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Bike Trailer and Cargo Bike

Step 3Trailer Hitch Lashing

Trailer Hitch Lashing
The tongue of the trailer is an 8 foot hickory stick. It's very strong.

I welded a cleat to the back rack to make trailering easy.

This cord goes through a hole in the tongue. It makes sure the trailer doesn't fall off. At Burningman I didn't have the cord and the trailer fell off a couple of times. The people on board enjoyed it, but it wouldn't have been so good on pavement or in traffic.

Here's how you start the lashing.
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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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