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06-25-2015, 10:06 AM
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Re: Trailer Project
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Originally Posted by arctictraveller
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Originally Posted by rallypanam
Did a test run of 500 miles hauling a couple bikes here and there.
And other than total suspension failure, the trailer works great!
Argh.
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Well, at least it looked good going down the road, and the bikes have their own suspension, so it could have been worse......
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Yeah, it wasn't a big deal.. Did have the disk brake dust guard dragging on the frame a little, but no big deal.
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06-26-2015, 10:09 PM
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#82
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Re: Trailer Project
rallypanam: Check out the Balmar Fab link which reelchef67 linked in his bumper build thread:
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-x ... e=562CC5C2
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06-27-2015, 03:33 PM
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#83
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Re: Trailer Project
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Originally Posted by rallypanam
Yeah, it wasn't a big deal.. Did have the disk brake dust guard dragging on the frame a little, but no big deal.
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Yea, I seem to remember you set your brakes on fire in Patagonia, so that does sound pretty minor....
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06-28-2015, 11:26 PM
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Re: Trailer Project
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Originally Posted by E350
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Looks familiar..
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07-19-2015, 01:01 PM
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Re: Trailer Project
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07-22-2015, 02:18 PM
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Re: Trailer Project
At long last, I had some time. And after screwing up my order repeatedly, etrailer.com has mostly come through.
So I tugged the beast over to a friend's welding shop as I wasn't comfortable doing the structural welding that needed done.
And to make work easier, I winched the beast up against a telephone pole..
new Timbren axle less (which I intended to go with in the first damn place):
New steel frame to hold the Timbren, welded to the old frame:
Winching the beast back down:
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07-22-2015, 03:13 PM
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Re: Trailer Project
Cool....the picture looks like some sort of transformer-bot battle.....trailer heeled-up vs. SMB.
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07-26-2015, 09:25 PM
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Re: Trailer Project
First trip fully loaded.. Two bikes and a PA system for camping with tunes..
Worked awesome, pulls super easy. Now I just gotta finalize the wiring and a few last touches of paint.
Articulation check:
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01-05-2016, 11:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rallypanam
Did a test run of 500 miles hauling a couple bikes here and there.
And other than total suspension failure, the trailer works great!
Airbags completely deflated....
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Oh man... I was reading the entire thread, and thinking to myself early on "what happens if the airbags have an issue?" like I've experienced on a friend's project. Cool trailer!
I was building a single axle car trailer a few years ago, looked at all the options, and went with the 'tried and true' conventional leaf springs. Cheap, easy to get replacement parts, known flaws, ha!
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01-10-2016, 05:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rallypanam
First trip fully loaded.. Two bikes and a PA system for camping with tunes..
Worked awesome, pulls super easy. Now I just gotta finalize the wiring and a few last touches of paint.
Articulation check:
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What am I doing wrong that these photos don't display for me? Did I forget to make a payment somewhere?
Edit: Oh sure it shows up when quoting another reply---otherwise none are showing here for some reason. CP Settings perhaps?
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