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
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
What’s the Difference Between New and Used Ironhorse Flip Top Trailers?
We get that question a lot from people who want an Ironhorse and think buying a used one may be the way to go. True enough, used Ironhorses are a little cheaper and occasionally somebody finds a real bargain. But it’s important to know exactly what you are ...
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October 5, 2010
Why is Your Box Trailer so Hard to Tow? Part III
When it comes to towing ease and fuel economy, it’s hard to over-emphasize the importance of the frontal area and the drag coefficient of a particular trailer design. The frontal area of a trailer is simply how tall it is multiplied by how wide it is. But the drag coefficient can ...
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April 16, 2009
Why is Your Box Trailer so Hard to Tow? Part II
The force required to overcome wind resistance is given by: Air density factor (another constant) X Trailer air speed squared (a variable) X The frontal area of the trailer (a variable) X Trailer drag coefficient (a constant) ------------------------------------------------------------------ = Force required to overcome wind resistance If you look closely at the arithmetic above, a couple of things ...
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March 31, 2009
Why is Your Box Trailer so Hard to Tow? Part I
Since we’ve been in this business we’ve met some interesting characters and heard some pretty wild trailer towing stories. My favorite was the guy who couldn’t believe the gas mileage he didn’t get pulling his shiny new low hauler box trailer from Tennessee to Sturgis with a Suburban. I asked ...
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March 16, 2009
A Dozen Things to Think About Before Buying a Motorcycle Carrier
How big a tow vehicle will you need? How much will its drag cut your gas mileage? How will crosswinds affect it? What is the loaded tongue weight? Can you move it around by hand? Can you load/unload without it being hooked up? How hard will it be to hitch and unhitch? Was it designed to haul ...
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December 10, 2008
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