So here's the skinny, I live in Ohio, and my wife is from Georgia. We end up down there 6 or so times a year and I like to take a dirt machine down with me as often as I can. That usually means throwing a bike in the old Silver-ay-do and cozying up in the single cab. That was all fine and well, but now there is a baby on the way, so trips in the pickup truck will be much trickier. My wife's car is a 2015 Chevy equinox fwd with a 4 banger. It already has a 2" reciever hitch mounted and has a 1500 lb. towing capacity. It's not the "ideal" tow vehicle, but I can't justify buying her a Tahoe when this thing gets around 30mpg all the time.
The plan is to build a lightweight (shooting for sub 300lb.) and simple single rail/ bike trailer that will pull down the highway behind the car. I'm designing it so that dimensionally it will haul my DR650, R90/6 and TW200. Most often the trips to Georgia (about 600 miles each way) will just be hauling my TW200 which weights about 290 lbs stock wet, and I'm hoping for a bit less once I'm done with it, but the small amount of weight loss will be menial when it comes to towing. The dr650 is a hair less than 400lbs wet and farkled, and ill just have to see how the car handles with the weight. The R90/6 is around 475 lbs wet, and while I'm sure the trailer will handle it, I don't have much reason to pull it to Georgia, as the off-road riding is what I generally like to do while I'm there.
Posted below are a few inspiration trailers. I like designing and building cool stuff, but for this project, I have to keep reminding myself of the k.i.s.s. (keep it simple stupid) philosophy. There are a few fold up models on the market, but what I don't like about most of them are the tiny little tires and usually the lack of suspension.
I will remedy both "issues" on this trailer with a set of 14" aluminum ford ranger wheels that I have kicking around and a set of torsion half axles that should be here Friday will satisfy the suspension needs.
Some inspiration....
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The plan is to build a lightweight (shooting for sub 300lb.) and simple single rail/ bike trailer that will pull down the highway behind the car. I'm designing it so that dimensionally it will haul my DR650, R90/6 and TW200. Most often the trips to Georgia (about 600 miles each way) will just be hauling my TW200 which weights about 290 lbs stock wet, and I'm hoping for a bit less once I'm done with it, but the small amount of weight loss will be menial when it comes to towing. The dr650 is a hair less than 400lbs wet and farkled, and ill just have to see how the car handles with the weight. The R90/6 is around 475 lbs wet, and while I'm sure the trailer will handle it, I don't have much reason to pull it to Georgia, as the off-road riding is what I generally like to do while I'm there.
Posted below are a few inspiration trailers. I like designing and building cool stuff, but for this project, I have to keep reminding myself of the k.i.s.s. (keep it simple stupid) philosophy. There are a few fold up models on the market, but what I don't like about most of them are the tiny little tires and usually the lack of suspension.
I will remedy both "issues" on this trailer with a set of 14" aluminum ford ranger wheels that I have kicking around and a set of torsion half axles that should be here Friday will satisfy the suspension needs.
Some inspiration....
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