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Anyone on this site pulling a camping trailer with an airhead? Happy?

The only person I know for sure has pulled a trailer is Matt, the guy who runs the site, and he doesn't often post. Also, I THINK he was pulling the trailer with a K-bike, but I don't remember for sure.

Randy (Derwible) has a trailer hitch on an airhead and has pulled a small trailer around town. I think he said he got the hitch from Vanzen, who might have more experience with it.

I personally would not do it. Pre 1980 airheads didn't have good enough brakes for themselves, much less a trailer. The back part of the frame on an airhead is pretty damn light weight and only attached by four bolts the metric equivalent of about a 5/16th. I don't think a Sub-500 pound bike makes a good tow truck.

But thats just me. Having said that, here is my R65 with a 27 foot camper in tow.

I got the hitch from a friend in South Dakota in 1990. He modified it a bit to have it fit the /7. Pic below is homemade Harbor Freight trailer with a Sears cartop carrier. 'Made it' a more than a year ago just for local use. Can use it behind my jeep too. I never planned to do long haul with it. If so, it'd be a slow-boat to China.

http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/1591 ... iginal.jpg

dwerbil wrote:I got the hitch from a friend in South Dakota in 1990.

Dang - and I didn't spell your name right either

dwerbil wrote: http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/1591 ... iginal.jpg

If you need a lawn tractor in Texas, I would say you spend too much on making grass grow.

I really like the lawns in Arizona and New Mexico that are just a field of gravel.

The best trailer I have seen was a K100 pulling a pick-up truck box. The owner put a axel with 12inch wheels,
It came in under 350lbs towed nice. This was a steel box, So you could get lighter.

Bob D

Ever examine the splined end of the input shaft. It's tiny. All the power has to transmit through this little spline.

An Airhead pulling a camper is an abomination. They say there are no bad questions....you have proved them wrong.

But I would defend your right to ask it, no matter what.

I have pulled a camping trailer 100,000mi. with a 83 r 100rt. Questions??? ask me!

Rob wrote:

dwerbil wrote: http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/1591 ... iginal.jpg

If you need a lawn tractor in Texas, I would say you spend too much on making grass grow.

I really like the lawns in Arizona and New Mexico that are just a field of gravel.

Actually Rob, I spend zero $ each year on making the grass or mostly weeds grow; maybe ten bucks a year on gas to mow it all. To gravel my lot and a half I guess would run me several thousand dollars. I never water the yard, only the garden with drip irrigation.

Zeroscape is a great idea.