Comments on: Motorized Trailer Pushes Bicycle (Nov, 1937)

By: Toronto

Toronto — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:03:49 +0000

I’ve seen bike-powered knife sharpeners. That saves having to haul around the gas powered engine in the first place.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:22:50 +0000

The poor man probably couldnot afford a car—also he needs to be in the open–when i was a kid the knife guy went up and down the streets calling out–toroto ontario 1953′he had to hear and be heard

By: callmeshane

callmeshane — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:12:51 +0000

To stupid person number 1. Steve M. who wrote, “Surely a car would have been less trouble????

How do you know that it actually is trouble?

I doubt you would know a spanner from your bumhole. – You stupid opinionated man.

Personally – as as a genius constructor of trailers, bicycles and aircraft, this man has made an absolutely gorgeous trailer….

It carries the engine, the grinding wheels – at a good working height, and his swag…

And I bet he is as fit as too….

I am not sure of the exact weight balance – or the center of gravity over the trailers axle… but just by the looks of things… and my expereince in building bike trailers.. that I have carried 3 or 400 pounds on… it looks like it puts a tad too much weight onto the bicycle…

You want a bit of weight on the drawbar, but not much…

By: Large Filipino

Large Filipino — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:38:46 +0000

Yesterday’s eye catcher,today’s gas saver.

Were going back in time.

http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=5261

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:58:35 +0000

In Home Power Issue 97 October/November 2003 on page 98, R. Sparks Scott has an article on a diesel-powered trailer adds range to an electric VW conversion.

It’s basically a the engine compartment of a A/T VW Rabbit turned into a trailer that pushes a EV through a standard trailer hitch. Control cables were run into the control car for the accelerator, transmission controla and the brakes.

It was registered as a normal trailer.

http://www.homepower.com/files.....rch=pusher

By: Gerry Mccuthison

Gerry Mccuthison — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:49:38 +0000

I would have like to have seen an entire story with plans on this one just to determine if the push cart was actually effective over the long haul. I would have loved to see his plans also.

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:50:00 +0000

For a moment I thought it said “AN INTERNET knife grinder” and thought that Al Gore was a few decades too late…

By: Stannous

Stannous — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:48:25 +0000

And they tap dance between tasks!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:59:34 +0000

Sure, maybe in your “real” world a normal car would be better. But in my fantasy 1937 world knife sharpeners all sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins and drive rickety motorized bicycle contraptions.

“Sharpen ya knife guvna?”

By: Steve M

Steve M — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:18:12 +0000

Surely, an actual car would have been less trouble then this rig.