Originally Posted by
momule
thook -
I'd love to see what you come up with as a homemade version of the Burley. PLEASE post pictures if you accomplish the task. I'm sure that if you don't need to worry about folding the trailer for storage you could make an even stronger unit and perhaps include a thin rigid floor of some kind without giving up too much weight as a trade off.
You mentioned the Katy Trail as a trip this summer and I would be pleased to help you guys out with some transport issues on the east end. Give me plenty of advance notice so that I have the day free and send me an email at
momule@charter.net. You asked about primitive camping and to be honest, I don't know how that would go out in the boonies. The trail only occupies the old roadbed of the RR and is surrounded over it's length by private property, some of the owners of which are not 100% in favor of strangers on their property. Make sure you take a dog repellant too since every farm has at least one inquistive dog. You might send an email to the owners of The Bike Center in St Louis. This is a father/daughter bike shop owner team that has been in business for many many years and who do the full length of the Katy every year. Jim and Becky are great people and would be a good and reliable source of more info for you:
http://bikecenterstl.com/
I am sick and tired of rain !!!!
Pat
Well, now you can be sick and tired of the heat....lol! I know what you mean, though. My little rural neighborhood actually got FEMA to come out and assess our roads and what it would take to fix them. Now, most of us have checks from them to be able to do it. Man....the roads are so bad right now. No way an emergency vehicle could get to my house if there was one.
Anyway, I gotta get a good bender for making the frame for a trailer and get some skills at welding aluminum. But, then a little at a time, I'll work on this thing. IF fall doesn't happen like this past Spring where we're all living under water, we'll hit the Katy. For sure I'd give you plenty of advance. My friend's actually thinking of making of couple of one day runs up there to get a feel for what it's like. Neither of us have any idea. We're pretty excited, though. So, thanks for all the tips. I'll keep the emails you supplied on file for when we're more ready.
Okay....later!!