{"id":1946,"date":"2016-07-21T09:44:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T21:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.signsofsuccess.co.nz\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2023-02-22T19:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:45:09","slug":"electric-bikes-new-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/electric-bikes-new-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Bikes – the trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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bike-and-trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I mentioned in my previous post, we have decided to acquire a trailer to tow behind our bikes. I bid and won on an article on Trade Me, but the seller took 6 days to respond to my 3 emails, and the response was to ask me to ring him. So I let that one go.<\/p>\n

Feeling a bit let down, I decided to buy some parts and build my own. I bought a kit of parts<\/a> (wheels, axles, draw bar and hitch) off Trade Me, which I got in just two working days from the South Island.<\/p>\n

Rather than make a framework and then a box to go in it, I decided to make a robust box which would also be the framework of the trailer. I bought the timber (1200 by 600 by 18mm treated plywood, 2 sheets of) and transferred the trailer design (PDF)<\/a> to the sheets for cutting. I roughed out the cuts and the finished them off with the router to get those fine edges, before assembly. The box is constructed with pocket screws<\/a>, which neatly hides away most of the connecting hardware, but also makes for a very strong join, especially when teamed with a good amount of exterior PVA glue.The pocket screw holes are filled with plugs to improve the look and weather proof the joints a bit more. It has all been sanded down and coated in an exterior polyurethane varnish.<\/p>\n