Yup, the trailer got given a name by my colleagues at the lab.
Boldly going where few have boldly gone before, it has been named Worf, as it is an ugly Cling-on.
Off to do the weekely supermarket shop. I acquired a bunch of stacking crates and discovered that it actually will take a pretty big load. The crates stack 2x2 per layer, and for the usual shop it only took 6 crates, leaving all the bits and pieces unsquashed and easy to handle. Definitely impressed though I intend to make some demountable box sides for it out of some spare bits of ply I have kicking about.
"David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Yup, the trailer got given a name by my colleagues at the lab.
Boldly going where few have boldly gone before, it has been named Worf, as it is an ugly Cling-on.
Off to do the weekely supermarket shop. I acquired a bunch of stacking crates and discovered that it actually will take a pretty big load. The crates stack 2x2 per layer, and for the usual shop it only took 6 crates, leaving all the bits and pieces unsquashed and easy to handle. Definitely impressed though I intend to make some demountable box sides for it out of some spare bits of ply I have kicking about.
I saw my first Bob trailer at the Notting Hill carnival. It took people by surprise (peds trying to walk behind). I'm generally interested in the reaction you get from cars and peds? I'm thinking that I'd be concerned a car would accidentally mount it from behind, or a ped would end up on top of it.
I saw my first Bob trailer at the Notting Hill carnival. It took people by surprise (peds trying to walk behind). I'm generally interested in the reaction you get from cars and peds? I'm thinking that I'd be concerned a car would accidentally mount it from behind, or a ped would end up on top of it.
Our Bob trailer got run over by a reversing car in Denmark. The driver watched us pass across the rear on the tandem and then reversed unaware the Bob was following us. They are strongly built and the little bit of bending it suffered took a lot of force to undo.
-- Tony
"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon
"David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Yup, the trailer got given a name by my colleagues at the lab.
Boldly going where few have boldly gone before, it has been named Worf, as it is an ugly Cling-on.
Off to do the weekely supermarket shop. I acquired a bunch of stacking crates and discovered that it actually will take a pretty big load. The crates stack 2x2 per layer, and for the usual shop it only took 6 crates, leaving all the bits and pieces unsquashed and easy to handle. Definitely impressed though I intend to make some demountable box sides for it out of some spare bits of ply I have kicking about.
I saw my first Bob trailer at the Notting Hill carnival. It took people by surprise (peds trying to walk behind). I'm generally interested in the reaction you get from cars and peds? I'm thinking that I'd be concerned a car would accidentally mount it from behind, or a ped would end up on top of it.
It is well kitted out with lights/reflectors, and with two layers of crates is about the height of a 4/5 year old (ie around 1m) so should be easily visible. Anyone who hits it is a numpty, though I am considering adding a couple of flags to make it blindingly obvious there is something there. Should be easy to do, I just need to add flanges to a couple of short bits of tube to hold the poles and then they can get bolted on to the M5 accessory points.. (so far it has four reflectors, two white, two red, a pair of LED lights at the rear, and wheel reflectors. When I add the box top it will have orange ones on the sides.
The other thing to make will be a waterproof cover in the right size.
"David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:
Yup, the trailer got given a name by my colleagues at the lab.
Boldly going where few have boldly gone before, it has been named Worf, as it is an ugly Cling-on.
Off to do the weekely supermarket shop. I acquired a bunch of stacking crates and discovered that it actually will take a pretty big load. The crates stack 2x2 per layer, and for the usual shop it only took 6 crates, leaving all the bits and pieces unsquashed and easy to handle. Definitely impressed though I intend to make some demountable box sides for it out of some spare bits of ply I have kicking about.
I saw my first Bob trailer at the Notting Hill carnival. It took people by surprise (peds trying to walk behind). I'm generally interested in the reaction you get from cars and peds? I'm thinking that I'd be concerned a car would accidentally mount it from behind, or a ped would end up on top of it.
It is well kitted out with lights/reflectors, and with two layers of crates is about the height of a 4/5 year old (ie around 1m) so should be easily visible. Anyone who hits it is a numpty, though I am considering adding a couple of flags to make it blindingly obvious there is something there. Should be easy to do, I just need to add flanges to a couple of short bits of tube to hold the poles and then they can get bolted on to the M5 accessory points.. (so far it has four reflectors, two white, two red, a pair of LED lights at the rear, and wheel reflectors. When I add the box top it will have orange ones on the sides.
The other thing to make will be a waterproof cover in the right size.
