Burley hitch for other brand trailer?

[Ashen]

I picked up super cheaply, a folding kid trailer in great shape. Unfortunately it is missing the hitch. I believe that I can use the following burley parts to connect, but can someone with a Burley kid trailer confirm for me?

Here is my trailer's tongue:

http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict1158tk4.jpg

It seems that a combination of :

http://www.burleygear.com/product_p/950037.htm

and

http://www.burleygear.com/B_NEW_B_Standard_Hitch_p/960000.htm

are exactly what I need. Given the trailer tongue I showed in the picture, with the measuring tape for scale, can anyone confirm this will work before I pull the trigger on the order?

Thanks!

[cjn]

On ebay the one that is listed for the In-Step brand trailers will work. It will go over the tongue rather than in.

[cjn]

You can also find them at www.vminnovations.com (http://www.bikeforums.net/www.vminnovations.com)

[Ashen]

While that is certainly the cheaper option, it looks well... not as good. It seems like it wants the tongue of the trailer to come in perpendicular to the bike, and mine comes in at a 45 degree angle. If it would work, the Burley would give a lot more versatility.

[cjn]

I have this set up and it works great. Check out these pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/25503503@N08 The spring on the trailer tongue corrects for the angle.

[mhifoe]

That looks very much like the trailer I have. It came with a bike mount like this:
http://wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5360015442

[Quinn8it]

Ashen,
Two questions:
1) did the burley tongue and hitch work?
2) what trailer do you have?
I am asking because I have a Burley flatbed trailer and the hitch you linked to, and I want a child trailer, but I am not prepared to spend the money on a Burley. I was hoping to get something like this: http://www.target.com/Quick-%E2%80%98n-EZ-Bike-Trailer/dp/B00006JHVN/sr=1-1/qid=1211674884/ref=sr_1_1/601-6729133-8747301?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Achild%20trailer&page=1
and use my Burley hitch that is already on my bike...... Just wondering if you ran into any problems or had any wisdom...
thanks

[Ashen]

I ordered over a week ago, and it still has not shipped. Not great service there Burley. I called and they said it had been out of stock, but the website sure didn't reflect that. They say it will ship today, and I'm not far from them, so I should find out soon I guess. I'll post back here and let you know how it went.

[road_rascal]

The hitch that mhifoe posted is just like the Master Cycle (Kuji Sports) trailer I have. That company no longer exists in the USA and I'm having a hard time trying to find a spare hitch. I just bought a $40 Instep Quick N Easy trailer from craigslist and bought spare hitches from eBay. The Instep/Schwinn hitches are different from the Master Cycle ones.

[Ashen]

I got the parts and can now confirm, the Burley hitch does NOT work with the Master Cycle trailer in stock configuration. I'm hoping to be able to safely modify so that it does work. I'll post back after I give that a try, and let you all know how it goes.

[Ashen]

Just reporting back for the record against future archive searches. I was able to make the Burley hitch work through two steps. First, remove the plastic tube insert from the tongue of the trailer (you will have to file off a rivet first). Second, cut about 5mm off the round end of the plastic cylinder that is the Burley part. Use a normal bolt/pin to put it in the tongue of the trailer, and connect like normal.

[old_alfie]

For hitching a Burley trailer behind my SUN Tad SX3 tadpole I went just the opposite way and used another brand hitch adapted into the Burley square-tube tongue.

I bought a ball / socket hitch made by CHARIOT CARRIERS

http://www.chariotcarriers.com/english/html/accessories.php?accID=12

and

http://www.chariotcarriers.com/english/html/chariot_innovations.php?inoID=13

(that one's a slow-loader)

The "ball" for that hitch is a slippery-plastic shaft with a ball-shaped end which I was able to bolt into the Burley square tube trailer tongue.
alf