Trailer connection

[CRAZYNIGHT]

I have had the offer of this trailer(£15)

sadly the owner has lost the bar which connect the tailer to the bike, do you guys think it will be easy enough to rig something up from a caster and metal bar?

Oh its not for carrying kids, possibly for the dog but mainly to carry tools and stuff back and forth to the allotment rather than taking the car.

Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated.

 

[johnc461165]

It depends on how practical you are, I would buy it and sort out an attachment later plus a bit of haggling over the price just for the hell of it, but that's me.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Is the connecting arm not folded underneath -the normal position for storage - or has it been completely removed (unbolted), which wouldn't be logical unless the previous owner nicked it for another project.?

If you can't get the arm, it's not worth the hassle. Used trailers go for about £40 in good condition. You have to ask yourself whether it's worth all the hassle of getting materials and making the bar and a hitch for the sake of £25.

 

[timidtom]

I've just had a look on eBay and there are several towbars for sale - one due to end in 4 days at a very low bid at the moment.
Good luck,
Tom.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I've just had a look on eBay and there are several towbars for sale - one due to end in 4 days at a very low bid at the moment.
Good luck,
Tom.

Could you paste some links. I looked, but couldn't find any.

 

[timidtom]

Could you paste some links. I looked, but couldn't find any.

I just entered 'cycle trailer towbars' and there they were!
Tom

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Show us some links then!

 

[timidtom]

Show us some links then!

Show us yer links??? What sort of a person d'you think I am??? Really!!! (All just to cunningly conceal I don't know how to show links ... not even cuff-links. Nurse - they're being horrid to me again! :-(

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I guess that means you couldn't find one either then.

 

[johnc461165]

An engineer is a person that can do for a penny what any fool can do for a pound.

Well I am a retired engineer and this can be sorted for little money.

 

[Blew it]

TRAILERS AND TOWBARS

 

[steveindenmark]

Find out the make of the trailer.
Find the homepage.
Contact them and order the bits you need
Attach them to the trailer
Job done as good as new, no welding, messing or breaking.

Steve

 

[Deleted member 4366]

An engineer is a person that can do for a penny what any fool can do for a pound.

Well I am a retired engineer and this can be sorted for little money.

I guess if the OP was an engineer, he wouldn't be asking the question. He'd have found his own solution.
For those that keep mentioning Ebay, the OP needs the bar that runs from the trailer to the hitch plus the hitch. There's no bars and the only suitable hitch that I can see, which would require a custom made bar arrangement, is more than £20. Therefore, unless OP has fabrication skills and a lot of stuff lying around waiting to be adapted, it's just not worth it - unfortunately.
Having said all that, for those that like making stuff, there's loads of Youtube videos that show self-made trailers and hitches - some of them really clever.

 

[Blew it]

SJS carry a good range of hitches.

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