Trailer Innovators

Trailer Innovators

We have tons of respect for anyone that innovates and creates their own trailer. Hitch up a home-built trailer to your station wagon for a family weekend? Sounds great to me. Michael Boyink put a lot of tlc into this Bantam trailer. He restored it from a rusted relic to a family favorite. It may be old, but it connects to a standard trailer hitch — light enough to pull behind any family vehicle. Check out some pictures from his collection or learn more about what he’s done at his site here.

Michael has added some really cool trailer accessories to his creation including a bike rack and a shelf system to hold camping supplies.

Here’s another creative soul who thought built a trailer you can hitch to your bike. It’s a lightweight, simply constructed design made of bamboo. Pretty cool, and very duplicatable. Here are a couple of pictures to illustrate:

The creator of the bamboo hauler lives in the UK and she’ll give you the plans to build your own. She just asks that you post on her blog what you did with the plans. Pretty generous of her right? Check it out here. Anyway, if you’re a person that likes trailer hitches in all their forms, you should appreciate these two examples of creativity.