The Apples to Apples Trap
What do apples have to do with trailers? Not a whole lot, but a comparison of ripe red apples to green apples prematurely picked from the tree is a good place to start thinking about what kind of motorcycle trailer you need and which one is likely to give you ...
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December 13, 2011
Want to personalize your Ironhorse Motorcycle Trailer?
White is the standard color but if you want to personalize your motorcycle trailer, you have two options—color and graphics which you can do together or either one alone. COLOR Gel Coat Pros—You get a nice shiny tough as nails finish which is much cheaper than automotive paint. Cons—Darker colors, especially black, sometimes fade. ...
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September 30, 2011
Getting ready to tow your Ironhorse
GETTING READY TO TOW YOUR IRONHORSE HITCH Already have a hitch on your vehicle? You’ll need a draw bar with a 2” ball and the correct drop or rise to get the top of the ball to 16” above the ground for the most level towing. A locking hitch pin is a ...
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July 17, 2011
Dead Breakaway Battery? Maybe, Maybe Not
Dead Breakaway Battery? Maybe, Maybe Not Over the last eight years we’ve had a lot of calls about breakaway batteries on Ironhorse Motorcycle Trailers. Many of them start with “the wires on my breakaway battery are too short”, to which my inevitable reaction was “what are you doing taking the lid ...
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July 12, 2011
Tow-Ready Factory Tow Package?
Tow-Ready Factory Tow Package? Not hardly! As far as we can tell, after nine years of building and selling Ironhorse Motorcycle Trailers, there is no such thing. . The problem, you see, is that manufacturers seem to be the only ones who realize that the words factory tow package don’t mean ...
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July 12, 2011
The buck stops here
What’s involved in building an Ironhorse motorcycle trailer? Clearly it takes a frame and several fiberglass parts as well as the hardware and electrical parts necessary to assemble the final product. When we started building motorcycle trailers in 2002, both our frames and fiberglass were produced by outside suppliers. That sounds ...
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April 8, 2011
Changes Since 2005 that Make Ironhorse Trailers Easier to Maintain
Rear I.D. Lights—The three single function LED marker lights on the rear of the top have been replaced by a single LED light bar with three functions. It provides the three D.O.T. marker lights any time the other marker lights are on, it signals left and right turns along with ...
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November 5, 2010
Changes Since 2005 that Make Ironhorse Trailers Last Longer
Chassis—The metal parts of the newer flip top trailers are much more rust resistant than the metal parts of the older ones. That’s because starting with the 2009 models, we powder coat all metal parts instead of painting them. Floor—The floors in the newer flip tops are much more durable than ...
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October 15, 2010
Changes Since 2005 that Make Ironhorse Trailers Look Better
The “tub”—From about halfway up one side of the interior of the trailer, downward and across the floor and up to halfway on the other side, the interior is unblemished gelcoat. A much, much “cleaner look’ than the painted rough side of the fiberglass on each side wall and the ...
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October 15, 2010
Changes Since 2005 that Make Ironhorse Trailers Stronger
Trailer Body--On older flip top trailers, the inner wheel wells, the floor and the sides of the trailers started life as three standalone pieces which we laminated together during assembly. Nowadays, we fabricate one piece fiberglass and gelcoat monocoupe “tubs”, complete with integral inner wheel wells and a gelcoat, fiberglass ...
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October 7, 2010
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