====== cargo trailers ======

^ Projects infobox ^^
| Image | {{:archive:cargo-trailer.png?240}} |
| designers | [[:user:tim|Timothy Schmidt]] |
| date | 2021 |
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| materials |  |
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| lifecycles |  |
| tools | [[:wrenches|Wrenches]] |
| parts | [[:frames|Frames]], [[:nuts|Nuts]], [[:bolts|Bolts]], [[:end_caps|End caps]], [[:plates|Plates]], [[:wheels|Wheels]], [[:axial_bearings|Axial bearings]], [[:keyed_shafts|Keyed shafts]], [[:wheel_hubs|Wheel hubs]], [[:shaft_collars|Shaft collars]] |
| techniques | [[:tri_joints|Tri joints]], [[:shelf_joints|Shelf joints]], [[:wheels_and_axles|Wheels and axles]] |
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| files |  |
| suppliers |  |

[[:category:projects|Category:Projects]]

[[:category:transportation|Category:Transportation]]

==== Introduction ====

A bicycle trailer is a motorless wheeled frame with a hitch system for transporting cargo by bicycle. It can greatly increase a bike's cargo capacity, allowing point-to-point haulage of objects up to 4 cubic yards (3 cubic metres) in volume that weigh as much as half a ton.

==== Challenges ====

==== Approaches ====

==== Cycle trailer ====

{{:archive:cycle_cargo_trailer.jpg?600|Cycle cargo trailer}}

{{:archive:wheel_adapters.jpg?600|Wheel adapters}}

{{:archive:rear_wheel_assembly.jpg?600|Rear wheel mockup}}

  * side bike attachment w/ [[https://www.amazon.com/Sydien-Bearing-M8X1-25-Economy-Lubricating/dp/B07YXM56MM/|Right Hand Rod End Bearing M8X1.25 Female Thread]]
  * bolt-on pneumatic utility tires @ below deck level for true flat bed loading
  * expanded mesh bottom w/ tiled coroplast for all weather drainage and easy strapping
  * plastic fencing + coroplast sides
  * central beam, braces at front, rear, wheels.  corner posts w/ pvc flag pole
  * modular totes

==== Truck trailer ====

{{:archive:truck_cargo_trailer.jpg?600}}

{{:archive:front_spindle.jpg?600|Front spindles}}

==== Tractor trailer ====

==== References ====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_(vehicle)|Wikipedia: Trailer]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_trailer|Wikipedia: Bicycle trailer]]
  * [[https://www.donkeytrailers.com/|Donkey Trailers]]

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