Originally Posted by
badmother
Few days ago somebody posted a homemade trailer (I think in the "sticky" for trailers maybe?) that had the axel welded to the nut (I think) on one side. Why not do this on both sides (or epoxy)?
AND / OR use a padlock instead of a bolt to connect it to your bike (also seen in a trailer posting here, try the same "sticky".
I think you're talking about my post to that sticky trailer thread. Pictures with short description can be found here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/motorcon...BicycleTrailer
However, I need to point a few things out.
closeup_nut_welded_resized.jpg
The axles of the wheels are not welded to the frame, nor epoxied. What got welded were the nuts in the loadbearing beam. The wheel axles screw into those nuts. I may however loctite the axles into the nuts. Not for theft reasons but to prevent them from coming loose in use.
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The padlock is one way to lock the trailer to the bike. But in general use I'd also want to lock the bike and trailer to something that's firmly connected to the outside world.