Towing The Elio / Towing With The Elio

[JEBar]

I agree. But, there may be some people who need to business travel a couple hundred miles who need more room for suits, gear, whatever, who want the Elio to be their only vehicle for those trips. That trunk is SMALL.

EM pushes the "and car" concept and for many that will be the case .... for others (I suspect a substantial number of others) the reality is, it will be "the car" .... we have a good number of folks for whom a motorcycle is their main form of transportation .... an Elio will provide them with all weather ride .... with that being the case, I do foresee many innovations which will expand an Elio's usefulness

 

[Mike W]

RUC, What is the differance between hauling a 250# Big A++'ed person, in the back seat and towing a 250# trailer, besides having Better company/less verbal feed-back, and shorter gas stops??lol If you don't tow, you don't know.

Big diff as a matter of fact! That weight is out behind you and a whole bunch of new forces are working on the car that you didn't have before. If you towed, you'd have know'd!

 

[Mike W]

EM pushes the "and car" concept and for many that will be the case .... for others (I suspect a substantial number of others) the reality is, it will be "the car" .... we have a good number of folks for whom a motorcycle is their main form of transportation .... an Elio will provide them with all weather ride .... with that being the case, I do foresee many innovations which will expand an Elio's usefulness

You have that right! And a lot of the innovations may come from owners. I have a feeling they are a crafty lot!

 

[JEBar]

You have that right! And a lot of the innovations may come from owners. I have a feeling they are a crafty lot!

AMEN brother, of that I don't think there is any doubt ...

 

[champsman]

Based on useing a 15 inch wheel as a starting point, a 8 inch wheel rotates 3 times faster, ie vehicle at 50 mph an 8 inch wheel will be rotating at 150 mph.
12 inch wheels rotate at approx 2 times the speed of tow vehicle ( much better choice for wheels)

 

[WilliamH]

Just a thought for those thinking about an HF trailer..........
If you already have a compressor it would be worth your while to spend $20 on a 3/8 drive pneumatic ratchet.
Built the 12" wheel version a while back and the pneumatic ratchet saved me a bunch of time and aggravation.

 

[Jim H]

http://www.piggybacker.com/Piggybacker/PiggyBacker_Cargo_Trailer.html

With the exception of the spare tire it's not much different than the Harbor Freight model and costs twice as much

 

[ecdriver711]

Is the torsion axle much better than a straight axle?

 

[JEBar]

Is the torsion axle much better than a straight axle?

I like it better for trailers because to the way it mounts to the trailer frame and each wheel is independent .... one tire hits a bump, it has no affect on the opposite tire .... in short it more or less wallows through rough areas instead of bouncing

 

[outsydthebox]

I like it better for trailers because to the way it mounts to the trailer frame and each wheel is independent .... one tire hits a bump, it has no affect on the opposite tire .... in short it more or less wallows through rough areas instead of bouncing

I'm not positive but, I think the torsion spring also provides better "damping" (less bounce) even without shocks. I do recall another "mod" for the HF trailer is to remove the "overload spring" from the leaf spring pack.