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It was a long shaft.

That sounds like a great idea. I would enjoy seeing your builds.

It's more out of curiosity and ability. I wanted to see just how heavy I could go. I know I could make it much lighter. But, with my location. Materials are very limited or cost a very high premium. If I build another. I will aim to make it larger and lighter.

Life does tend to get in the way of many great projects.

You're welcome to copy mine. Minus the mistakes lol

Thank you for your kind words. That rattle you hear is the break shaft that is currently disabled. It will be a little quieter once it's greased up. The German camper's are a great inspiration to me. I only wish I could take my caravan to one of the great bike camper events you guys have over there.

@@dazthecowboy It would be great to see you at one of our events. Too bad we live so far away from each other.

@DIY-Bamboo-Trike unless I can make it float it might be a while before I can get over there lol

You don't use the matter inside of the unit. As new matter is always being renewed onto of the old stuff. The worms break down the oldest matter very well. What you are left with is a liquid that drains from the unit and feeds a nominated area. This system worked very well for the few years I had it.

​@@dazthecowboy At some point doesn't enough matter build up that isn't broken down into liquid? What did you transition to after the vermicomposter?

In a system that size. With two adults. I calculated that it would take between 15 to 20 years of normal use to have the unit filled to a point where you would consider replacing it or emptying it. I built mine so I could easily drag it out and slide a new container in. The old one would then sit for an additional length of time to allow the newest material to be broken down further. You could then use it as regular composting matter.

That's a good question. It's mainly due to finding a balance. Too high. I run the risk of having the wind tip it easier. The higher I go. The more weight I have to put at the base.

I've seen and admired a lot of his work. I even bought plans off him for my little solar powered electric boat. You can see in one of my other videos. I did think of using coroplast. Unfortunately. Due to my location. Materials are limited and anything that isn't readily available costs a premium to bring in. And generally has to be purchased in bulk.

@@dazthecowboy gotcha, will look forward for the build videos. Never seen such a huge diy camper trailer! :)

I would have to agree with you there.

There is more surface area forward of the wheels. I'll have it balance favouring the front once I start putting it more together. As it stands. It tows well. Though for the moment you are correct. it is a little tail heavy.

@@dazthecowboy Great job!

@phottomatt4202 thank you. But it still might turn out to be a disaster lol

I could technically eliminate the bike then lol

Greetings Germany. Australia here lol 😊

This is very true. Solar is a must in this day and age 😆

This makes sense because one axle compensates for vertical movement; with two, the drawbar must take over.

@DIY-Bamboo-Trike I would be curious to see if independent suspension would offer the same thing.

@@dazthecowboy independent suspension would only help against lifting of tires from the ground with too soft suspension, probably too difficult to navigate. And more difficult to implement. Think it through: with lifting of tires due to uneven ground, the brakes or engines (probably needed for such a huge camper easily above 100kg range) wouldn't work when needed.

There are off-road campers here in Australia that use a rather simple independent suspension system. It would still be a heap of work. But I would be interested in seeing if it would scale down. Though. It would triple my build cost lol. Maybe I could do it later.

@@dazthecowboy You find many simple implemented suspensions on the fahrradwagen forum. None of them would suffice, and always add unnecessary weight to your already by design (size) overweight camper. See for example the simple commercially available option of a vertically flexible tow-bar by the German company Hinterher. A picture of it in the thread 'Zweiachser ohne Drehschemel ?' post #3 in the forum. Could very easily be done DIY.

Unfortunately no. But it would be great wouldn't it lol.

I would love to see yours. It's the German camper's that have inspired me.

@@dazthecowboy I'm glad we've inspired you. My camper is featured on my blog. Visit my channel it is currently empty but there you will find a link. From there you can go to my blog's about the camper and my bamboo trike.

@@DIY-Bamboo-Trike your camper looks way more impressive than what I'm doing 😂 And your bamboo trike is incredible. So much awesome work involved in that. I'd enjoy some clips if you ever do any of your camper and trike.

@@dazthecowboy thx man, in a few weeks there will be clips for both. I want to finish the construction first. I am also very excited to see how things go with your camper.

@trikeoff-DIY-BambooTrike I look forward to seeing your builds. I'll just do my best to hide my mistakes on my project 😆

Thank you for the information. I appreciate all input. You never know what someone may have to offer. It does really help. I went with steel as it was what I had laying around and very accessible where I am. Everything you see here is just tacked on so I can test everything. The wheels are just some I had from old kids bikes. These are not the wheels I'll use for the final caravan. I am hoping I could maybe do disc brakes. It all comes down to cost really. I'm less concerned about weight.

