Monday, April 10, 2017

Dog Bike Trailer

Project to construct a trailer to carry tow my 100 pound dog around.

I started with a kit from Carry Freedom.  They have a range of bicycle trailers to tow everything including a canoe!

This is what the kit looked like in pieces.  I bought a "flat bed" trailer, that will hold our dog crate.



Coming together....


Tools of the trade...



This is the "hitch" for the trailer.



Trailer hooked up without dog carrier:



Putting the dog kennel on:



Dog kennel strapped to trailer:
 


Little guy in the trailer:


He looks happy...




A couple of test rides:






Post script:

It turns out that the factory provided straps plus bungee cords are not adequate to hold a 100 lb. dog in place.  I drilled some holes and bolted the kennel to the pre-drilled holes on the trailer.