The new SK trailer
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:57 pm
This is an attempt to post a pic from our Canada trip this year.
Testing 1, 2, 3..........
Hmmmm...........'can't tell anything from that little chip of a picture - lemme experiment with re-sizing. I can't believe it took 45 minutes to upoad that to 'photobucket'.......'isn't worth it - screw it!
Anyway, that's the damn trailer.
I thought about having a lightweight utility trailer made out of aluminum to pull behind the 4-wheeler for spread deplyment in wet conditions. That would cut-down on the number of trips to shuttle stuff to the 'x'. At first, I thought I would flip it up-side-down on top of the decoy box for transport. Easier said then done, probably......plus that's just one more thing to strap and un-strap......time consuming operation. I'm slow enough as it is.
Then it occurred to me......you Dummy
......put an axle and some wide turf tires on the loading ramp (back gate).....and a trailer hitch and tongue that telescopes into a center tube.......and some short side rails.......and hinge it to the main trailer with a couple of removeable pins with clips. That way you unload the 4-wheeler, extend the tongue, pull 2 pins and hook it to the 4-wheeler. Load it full of decoys and blinds and get going.
I'll tinker with that concept and see what I can come-up with - 'shouldn't be too hard to pull-off.
humph - 3 years of architecture school not wasted after all.
As I've indicated before - the trailer and 4-wheeler virtually saved our trip this year due to wet field conditions and access issues. Money well-spent!
Testing 1, 2, 3..........
Hmmmm...........'can't tell anything from that little chip of a picture - lemme experiment with re-sizing. I can't believe it took 45 minutes to upoad that to 'photobucket'.......'isn't worth it - screw it!
Anyway, that's the damn trailer.
I thought about having a lightweight utility trailer made out of aluminum to pull behind the 4-wheeler for spread deplyment in wet conditions. That would cut-down on the number of trips to shuttle stuff to the 'x'. At first, I thought I would flip it up-side-down on top of the decoy box for transport. Easier said then done, probably......plus that's just one more thing to strap and un-strap......time consuming operation. I'm slow enough as it is.
Then it occurred to me......you Dummy
......put an axle and some wide turf tires on the loading ramp (back gate).....and a trailer hitch and tongue that telescopes into a center tube.......and some short side rails.......and hinge it to the main trailer with a couple of removeable pins with clips. That way you unload the 4-wheeler, extend the tongue, pull 2 pins and hook it to the 4-wheeler. Load it full of decoys and blinds and get going.I'll tinker with that concept and see what I can come-up with - 'shouldn't be too hard to pull-off.
humph - 3 years of architecture school not wasted after all.
As I've indicated before - the trailer and 4-wheeler virtually saved our trip this year due to wet field conditions and access issues. Money well-spent!
