Were you riding around the Buena Vista with that rig during the early 80's?
I would swear that I remember someone with something like that when we were
out doing prairie chicken and harrier surveys.
Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R. W. Wolff
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:39 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- FL trip pictorial
>
>
> > an enthusiastic bike rider lives down the street from me
> and he uses a
> > small trailer > rear axle. it'll hold up to 125 pounds.
>
> Before I had my drivers license I had turned my ten speed
> into a serious
> moutain bike. Luckily the town dump was down the road and I
> had endless
> supply of bike parts. I then constructed a hitch out of heavy
> duty rack that
> just sits over the rear tire of the bike. To this I attached
> a 2 foot by 2
> foot by four foot trailer made mostly of 2X4s and plywood and
> two large
> floation bike tires. It worked amazingly well, the trailer
> itself probably
> weighed 50 pounds. Empty I didn't even feel it behind the
> bike. I could load
> it with fire wood and pedal up ditch banks with four inchs of
> snow. I guess
> it helped I had really good gearing, I could pedal through
> water up to the
> top bar on the frame with no trailer. But once on pavement I
> could get the
> load moving along just fine. Long hills were a bit rough, and
> stopping could
> be hard. If anyone is interested ( and doesnt care to look a
> bit odd) I can
> send detailed instructions to build the magic trailer.
>
> Ray
>
>
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