My small trailer set up

**oldskool** · 21st August 2009, 18:08

okay seeing as you're gonna be filing your design at the patent office next week I thought....very reluctantly mind....I'd better show what I have so I can make a counter claim that yes I did fly before the yanks.!!!

These pix show a covered trailer with mobile waterblaster and tank... and powered off the trailer adapter! ...and fits 3 bikes!!! Beat that!!!

**laserracer** · 21st August 2009, 18:30

you da man

**krad_nz** · 21st August 2009, 19:16

That would have to be a massive rectifier. How many amps does a starter draw? Small ones must be in the order of 100-120A?

**mossy1200** · 21st August 2009, 19:27

This is the trailer I built last year.Total cost $520 on the road from scratch.
Trailer centre in the Hutt have the bits for half the price of repco etc.$200 for leaf spring kit with hubs and hitch and lights kit came from tard me.
Mags were swap for bottle whisky.Apprentice put his Skyline into curb and destroyed the other two.Came with directional low profiles almost new.
Metal came from metal construction in Welly just before xmas so swapped for beer and went through the longer scrap steel.They also let me cut it there as well and use metal brush primer.The centre ramp was one they folded for another guy and he never collected so got that for $80.00
They welded the axel stubs for me.
$25.00 for mag nuts from tard me.
Paint was super cheep rattles at $4 each.Im a cheep bastard.

**oldskool** · 21st August 2009, 19:59

Originally Posted by mossy1200

This is the trailer I built last year.Total cost $520 on the road from scratch.
Im a cheep glourios barst3rd.

That's a really good effort!

**laserracer** · 21st August 2009, 20:00

Thats a nice trailer ...cheap too..you have just reminded me i have to make up a mount for the spare tyre ..i found thespace saver out of my odyssey fits

**oldskool** · 21st August 2009, 20:01

Originally Posted by krad_nz

That would have to be a massive rectifier. How many amps does a starter draw? Small ones must be in the order of 100-120A?

? shouldn't have to be too much more than what the waterblaster draws. 35amp jobby from jaycar last time I checked 5 minutes ago cost about approx $7.35c

**mossy1200** · 21st August 2009, 20:06

Originally Posted by laserracer

Thats a nice trailer ...cheap too..you have just reminded me i have to make up a mount for the spare tyre ..i found thespace saver out of my odyssey fits

Mine was mounted(mine was,means i sold it few months ago prob to cheep.Now have van) with threaded rod bent into U shape and sleeved with racol shrink sleeving for grip on hollow box section frame.i liked this system because I could move it around to balance load with different bikes.
My spare wheel was one someone left against a fence on the footpath three doors down.It sat there for weeks so I nabbed it.

**oldskool** · 21st August 2009, 20:09

Originally Posted by mossy1200

Mine was mounted(mine was,means i sold it few months ago prob to cheep.Now have van) with threaded rod bent into U shape and sleeved with racol shrink sleeving for grip on hollow box section frame.i liked this system because I could move it around to balance load with different bikes.
My spare wheel was one someone left against a fence on the footpath three doors down.It sat there for weeks so I nabbed it.

I used threaded rod to secure mine too. My spare came off an old datsun and I had to bore out the inner diameter so it fit over the grease cap on the prehistoric stubby.

**mossy1200** · 21st August 2009, 20:09

Originally Posted by oldskool

That's a really good effort!

started at 7.30am and rego and plate same day at 4pm .Only the metal primer at that stage and just the centre ramp.
no tool box or fuel container holder which was a big floodlamp mounting bracket (2nd hand that i scored from work during cleanout).

**laserracer** · 21st August 2009, 20:31

Hell that really was a good effort to do it all in a day ...WELL DONE

**laserracer** · 21st August 2009, 20:38

Originally Posted by oldskool

I used threaded rod to secure mine too. My spare came off an old datsun and I had to bore out the inner diameter so it fit over the grease cap on the prehistoric stubby.

I to have a prehistoric stubby..Well thats what wifee says

...i think the one on my trailer is a lot newer ...actually im telling fibbs i think the wheels are like mk1 zephyer or fj holden or something weird like that ....had all sorts of trouble getting wheel bearings for it
Thinking of fitting a pull out BBQ.....Smart arse son says why stop there... fit a satelite dish and a spa pool as well....lol..lol OK

**mossy1200** · 21st August 2009, 20:42

Originally Posted by laserracer

Hell that really was a good effort to do it all in a day ...WELL DONE

Thanks I sold it to cheep I think.$900 with new warrent and rego and that included toolbox,gas can and fire extinguisher.
I didnt relise how much people are asking for trailers.
I think I could churn out some for profit but wouldnt get mags so cheep as a $50 bottle whisky and the folded ramp was lucky score.
The trailer centres bits were half what repco wanted for same items.
I would spend coin getting galve dip if I was building another one as stones chip rattle paint quickly.Just kept spare (claret supercheep) in garage for touch ups.

**Reckless** · 22nd August 2009, 00:24

Some good ideas here! I 've been saving all sorts of pics of the net, as I'm gonna build a 5 bike one (three forward and two backwards in between) for this summer I hope!!! Got some good ideas like fold down front wheel brackets etc so see how we go!

**laserracer** · 22nd August 2009, 07:01

Originally Posted by Reckless

Some good ideas here! I 've been saving all sorts of pics of the net, as I'm gonna build a 5 bike one (three forward and two backwards in between) for this summer I hope!!! Got some good ideas like fold down front wheel brackets etc so see how we go!

heres some trailer pics to help out anyone modifying or building a trailer