It certainly does. I would hate to think what it would be like to pull something so large without it. I guess we'll see how the chain and sprockets hold up.

@@dazthecowboy Do you have any sketches for the caravan itself? I have so many questions such as mattress and features and unloaded weight. I'm thinking about all of your potential issues such as wind drag, the ability to collapse the size of the caravan, etc. At first I thought what if you had telescoping/locking vertical supports so that you can drop the height of the caravan vertically into a lower height for travel, assuming a hard shell design of some kind. This could also be beneficial in terms of creating windows/light slits by raising it higher, and having more of a privacy mode/sleep size by lowering the roof as an adjustment. Then I thought what if it was really more like a tent or an insulating blanket given form by a skeleton with a camping grade tarp for the rain. Then I thought what if you used some kind of carbon fiber fold up material, maybe even something that opens up like origami. It's a cool project. Look forward to seeing the direction you take this in.

The trailer could have its own power assistance ?

@peppermintpig974 I don't have any sketches unfortunately. I only have a mind's eye of what I want to do. My idea is to keep as much to typical caravanning as allowable. But downsized for bicycle touring. My plan is to keep the weight as low as possible. It's going to be more about the journey. Not the destination. So, no aerodynamics. Just ride slow and enjoy the journey and the people looking at what an idiot I am.

You are absolutely correct. I would love to do this. I am however on a tight budget. I will however build it with redundancy and keep upgrading it as I go along. I do plan running water and 12v power.

The system performed very well over the year's. Would I build another for my next off-grid cabin? Yes. I was very happy with the system.

That is more or less correct 😊

I agree. It was sketchy at high speed with one person. Damn fun though.

Then you have certainly done something very wrong. I wouldn't be able to help with seeing pictures or videos sorry.

@@dazthecowboy I'm an idiot don't worry !!! Hahaha I had the rear truck the wrong way around !! Awesome tutorial aswell! How's your jet luge going!?

Thank you. I have built many luge's with those specs. The jet luge is still going.

Nothing in particular. It's just heavier and faster than what you currently run. Do a racing prop. You'll have more fun.

I'm sorry. I no longer have the bike.

Five? Interesting.

Australians got 12v Honda Trail bikes after the 80s. No boost converter is needed for his application

GS1000

Really late reply sorry. They run off the high beam wire. Earth is run from the battery.

The description explains it.

Thank you

I would say the biggest was not insulating the system straight away. I lost a batch of worms due to the heat. The next, would be I had the taps in the wrong position and flooded the system at one point. Other stuff up's are just a long list of silly little things.

I got it off eBay. Lambda is the seller.

Thank you for watching. Yes, you only have to be considerate of what type of cleaners you are putting down your drain. But, everything goes through the vermicompost. Most eco friendly products should be fine.

You can luge just about anything you can sit down on. Your board might be a little harder to corner with being more slender than a standard luge. But, it would be doable.

No.

I still run independent trucks. I modified mine to suit my style of riding. Flywheels or Orangutans are my choice of wheels.

A lot of engineering went into this build. It might not look like it. But it was more work than I could simply explain.

@@dazthecowboy thanks for the input. I've taken a couple of screen shots to try to envision how you guys built the frame connected to the swing arm. And I supposed you guys pretty much made a bracket holding the bottom of the engine from the rear and somehow attach that to the swing arm as well. I'm not sure although if your using a spring or not or if there is a fixed support bar of some sort in place where a shock/spring would normally go in the rear for the swing arm and rear wheel assembly support. Also I'm supposing for the front you modified the mounting for the steering and the triple tree. I wonder what forks did you guys use? They look after market and really sturdy.

@@alvinvue8910 First. For obvious liable reasons I do not recommend building a 1000cc mini motorcycle. Second. The bike has front and rear suspension. The bike other than wheels and some fairing has very little in the way of stock parts. Most of the bike is custom built and has been reinforced to compensate for the extra forces.

@@dazthecowboy I understand. I'm looking into more of the 600cc range. I'm only looking at this option as I'm a short rider and I'm looking into purchasing a bigger bike in the 300-600cc range but I'm worried about height and weight so I need to be able to plant both my feet on the ground to feel comfortable.