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I Finished My Ramp-less Trailer

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Randyjaco

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Well, back in the old days when I was young and stupid, if I needed to transport my bike, I'd just grab a 2 x 8 and rest one end on a pickup/trailer bed. Then I'd ride the bike up the board into the bed. Sometimes things didn't go well, and the results were painful and expensive. Now at my age, ramps are much more intimidating and my current bike weighs over 600 lbs.
I hate dealing with ramps!
So, I built a ramp-less trailer.
Life is Good! 8^)
 

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How much cranking effort is required to get trailer bed elevated again after loading bike?
 
It's not difficult. Easier than a lot of boats I have pulled onto trailers in the past. The bar is a serious lever arm and combined with the winch, a child could do it. Without the bike, I can pull the bar down with one arm alone.
 
We have a small custom tilt-bed trailer for hauling bikes and we both agree, that trailer will never get sold. I’m okay if I never have to use a ramp again. 👍
 
When you say built did you design and fabricate it or was it a kit?

Either way, that style of trailer is so nice.!!!
 
Nice. :thumb:
I have to believe someone has rigged up their hand winch to be run by their Milwaukee M18.

If the spare tire were turned sideways, the winch could also be used to pull something into the trailer but being a lowboy, pushing it on won't be very hard anyway.
 
Scott91370 said:
When you say built did you design and fabricate it or was it a kit?
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Curious about this too. I've seen similar trailers at the motorcycle shows and they are also $$$$$. Curious what the build cost for yours was.
 
It is not my original design. I saw several versions on the internet, but until I built it, I had never seen one in person. My contribution was my reverse engineering, design modification and fabrication. There is NO kit available in the US. 8^(

The spare location was my idea. There was really no other place to put it. The standard side mounting interfered with operation, visibility of the license plate and lights. It sure wasn't going underneath the trailer. I realized that the front mounted location offered some protection to the bike. Yes, the winch can be used for multiple applications.
The deck is pretty spacious, so it could be used for such things as lawn mowers and palletized cargo and of course, multiple bikes. It should be capable of carrying a ton of cargo.
 
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gixxerjasen said:
Curious about this too. I've seen similar trailers at the motorcycle shows and they are also $$$$$. Curious what the build cost for yours was.
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One thing I learned from this build is that the price of steel and aluminum has gone out of sight. I had a serious supply of aluminum and steel on hand, but I still dropped about $3 grand in materials. 8^(
It was not a bargain build; more a test of my abilities.
 
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