cargo trailers
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| designers | Timothy Schmidt |
| date | 2021 |
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| tools | Wrenches |
| parts | Frames, Nuts, Bolts, End caps, Plates, Wheels, Axial bearings, Keyed shafts, Wheel hubs, Shaft collars |
| techniques | Tri joints, Shelf joints, Wheels and axles |
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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
- side bike attachment w/ 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
