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a bit of advice please in you capacity as towing expert!! been out today to fetch a bag of coal, 25kg a 9mile round trip, the powabyke had no problem and the trailer worked,but although the trailer is sold as capable of carrying 40kg, i don't think it would stand this sort of treatment for long due to the state of the roads, the wheels and the hitch are not suitable.
to this end i intend to build one from scratch just for carrying coal and potatoes, i have done a fair bit of car restoration in my time so ime confident of my ability with the build,its the connection to bike i would like your advice on, in this picture you will see circled the only two points i think i can fix to using slightly longer bolts, the fixing would be on both sides of the bike similar to your system, but being an alloy frame do you think the frame would be strong enough to take it at this point, or have you any other ideas.
many thanks mike
a bit of advice please in you capacity as towing expert!! been out today to fetch a bag of coal, 25kg a 9mile round trip, the powabyke had no problem and the trailer worked,but although the trailer is sold as capable of carrying 40kg, i don't think it would stand this sort of treatment for long due to the state of the roads, the wheels and the hitch are not suitable.
to this end i intend to build one from scratch just for carrying coal and potatoes, i have done a fair bit of car restoration in my time so ime confident of my ability with the build,its the connection to bike i would like your advice on, in this picture you will see circled the only two points i think i can fix to using slightly longer bolts, the fixing would be on both sides of the bike similar to your system, but being an alloy frame do you think the frame would be strong enough to take it at this point, or have you any other ideas.
many thanks mike