Simple Bicycle Trailer

I wanted a simple bicycle trailer to carry my fishing tackle box, net and poles. Being a spouse-proclaimed pack rat, I decided to use leftover lawnmower parts. With some additional hardware and drilling, I had a trailer to pull behind my bicycle.

Hardware List:

1. 3/8" x 5" Eye Bolt with two nuts. 5" was minimum length necessary for rear tire clearance in my case.
2. 1/4" x 2" Eye Bolt with a flat washer
3. 4-Hole Flat Straight Bracket
4. 2 qty of 1/4" x 3" bolts with flat washers and nuts
5. Sacrificial Mower without a Rear Self-Propelling Feature

Equipment List:

1. Drill
2. Step Drill Bit
3. Wrenches
4. Hack Saw

I purchased items 1-3 from the Hardware List from Home Depot. Luckily, I had a dilapidated mower without a rear self propelling system which the rear wheels were still good. The mower will be a model that the handle bars and rear wheels are an incorporated unit. For example I have displayed a high wheel model without a rear bag. For my trailer, I began with a mower with a rear bagging option that had a rusted out deck.

This is a fairly simple step. remove bolt attaching rear-wheel mechanism from the mower deck.

1. Remove the user-presence control bar and respective cable.
2. Remove the starting rip cord eye-bolt. Save plastic wing nut.
3. Drill 1/4" hole midway across handle bar.
4. Remove debris flap if applicable.
5. Set wheels to the highest setting possible. I set mine by flipping the handle bars over and setting the adjustment using one of the screws that were removed when disconnecting the rear assembly.

1. Place 1/4" eye bolt in vise, and open eyelet.
2. Insert 3/8" eye bolt in opened eyelet and squeeze shut using vise.
3. Cut across the 4-Hole Flat Straight Bracket into two equal pieces.
4. Drill 3/8" hole in the middle of one of the brackets and attached 3/8" eye bolt.
5. Mount on bicycle using 1/4" x 3" bolts as seen in photo. Add saved wing nut and a flat washer to 1/4" eye bolt.

1. Unscrew wing nut.
2. Insert 1/4" eye bolt into 1/4" hole in handle bar.
3. Fasten with flat washer and wing nut.

I used a couple of bungee cords to secure items of interest and off to my off-road fishing hole.