Re: single wheel trailer "on the cheap"
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:19 pm
well she's done! Friggen state, I don't know where I got the idea I had to get it inspected...
called first thing this morning attempting to make an appointment to get it inspected (recommended) and was told the soonest was sometime in August, not good when you're planning on hitting the road in a months time! So I took half a day off work to go sit in a line - ok wasn't bad I was the 2nd person, and the guy was like "you brought the trailer here?" with a surprised look on his face! He said I just had to take the receipts to the dmv and get it registered.
I was a bit too honest and just listed what I spend roughly on materials as $600 so the lifetime sticker ran me another $128.
Total dry weight came in at 68lbs with 11lbs tongue weight. We added three 20lbs logs, one in each basket and the tongue weight went up near 50 so gotta remember to carry heavy stuff all the way to the rear and keep the cooler light in the forward basket.
Will take some pics this weekend with everything fully loaded and we'll do another tongue weight on it then. I want to test it on a 4 to 5 hundred mile day with it packed - and while we are still in *this* state before committing to the 5,000 mile trip we have planned for the west coast.
called first thing this morning attempting to make an appointment to get it inspected (recommended) and was told the soonest was sometime in August, not good when you're planning on hitting the road in a months time! So I took half a day off work to go sit in a line - ok wasn't bad I was the 2nd person, and the guy was like "you brought the trailer here?" with a surprised look on his face! He said I just had to take the receipts to the dmv and get it registered.
I was a bit too honest and just listed what I spend roughly on materials as $600 so the lifetime sticker ran me another $128.
Total dry weight came in at 68lbs with 11lbs tongue weight. We added three 20lbs logs, one in each basket and the tongue weight went up near 50 so gotta remember to carry heavy stuff all the way to the rear and keep the cooler light in the forward basket.
Will take some pics this weekend with everything fully loaded and we'll do another tongue weight on it then. I want to test it on a 4 to 5 hundred mile day with it packed - and while we are still in *this* state before committing to the 5,000 mile trip we have planned for the west coast.