Ever build your own cargo trailer?
05-24-12, 12:36 PM
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Ever build your own cargo trailer?
Hello. I'm sure this question has already been asked many times, so please humor me. I would like to build my own cargo trailer. Have any of you built one before? Are there plans anywhere on the net?
Thanks,
Sprayman
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Sprayman
05-24-12, 08:55 PM
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Yep. Utility cycling is all over this. I have to say I made a couple of attempts at this. Not as easy as you would think. There are a couple of web site that will sell you parts, like the Burley hitch... which makes an otherwise DIY design easier to build and safer to ride.
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Miller, Gerv....thanks. I'll make my way over to that forum right now. Ride on!
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I assembled my Bikes At Work Trailer. Does that count?
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It's nothing fancy but it works well and get's lot's of compliments! Built from a old "kid trailer". 
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I have built a couple, one I did using The Mother Earth News plans, actually came out pretty decent. I had to add some strength to the hitch arm though.
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
