Loading a bike on a trailer alone?
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From: backwoods
You ask a friend to help you load the bike. The same friend that you call to bring your truck/trailer to come get you. What I'm saying is, in your hypothetical situation, how did you get a truck/trailer to the breakdown site? Another person has to be involved unless you teleport home?? Anyway, if you don't have friends that you can count on to help in this situation, you should not be out riding around without some type of towing insurance.
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OK I tried to offer some advice. Should have known not to bother. I ride about 10,000 miles a year, fortunately all on Saturday afternoons, and I ask my one friend to stay home by his phone during that time. Whatever dude...
How about you do what I do. Keep your bike in good shape so the POS doesn't break down on a dark deserted road in the middle of the night.
How about you do what I do. Keep your bike in good shape so the POS doesn't break down on a dark deserted road in the middle of the night.
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You ask a friend to help you load the bike. The same friend that you call to bring your truck/trailer to come get you. What I'm saying is, in your hypothetical situation, how did you get a truck/trailer to the breakdown site? Another person has to be involved unless you teleport home?? Anyway, if you don't have friends that you can count on to help in this situation, you should not be out riding around without some type of towing insurance.
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You can ask me every day when the sun shines, and i will tell you morning. Just cause I call you out every time for your fake out rage, does not make it true the next time I call you out.
One time I walked home. I could call OL. I got friends with injuries. As I said, sometimes I don't want to wait hours for tow. Maybe you only ride on Saturday afternoons, but not me.
So why don't you practice what you preach and put me on ignore? Because you are full of it.
One time I walked home. I could call OL. I got friends with injuries. As I said, sometimes I don't want to wait hours for tow. Maybe you only ride on Saturday afternoons, but not me.
So why don't you practice what you preach and put me on ignore? Because you are full of it.
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From: backwoods
"So why don't you practice what you preach and put me on ignore? Because you are full of it."... I thought about it, then realized that your idiotic comments provided some hilarity ... Correction ... MUCH HILARITY ... You should start a YouTube channel ... I'd say ride safe but we all know you don't ride ";>
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It's been two damn days. Today is the third day that your (Imaginary) bike is laying in a ditch by the side of the toad. And you do not want to waste time? Hell, you've been spending all your time on various forum threads.
The bike is probably long gone and parted out by now.
The bike is probably long gone and parted out by now.
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I tried my best reading through this thread...I didn't want to repeat a suggestion. Let's put a few of these ideas together...trailer...winch...trolley...what? A trolley? Build a trolley with 4 small wheels and put a good chock on it like a condor. You can use some angle iron to make a "track" for the trolley to follow as you operate the winch. It'll hold the bike upright until it's in it "home" position and you can strap it down. Now I didn't catch if those was going to a dedicated trailer that you'll leave setup or not but you could make the track easily removable as well as the trolley.
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I tried my best reading through this thread...I didn't want to repeat a suggestion. Let's put a few of these ideas together...trailer...winch...trolley...what? A trolley? Build a trolley with 4 small wheels and put a good chock on it like a condor. You can use some angle iron to make a "track" for the trolley to follow as you operate the winch. It'll hold the bike upright until it's in it "home" position and you can strap it down. Now I didn't catch if those was going to a dedicated trailer that you'll leave setup or not but you could make the track easily removable as well as the trolley.
I have thought about what ever kind of winch, and couple 45s from the railing to bed to support it the rails. I suspect they would hold a vehicle rolling and not stuck, but a little support would feel good.
I even thought something like that little motorcyle trailer that is low to the ground and them winch the whole thing into the trailer.
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