Tricycle carrier
After my knee replacement surgery last July, the Dr. told me I should never ride a 2 wheeled bicycle again (danger of falling and damaging the knee, and absolutely no high impact activities ... like running).
So I love my Schwinn Bicycle for 2 that we've had for a long, long time now, but following the Dr's advice, I'll not ride it ever again.
So, after a long hunt and a couple failures, we finally found an adult tricycle. It's about 30 years old, an original Schwinn, and needed some repair. Bought it for about $75 and took it to a local bicycle shop and put another couple hundred into it to rebuild it, differential gears, chains, cables, all sorts of stuff. It rides very nice now, easy to peddle (single gear), and absolutely love it!
The only problem is, there's no easy way to transport it. Unlike a bicycle (even a bicycle for 2), this thing is big and wide!
We'll, I've had 5 months to finally figure out how to take it with us camping. The "Ah ha!" moment happened yesterday morning and last night I fabricated a very rough prototype tricycle carrier for my camper.
We have a cargo carrier on the back of the camper, that attached with a factory installed receiver hitch. I did a little extra build on the carrier so it doesn't rock so much. The hitch has a max weight of about 800 pounds or so (label on the trailer), so weight wise, I've always been well within tolerances with the cargo carrier.
I removed the side of the cargo carrier and roughly built a frame out of old treated lumber I had behind the house a frame for the tricycle to rest on. Actually, it's quite solid!
In the photos below, the first shows the carrier as we've used it for the last 4 years, primarily to carry that black box with sewer hoses, water hoses, and our outside mat when it gets wet, and other items that get wet or dirty.
The following is my fabricated "invention". We're heading for Sante State Park, South Carolina, from Indiana this Saturday and the wife REALLY wanted to bring the tricycle alone!
Well, one thing is for sure, it that wooden frame hold up for almost a 1500 mile round trip, I think I have a winner! In the photos below, it's not secured yet with straps, bungie's, or ropes yet. But that won't be any problem.
Just wanted to share if the idea inspires some else for a DIY project!
So I love my Schwinn Bicycle for 2 that we've had for a long, long time now, but following the Dr's advice, I'll not ride it ever again.
So, after a long hunt and a couple failures, we finally found an adult tricycle. It's about 30 years old, an original Schwinn, and needed some repair. Bought it for about $75 and took it to a local bicycle shop and put another couple hundred into it to rebuild it, differential gears, chains, cables, all sorts of stuff. It rides very nice now, easy to peddle (single gear), and absolutely love it!
The only problem is, there's no easy way to transport it. Unlike a bicycle (even a bicycle for 2), this thing is big and wide!
We'll, I've had 5 months to finally figure out how to take it with us camping. The "Ah ha!" moment happened yesterday morning and last night I fabricated a very rough prototype tricycle carrier for my camper.
We have a cargo carrier on the back of the camper, that attached with a factory installed receiver hitch. I did a little extra build on the carrier so it doesn't rock so much. The hitch has a max weight of about 800 pounds or so (label on the trailer), so weight wise, I've always been well within tolerances with the cargo carrier.
I removed the side of the cargo carrier and roughly built a frame out of old treated lumber I had behind the house a frame for the tricycle to rest on. Actually, it's quite solid!
In the photos below, the first shows the carrier as we've used it for the last 4 years, primarily to carry that black box with sewer hoses, water hoses, and our outside mat when it gets wet, and other items that get wet or dirty.
The following is my fabricated "invention". We're heading for Sante State Park, South Carolina, from Indiana this Saturday and the wife REALLY wanted to bring the tricycle alone!
Well, one thing is for sure, it that wooden frame hold up for almost a 1500 mile round trip, I think I have a winner! In the photos below, it's not secured yet with straps, bungie's, or ropes yet. But that won't be any problem.
Just wanted to share if the idea inspires some else for a DIY project!
