Kayak Bicycle Trailer

Dear site visitors, from the master class presented by the author, you will learn and learn how to make bicycle yourself trailers without the use of a welding machine. In this case, an option for transporting kayaks is presented, but by the same principle, you can make an ordinary trailer-cart for transporting crops with cottages)) and it’s just that it’s convenient to transport something on such a trailer)

The author is fond of outdoor activities and one of them is rafting on a river in a kayak. Previously, it was quite difficult to deliver the kayak to the place of rafting along the river, and therefore it was decided to make a trailer trailer for bike for transporting boats. The master tried to make everything as simple as possible, so that following his example could be repeated by ordinary people who do not have extra money to buy a special trailer and tools for its manufacture. In the presented example, only the necessary minimum is needed. As always, everything is extremely simple and budget, so let's go)

The trailer is made without the use of a welding machine, which simplifies its creation as much as possible. The basis is a curved 1.9 mm pipe which carries up to 60% of the load. Trailer wooden frame twisted by bolts and nuts. The wheels are used from a garden wheelbarrow with a diameter of 25 cm. The hitch is prefabricated, a rubber automobile hose, a metal plate, bolts, nuts, and a pipe plug with a thread.

And so, let's take a closer look at the trailer assembly process.

Materials

1. 1.9mm water pipe
2. wheels from a garden car, diameter 25 cm
3. bolts, nuts, washers, engraver
4. rubber car hose
5. wooden slats
6. threaded plug for pipe
7. kayak straps
8. paint

Instruments

1. hacksaw
2. pipe bender
3. set of wrenches
4. hammer
5. hacksaw
6. drill
7. pliers
8. brush
9. roulette
10. sandpaper

Step-by-step instructions for creating a bicycle trailer for kayaking do it yourself.

The main thing in the creation of bicycle trailers is to correctly make the coupling device so that it does not interfere with the movement and is firmly fixed. In this case, the author made it from a rubber automobile reinforced hose. A metal plate was taken as the basis and 3 holes were drilled in it, one in the middle for connecting a 1.9 mm water pipe through a threaded plug.We assemble, hollow tubes are screwed on the sides on the bolts, where a hole for the spindle is drilled in the side, you can also screw a regular bolt and fix it with a nut, and then drill a hole on the side.We insert the rubber automobile hose and into the drilled holes we insert the spindle or bolt and tighten the nut for greater reliability.The device is connected to the trailer pipe through a threaded plug that is fixed in the middle of the coupling device.On the pipe, as you understand, you should also cut the thread.We attach to the bike.Further, according to the drawings and sketches of the author, a pipe is made which forms the basis of the trailer frame.Bend the pipe.Note that the pipe should not subsequently interfere with the movement of the bicycle and do not touch the rear wheel.Next, the master makes the trailer bridge from a wooden board and fastens the wheels from a garden wheelbarrow with a diameter of 25 cm with bolts and nuts.The pipe is fixed in this way in the front of the trailer.The pipe runs along the entire length of the frame and has the ability to rotate 360⁰ That is, it should not be fixed firmly, because on the road it will simply repeat the bumps in the road surface.Here is such a simple super-simple design of a bicycle trailer))And then we put kayaks on the road-way)During operation, a small wheel was added in front of the trailer, so that it was convenient to place the trailer by unhitching it from the bicycle. Thus, the trailer is stable, and nothing threatens the bottom of the kayak)It was also decided to make the hitch mount higher or for the seat of the bike itself.
As you can see, it’s quite simple and powerful to make a person inexperienced in plumbing, and most importantly, you can do without a welding machine, because not everyone has it, and not everyone knows how to use it. The only difficulty is to bend the pipe, but if there is a pipe bender then this is just a trifle)

Step-by-step instructions are provided for you, so go for it friends!

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