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3 bike open trailer- $500 obo


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Whoa! That trailer is rigid!! Solid axle directly to frame?? Can you imagine the hop that thing would get with a tire out of balance?! No way I'd strap my bike to that and drag it around....:nono:

EDIT - meant the CL ad, not yours Coot

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No problem man. Mine has leaf springs. I've used it 4 times and it worked great the most I ever had on it was 2 bikes but I've seen a pic from the person bad bought it from with 3 on it and 1 in the bed of a pickup. Hell its been on the dragon once with me.

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not rigid,Torsion axle. At least it looks like a torsion axle. If not, ya, screw that thing.

"edit" second look. If it's torsion it's upside down or fubared. My bad.

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Does anyone know a place that sells steel like those rails are made of?

Looks like channel iron, maybe 5" or 6" - can buy it in precut lengths or by the foot - check local steel yards and they should have it - but if you build one, at least put some suspension under it. I would think the guy that built the trailer in the CL ad would have faired a better design if he'd sprung the axle and mounted it with the drop pointing up......that thing is so low, you be scraping bottom on a poorly placed manhole cover:D

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No problem man. Mine has leaf springs. I've used it 4 times and it worked great the most I ever had on it was 2 bikes but I've seen a pic from the person bad bought it from with 3 on it and 1 in the bed of a pickup. Hell its been on the dragon once with me.

yea its a good trailer. My dads best friend trusted it enough to get his $50k Panhead from Cleveland to Findlay and back

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Looks like channel iron, maybe 5" or 6" - can buy it in precut lengths or by the foot - check local steel yards and they should have it - but if you build one, at least put some suspension under it. I would think the guy that built the trailer in the CL ad would have faired a better design if he'd sprung the axle and mounted it with the drop pointing up......that thing is so low, you be scraping bottom on a poorly placed manhole cover:D

I had found some online and it was $140 for 10 foot piece does that sound about normal?

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I had found some online and it was $140 for 10 foot piece does that sound about normal?

Not at all.......I've bought 20ft sections of 4" at work for less than half that - I'm sure the grade of steel varies the price quite a bit - just standard cold roll would work fine but you would want to prep/paint immediately after its cut and welded to your frame - cheap stuff will rust FAST

EDIT - correction, thinking it was carbon steel ( not sure if cold drawn or hot roll ) but you will have to call more than likely - none of our local steel suppliers post pricing online - cheaper yet, you can ask for "drops" over certain lengths where they had leftovers from cutting other orders......that would be the cheapest route and easiest to handle

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Not at all.......I've bought 20ft sections of 4" at work for less than half that - I'm sure the grade of steel varies the price quite a bit - just standard cold roll would work fine but you would want to prep/paint immediately after its cut and welded to your frame - cheap stuff will rust FAST

Well that's good to know I'll have to do some calling around

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Not at all.......I've bought 20ft sections of 4" at work for less than half that - I'm sure the grade of steel varies the price quite a bit - just standard cold roll would work fine but you would want to prep/paint immediately after its cut and welded to your frame - cheap stuff will rust FAST

it also needs to be wide enough for a 190 tire so what probably 8" wide

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it also needs to be wide enough for a 190 tire so what probably 8" wide

8" might be a little drastic ( especially on price ) but I'd think that 6" would work since the tires profile rolls up, but without a 190 tire and a tapemeasure handy I'm not sure -- If you want to build a trailer, it's going to be hard to beat framing a rectangle floor with 2" angle iron and spot weldin' in sheets of perforated steel -- probably be the the cheapest route overall? Metal fab guys would know more obviously, but I'm just trying to think logically ( I know, logic doesn't apply here! ;))

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I've got a good open trailer for sale if anyone is interested. I'd probably work with you a little on price too. It has leaf springs.

http://ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=87622

That's a decent little tugaround - are there side fences or rails for it too?

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