I saw this rig pulled in at a local tire shop; note the tractor tire on the back of the trailer, I doubt it would work as a spare on the Gold Wing. Or is it just another odd ornament on this eclectic trailer? Exhaust pipe: check. Dog peering out: check. And the admonitions on how to live life: check.
The owner told me he built it himself after the police gave him some flack for having his dogs riding on a little flatbed. Well, a dog trailer is not likely to be available at Trailers R Us.
So now the dogs ride in luxury behind his Goldwing. He told me that it reduces his fuel economy to about thirty-seven mpg, not bad for so much stuff, I suppose. Is that with the dog sticking his head out the window, or tucked in?
Try as I might, and I’ve pulled some pretty unusual stuff behind my vehicles, I cannot for the life of me figure out how a three-rib tractor tire fits in with that picture…
It balances the dogs weight on the drawbar
Ahhh – a dog’s life. I am starting to think that we have reached the point where man is dog’s best friend, and not the other way around.
Seriously, I would really have liked a rig like that when I was a little kid – something to separate me from my kid sister on long trips. I am sure that we would have fought for the chance to ride in the trailer.
I think even today I would rather ride in it than follow it – some of those parts don’t look all that firmly attached.
Sounds about right. Our border collie got really upset when she had to ride in the Subie’s back seat. Her seat is between the two of us on the benches for the trucks, but with the buckets she got demoted to steerage. One pissed off B.C. The Lab/Aussie-shepherd cross prefers a back seat so she can stretch out and sleep.
No, traveling crates and border collies make a better comedy sketch than practical travel…
Not all that much different from a tear drop. I don’t really think I would want to ride in it though. You would rattle like a bb in a boxcar if that thing broke loose.
A side car would be cooler…..
Carmine, this is awesome. That is one studly animal! LOL
and safer.
In Oregon, little trailers, whether towed by cars or motorcycles, don’t need a license plate at all. Oregon charges by weight, and I suspect the thinking is that they couldn’t charge enough for these to bother. The state was one of the first to go to two-year licensing for cars and light trucks in an effort to cut expenses.
Just in case anyone wondered….
Looks like there is an Oregon Trail License Plate* behind the tractor wheel and I assume it says “MY RIDE.” Could just be for decoration though.
* http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Oregon/or2003trail.jpg
A pretty good bit of advice on how to live your life.
But would you post that advice on the side of your car?
I cannot imagine pulling something like that with a cycle would be at all pleasurable – far better to take the car. Just pulling anything with a car or truck is a major nuisance…and then having to worry about all the things you do on two wheels, and have to wonder how the trailer will ride with a sudden evasive maneuver, or high-speed sweeping turn? No, t’anks.
The 37 mpg stretches credibility. A new Harley, without any load, gets about 37 when driven reasonably…two friends from the recent past had them. I get 47 on my Burgman 650…less than half the motor or weight.
Makes ya wonder don’t it?