Comments on: TrailerOn, My New Favorite Product http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/ All Bruner, All the Time* Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:12:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Miker http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-320 Miker Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:58:41 +0000 http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-320 Was interseted in getting a Traileron here in the UK but they're not available and traileron are not shipping anymore. Please can you let me have the length & diameter (metric please) of the tube. I'll try and fabricate something similar. Thanks. Great web site. Sorry to hear about the ticket but I've narrowly avoided being mown down by cyclists while using a crossing on the green man. MikeR Was interseted in getting a Traileron here in the UK but they’re not available and traileron are not shipping anymore. Please can you let me have the length & diameter (metric please) of the tube. I’ll try and fabricate something similar.

Thanks. Great web site. Sorry to hear about the ticket but I’ve narrowly avoided being mown down by cyclists while using a crossing on the green man.

MikeR

]]> By: Rick Bruner http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-319 Rick Bruner Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:50:05 +0000 http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-319 Drew, you mean <a href="http://www.bruner.net/blog/archives/011384.shtml" rel="nofollow">like this</a>? Drew, you mean like this?

]]> By: Drew http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-318 Drew Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:33:14 +0000 http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-318 You're starting to remind me of old people back in old country, Rick bacsi. - Drew bacsi You’re starting to remind me of old people back in old country, Rick bacsi.

- Drew bacsi

]]> By: Rick Bruner http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-317 Rick Bruner Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:23:47 +0000 http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-317 Yes, I did mean PVC pipe. You get a <a href="http://www.bruner.net/blog/archives/012173.shtml" rel="nofollow">Proofreader Nazi point</a> for that. As for manufacturing them for your friends, well, I should say that the guy who makes these has done a bit more engineering than just drilling a couple of holes in PVC pipes. They also include wood plugs at each end, probably for stability, as well as reflectors at both ends of the pipe, plus four specially measured heavy-duty rubber bands to hold everything in place. Frankly, for $20, I think they're a bargain and at that price probably cheaper to pay for than to bother trying to reconstruct, unless you're really a geek for working in your woodshop or something. It's gonna take you minimum an hour — probably several, as you try to figure it out from scratch — and I <i>know</i> you bill at a higher rate than that, Tom! Besides, I'm all for supporting this guy's ingenuity. That said, have a blast if DIY is your cup of tea. Yes, I did mean PVC pipe. You get a Proofreader Nazi point for that.

As for manufacturing them for your friends, well, I should say that the guy who makes these has done a bit more engineering than just drilling a couple of holes in PVC pipes. They also include wood plugs at each end, probably for stability, as well as reflectors at both ends of the pipe, plus four specially measured heavy-duty rubber bands to hold everything in place. Frankly, for $20, I think they’re a bargain and at that price probably cheaper to pay for than to bother trying to reconstruct, unless you’re really a geek for working in your woodshop or something. It’s gonna take you minimum an hour — probably several, as you try to figure it out from scratch — and I know you bill at a higher rate than that, Tom! Besides, I’m all for supporting this guy’s ingenuity. That said, have a blast if DIY is your cup of tea.

]]> By: Tom Hespos http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-316 Tom Hespos Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:07:50 +0000 http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-316 PCB? Do you mean PVC pipe? PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) is commonly used in plumbing applications. Dad and I used to use quite a bit of it when we were running the sprinkler business. I probably have several dozen lengths of scrap lying around my place on Long Island that I could turn into TrailerOn hitches. Maybe I'll use my Dremel and make a few for the members of the Official Old Timers Bike Club. Add a bungee cord or two and you're off to the races. PCB? Do you mean PVC pipe? PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) is commonly used in plumbing applications. Dad and I used to use quite a bit of it when we were running the sprinkler business. I probably have several dozen lengths of scrap lying around my place on Long Island that I could turn into TrailerOn hitches. Maybe I’ll use my Dremel and make a few for the members of the Official Old Timers Bike Club. Add a bungee cord or two and you’re off to the races.

]]> By: Rick Bruner http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-315 Rick Bruner Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:55:02 +0000 http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-315 Actually, I just picked this up from my Mail Boxes Etc. account yesterday, along with three huge boxes for you, so please, continue to feel guilty for now. Actually, I just picked this up from my Mail Boxes Etc. account yesterday, along with three huge boxes for you, so please, continue to feel guilty for now.

]]> By: Olivier Travers http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-314 Olivier Travers Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:43:59 +0000 http://bruner.net/2004/04/27/traileron-my-new-favorite-product/#comment-314 Cool! I'm a little less ashamed of shipping metric tons of apparel to your mailbox. I pictured you sweating and swearing on your bike because of me. Cool! I’m a little less ashamed of shipping metric tons of apparel to your mailbox. I pictured you sweating and swearing on your bike because of me.

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