Trailer time

[Lowflyer]

Did a bit of long overdue maintenance on the trailer the other day.
Quite satisfying fitting new indespension units. They old ones were rigid, causing all sorts of bouncy bouncy along the road

The purists will notice the subtle use of the 4 inch grinder

Quite an unusual trailer, hand made up here by my cousin's husbands father who owned an aluminium fabricators in the town. Has the indents for the bike wheels, which has their own aluminium infills to make it into a flat bed trailer so handy for other stuff as well. Being totally aluminium, rust free and very light, all good.

 

[austin]

Nice one John. I enjoyed my Motolug restoration too.

how do you tell if the indespension units are seized. I never even thought about it. Mine are rusty but otherwise look fine. The trailer bounces about but then I thought they had only rudimentary and limited suspension.

 

[Lowflyer]

Hi Austin,

You will soon know if they are feked, your bike will start to move quite a bit over bumpy ground.
The indespension units are rated for various settings, 300kg, 500 kg and I think 900 kg ? depending on what weight ( including the trailer weight ) you want to carry.
I use it for the WR450 but I also use it for lugging building materials around so went for the 500 kg.
If you look at where the pivot point bearing on the arm is -- if that is really rusty and showing signs of water ingress, I would say time to replace, although best way is to overload it, when stationary , see if the height alters at all.
Tyre pressures are another story

Hope this helps

 

[austin]

Thank you. One of the advantages of the Bikelug trailer is it all dismantles so it’s all easy to see. I’ll have a look. Ta