E.

 

willg

Well-Known Member

Name

Will

• Feb 27, 2006

• #4

That is really cool... but I just get a feeling from looking at the build that something bad is going to happend, like it is going to come apart on the freeway.

 

Andy

Wheelie for Safety

Name

Andy

• Feb 27, 2006

• #5

 

Robert

Life is good

• Feb 27, 2006

• #6

Andy said:

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That is hideous.... A 70's throw back...

 

Clay

Well-Known Member

Name

Clay

• Feb 27, 2006

• #7

"If my $200 trailer's a rockin, don't come a knockin"?

 

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BeachBoy

krazy kanuk

Name

Etienne

• Mar 11, 2006

• #8

I found a complete "how to" to make your trailer a "home"

http://www.nfdc.net/home/cbdb/Teardrop Summary.htm

that guy have talent, but he didn't even take the heavy duty one, wow...

I guess it would be fairly easy to build a closed trailer with this though.

Regards,
E.

 

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sacjoe

Member

Name

joe

• Apr 12, 2006

• #9

now thats what i need to do

 

planeoldguy

Well-Known Member

Name

Chris

• Apr 12, 2006

• #10

Robert said:

That is hideous.... A 70's throw back...

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uh, try 50s........

 

kiwioutdoors

Well-Known Member

Name

kiwi, Tony

• Feb 24, 2008

• #11

something is odd - his axle is too far back compared to my 4x8 HF folding trailer.

 

Andrew

definitely contains nuts

Name

Andrew

• Feb 24, 2008

• #12

I'm puzzled why he built it up with the axle out of position?

 

unrealtrip

The scourge of IceHouseRd

Name

Tony

• Feb 24, 2008

• #13

You'd be surprised at how well some of those homebuilt trailers have come out. Pretty impressive if you ask me

http://www.mikenchell.com/halloffame.html

 

unrealtrip

The scourge of IceHouseRd

Name

Tony

• Feb 24, 2008

• #14

Andrew said:

I'm puzzled why he built it up with the axle out of position?

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The axle is moved to the rear to compensate for a heavy tail, they usually load up the back of these things with the heavy gear (cooler, etc) so to prevent that from making the front too light, they move the axle back.

 

Motomania

Licensed to ...

Name

George

• Feb 24, 2008

• #15

Those little kit trailers are great starting points for all sorts of things.

Too many people really discount their value.

They are good little trailers.