bicycle trailer.

Step 3 Detail of the axle wheel attachment.

this is the hardest bit of a trailer. you need really strong axles if they are going to be cantilevered like this. hardened steel axles greater than 10mm in diameter are best. you can potentially use two old front wheels from bicycles, the difficulty with this option is making the axles work in such a way that you can fasten them either side of your bike. In Guyana i saw a lot that used two old front forks welded to the sides of a shopping cart, and similar such ideas. Anyway, in this one I used the half inch steel pipe through the centre of a half inch bearing 24inch wheel, and merely put shaft collars with locking allen key thingies either side of the hub. the axle was then convenient and easy to stick to the 8020.

Comments

[nickjohnson]

Where did you get these wheels? Are these just wheelbarrow wheels?

[proffesor cuddles]

they are just bike wheels

[Yerboogieman]

wheel chair wheels

[purplemutant]

I thought they were wheelchair wheels. They look like the wheels on a cheap wheelchair I have. I think I might have to use them for a bike trailer. :D

[XCracer]

why not just make an adapter for the wheelchair, would be quite fun..

[purplemutant]

Yea I was thinking of just turning the wheelchair into a bike trailer. Since the wheelchair folds, I could have a folding bike trailer.

[saul]

actually they are from the mcmaster carr catalog. i think they are for industrial trikes and big handcarts.

[bo88y]

Another source: http://www2.northerntool.com/tires-wheels/spoked-wheels.htm This is a nice design concept. Looking at it, I'm wondering if smaller wheels might be better (lower center of gravity). Also, if the tote were of heavier plastic, like a fish tote (http://www.memphisnet.net/product/2429/tote), you could poke a solid axle right through the box, just above the bottom, and attach the hitching hardware to the top edge, or near the top, and reduce the bends. Or a solid axle could be attached directly to the underside. Coastal people might find some fish totes abandoned by the roadside. I think electrical conduit would have made a better attachment. A 1/2-3/4" hand bender goew for about $30, a good investment for someone doing a lot of this kind of DIY work.

[proffesor cuddles]

oooooooooooooooo sorry

[Slippy_Bug]

they are made by a company called skyways, and they make the chassis for bikes, wheel chairs, and pretty much anything that need a hard wearing, plastic wheels. www.skywaywheels.com