Cargo trailer

Was thinking about buying a cargo trailer to pull behind RV for my 2018 1800 CSC trike. What size trailer do I need. I believe the trike is 10ft 4 in long and about 5 ft 4 in wide. Recommendations please!

jnorth said:

Was thinking about buying a cargo trailer to pull behind RV for my 2018 1800 CSC trike. What size trailer do I need. I believe the trike is 10ft 4 in long and about 5 ft 4 in wide. Recommendations please!

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12 by 6. .. And make sure the door/Ramp opening is wider than 5ft 5..

I believe you have overstated the length of your trike. I trailer mine in a 6X10 open trailer with no overhang. I have about 6 inches left over in length and plenty of room width-wise for my 2008 Honda/CSC trike..... Jim

Enclosed trailer

Darn, we just brought our trike home late Friday in our Aluma enclosed and could have taken some pics to show you how much room we had with our 18 Goldwing CSC Encore Trike in the trailer.

Ours is a 7x14 V front (which is the only front I will buy). I like it as we can put extra things in front of the trike in the V and can put things behind the trike too.

We have a Wheel Chock to hold the front tire mounted to E track that we have on the floor. Of course we still use straps on front and the back.

We can haul our Polaris General in the trailer too so that is why we went with 14'. Next trailer will be 8.5' wide as too hard getting out of the General once loaded. But for the Trike, 7' works nice with good room between the wall and rear trike tires.

Good things about an enclosed is nobody can see what you are hauling and you can use it for storage when not using it to haul things.

We have E track on the walls and floors for hauling different things.

Let me go about this a little differently.

How long is your RV don't want to add to much length to what you already have to deal with?

If going to camp grounds what are you going to do with the trailer and how are going to do it?

We use a double axle trailer because a single axle can get real ugly real quick with a blown tire and my very expensive trike is in that trailer.

So if you go to big it is going to be difficult to maneuver and if you go to small you can't use it for anything other than the bike and no room for extras or being able to comfortably get around the bike to tie it down.

I know this does not answer your question but maybe it will help you answer it. :Coffee:

Thanks

Thanks to everyone for the help! Was wondering is a 7 x 14 would be big enough and y’all said it would.

Rear door

Don't forget to get a Ramp Rear Door and not the swing open type.

Just thought I would throw that in there.

Try putting your Trike in there first before buying, that way you will know if it is too big for you or if you might want bigger.

Also make sure you have enough tie downs.

Good luck.

One more thing, if you think you might want an off road SxS down the road you will want to go with a higher trailer and a higher rear ramp door.

BrokenBackJack said:

One more thing, if you think you might want an off road SxS down the road you will want to go with a higher trailer and a higher rear ramp door.

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Are you referring to the deck/floor being higher off the ground or the garage door opening being taller?

I am saying if he is considering a SxS down the road he will want a higher sided trailer. With a higher door opening too but those usually go hand in hand.

Our enclosed trailers have 12'' higher sidewall and rear door openings than a normal enclosed trailer. That is so we can haul our SxS's in any of our enclosed trailers. If I remember correctly our rear door opening height is 84''.

We special order all of our trailers so they are set up just the way we want them. Then we put in the E Tracks where we want them.

I have a 6x10. I purchased in Oklahoma years ago for a two wheeler.

I added tie-downs and needed equipment then.

My Trike is a very tight fit now. (Freewheeler)

I added blue painters tape on the door for runway markers. I only have a few inches clearance on both sides of my fenders going into the door opening. Length is okay, I would go bigger now. Make sure Door opening, once ramp is down, is wide enough for a Trike.

Make sure you get a 7X12. Don't try to do a 6. Much too tight

cScjhb said:

I believe you have overstated the length of your trike. I trailer mine in a 6X10 open trailer with no overhang. I have about 6 inches left over in length and plenty of room width-wise for my 2008 Honda/CSC trike..... Jim

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Open trailer demensions are different that an enclosed because of the door and more narrow back, plus the cables. When I had an open 5X10 worked. When I went to an enclosed, I needed a 7X12 and it helped to have a V nose for storage