The balancing act can work... but, well, it's not ideal. So, I began trying to design and build a trailer. I have a little experience brazing, but no idea how to weld right now, so I decided to put it together with hardware. I bought a bit of steel tubing and started bolting things together. We found a baby jogger at a garage sale, so I had a set of wheels.
The first problem I ran into was my lack of a proper work space. It's hard to drill three holes at the same angle in a round tube in the grass with a hand held drill. A vise and a tube clamp would've saved me a few headaches, but they weren't available. The second problem was trying out various types of hardware. We must've bought two and a half sets of hardware before it was all figured out.
After getting everything bolted together, I put a piece of plywood in the bottom and took it for a ride. The problems multiplied from there. The points at which I connected tubes didn't stabilize top to bottom twisting, i.e. I didn't bolt it together directly at the corners. The plywood can't fit in the frame the way I hoped so that I can bolt it down, so it rattles. And the biggest problem, the boom connecting the bike to the trailer is unstable. I used aluminum and connected it vertically to the front of the trailer, so when there is a wobble the trailer begins wiggling back and forth and won't stop until you slow down to almost a stop.
Trailer Version 1.0: Inoperable
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