Making a ATV Dolly / Trailer? Anyone do one?

[burmjohn]

I was thinking of making a ATV Dolly / Trailer.  So I can tow crap in, wood, ladders, etc.

I was thinking of getting to tires like this: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200414740_200414740

Then mount a trailer coupler on the front of the trailer like this: http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Lock-Trailer-Couplers-Class-III/dp/B000AYG0DW

I have a ball on my ATV.... 

Make the dolly out of treated wood, about 6 to 8 feet long. 

Still up in the air about the design, any suggestions?

[burmjohn]

I wish this one was more affordable http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=netcon&id=0056063523282a&navCount=2&podId=0056063&parentId=&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&catalogCode=IA&rid=&parentType=&indexId=cat603039&hasJS=true

[vipertech]

That Cabela's one wouldn't be hard at all to make if you have access to a welder. There are places that allow you to rent one. I have a nice Lincoln mig welder.  I think a wooden one might be quite heavy in the end depending on how strong you make it. 

[fasteddie]

I think I would prefer to have a "dolly" sitting behind me on the ATV .......

[Culvercreek hunt club]

John...check these out--

http://www.harborfreight.com/material-handling/pneumatic-tires/10-inch-knobby-tire-43612.html

Pretty reasonable price and they are rated for 300# each

If you didn't want to do any metal on it I bet you could use a 4x4 for the tongue and use the hitch you included.

Just have to add the axle rod for these tires. I like my wagons low and wide so when I carry stuff on uneven trails they are less likely to tip over

[Culvercreek hunt club]

FYI--- came across this

http://rochester.craigslist.org/rvs/1982883281.html

[Culvercreek hunt club]

http://syracuse.craigslist.org/rvs/1973698280.html

[nyslowhand]

Perfect!!

Shorten tongue, couple tires & good to go!

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I am running across them because I am in the process of making a tow behind my ATV adjustable grader blade....I need an axle and trying to find a cheap one...lol.

[nyslowhand]

One final word of advice:

Don't over engineer the flooring or framing! Maybe deck boards instead of 2" lumber?

You'll be adding extra weight and that will reduce what your ATV will safely pull.

I've got a pretty good Otter plastic tub trailer I have filled with over a 1000# of gravel.

My Bombardier Traxter 500cc ATV will pull it but it's a task.

Even with 1/2 - 3/4 face cord of wood in the trailer, you can feel the ATV is working!

No so much the cc but what abuse the rear axel will tolerate.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

That is the same ATV my father got. We picked it because of the step through seat and it isn't belt driven so it pulls great. My polaris 500 is faster and goes through more but isn't as good for pulling loads...even in low you can smell that belt.

[nyslowhand]

It's made and named for what it can do, Traxter (Tractor).

High torque, low end pulling machine.

Can-Am doesn't make them for themselves anymore, but it's the same as the JD Buck.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Works great....pulls our discs around like they aren't even there no matter what angle I put them at

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Now he is thinking about selling it because he want a sub-compact tractor but I tell him it is almost as having one...short the 3 point and PTO

[nyslowhand]

Thought about the same thing myself, but decided not to.

My property is wet and I have aggressive mud tires on my ATV.

Don't think a tractor could get into the areas I do.

I drive over stone fences, blaze trails over saplings, retrieve deer with the winch, carry my chainsaw & tools in the front compartment.

It's just too convienent to trade-in for a tractor.

Anyways - back to burmjohn's topic.