A few years ago, I wrote an article for this blog called the “Tandem Axle Fallacy”. Yet now we’re building tandem axle motorcycle trailers right alongside our traditional single axle ones. So what gives? There’s no doubt that a single axle provides superior maneuverability whether you are trying to move your motorcycle trailer by hand […]
Safe Motorcycle Hauling—It’s a Matter of Choice At highway speeds, towing a poorly designed, improperly loaded trailer is a hair raising, sphincter tightening experience. Take a look at this U-Haul sponsored video (“Towing a Trailer can be dangerous”) below, and you’ll see what I mean. Clearly, properly positioning your trailer’s load with no more than […]
LongBody Capacity, Design, and Development No sooner had we announced the WideBody than the phone began to ring. About half the calls were for a motorcycle trailer to carry two large bikes—exactly what the WideBody was designed to do. But the other half wanted to carry three large bikes, one trike and one bike, two […]
Ironhorse trailers require very little servicing. Nevertheless a few things are worth mentioning. Hinge Lubrication—On the flip tops, there are hinges at the front of the top and between the tailgate and rear cross member. While the hinges on the WideBody are easy to see and lubricate, the hinges on the 1Bike and 2Bike tops […]
