Timeline for How to design a swivel connection for a single wheel trailer?
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| May 5, 2016 at 14:41 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 12:17 | answer | added | Chris Johns | timeline score: 1 | |
| S Dec 7, 2015 at 10:51 | history | suggested | 706Astor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 5, 2015 at 14:51 | comment | added | Transistor | That trailer will pivot about the rear axle centre and, for example, when the car turns left the rear of the trailer will swing far to the right and possibly into the kerb or the other lane. Effectively you're creating a vehicle with an overhang at the rear longer than the wheelbase of the car. | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 2:28 | answer | added | John Markworth | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 23:45 | history | edited | Air | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 6, 2015 at 19:37 | comment | added | Carlton | Is this an African or European trailer? If you find that you do have problems with wobble, you may want to look at motorcycle steering dampers. They dampen high-frequency wobble while still allowing the handlebars to be turned easily by the rider. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 11:10 | comment | added | Dermighty | Regarding wobble, a fully laden trailer may perform differently to an unladen trailer (queue Monty Python jokes). If you're putting anything heavy on it then you'll need to work out what kind of stress your assembled trailer can take, you do this by selecting each component for the task at hand. For example, if you're putting 4 20kg bags of coal on it, then you don't need a an axle capable of holding 3 tonnes nor do you need an axle that holds 10kg....you get the idea. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 11:06 | comment | added | Dermighty | I'd be looking at a wheelbarrow wheel, which may have a bearing that you could run a shaft/axle through, depending on how well made the wheel is it would definitely do the job. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 9:48 | comment | added | Willem-Aart | Good call. Actually, in the Netherlands, if the weight of the trailer is below 750 kg, it doesn't need to be approved or certified, as long as it conforms to the rules. However, I will do my utmost to ensure that the trailer is as safe as possible. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 9:40 | comment | added | Dermighty | I'm a mechanical engineer and I need to get slightly off topic: Surely there is some legel issue with having your own trailer like that? | |
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| Jul 6, 2015 at 8:29 | history | asked | Willem-Aart | CC BY-SA 3.0 |