Heavy loads???

[Mundgyver]

Thought you all might find this interesting. A forum similar to ours but only with another mode of transportations. Try not to choke on your laughter too much.





LoneBiker

bike punk



Registered: Dec 2002

Location: barren indiana

Posts: 119





trailers and hauling heavy &$#@

For those of you who have panniers or a trailer, whats the

heaviest, or most awkward thing you have ever transported on your bike? my top 3 would be a pair of wheelramps, about 20lbs a piece, jammed into my childcarrier trailer, about 45lbs of dog food from the local grocery store about half a mile away. then there was the time i bought a 7ft inflatable kayak from a yardsale in kokomo. we were busy deflating it and strapping it to the top of my rear rack and pannier(thankfully i had both so the surface area was wide enough) when the yard sale person asked how far we were going. i said casually 'only a few miles' A FEW MILES!!! was the suprised response. the good part is what i kept to myself, that my friends house was a few miles away, that was where we were parting, me howevor, still had 14 miles of riding til i got home. But i had absolutely no traffic problems, having a giant yellow squarish blob on the back of my bike, passing traffic could see little more than my shoulders and head!



let me know the best story you have about hauling &%#@



lonebiker



:-laf :-laf :-laf :-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[Sticks]

I ride as well, and that does not sound too far out of the ordinary for us die hards. A little unusual for the type of cargo, but not overloaded.



When I was a patch wearer, on a weekly basis, I hauled 7 cases of beer (cases, 2 12pks per), 5 - 7 liter bottles of hard liq. , and up to 4 bags of ice for a distance of 20 miles.



Camping trips I had the 0* sleeping bag, tent, small cot, two folding canvas chairs, pillow, dragon fly camp stove, coffee pot, cooler w/food, and clothing for four days - prepared for cold weather. This was all on the OUTSIDE of the bike, as my bags were full of the regular stuff, leathers, gloves, tools, assorted emergency parts, . 44, flask and so on.



Honda, gotta love 'em. Bike would still run 95+ up the mountain passes with all that weight. Oo.

 

[Mundgyver]

I was scanning through some forums on hauling when I ran accross the one I listed. Human nature is rather interesting, as we all tend to want to take as much as we can in one lift, whether we drive a truck or ride a bike.

 

[Cj84gpn]

Sticks, right 2 wheeled analogy, wrong form of power. Pretty sure the orginal post is talking about a Bicycle, not a motor cycle. The childcarrier trailer kind of gives it away...

 

[tgbol]

I have always said that the crews at work could take a 1/2 ton truck on a 2 ton chassis and still overload it. Man will stuff as much as he can into a vehicle.

 

[EMD Diesel Power]

I've seen one-ton trucks with service bodies loaded down to the point the main springs are going reverse curve and the overloads are straight/curved down too.



amazing what man will do. Good thing most of these trucks are contractors..... at least they "have" the insurance to back em up in a wreck.