Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

I have been blessed with the arrival of two little scooters. I will probably put them in the back of my truck but then it occurred to me that I could put them on the teardrop trailer. Has anyone opinions on this? Too much tongue weight? They are small 49cc scooters. I'd love to be able to scoot around and see all the sights and trailers at events.

Thanks.

I have a Yamaha Zuma 49cc, but I don't think I could or would want to carry it on my teardrop. It weighs a couple hundred pounds. I just use it to run errands when it gets too hot for me to want to walk to the bank, post office, or grocery store.

I believe Spinnernut has carried his Trail 70 on the back of his TD. IIRC, he has a motorbike carrier that slides into the hitch receiver on the rear of the TD.

I was going to mount a carrier on the tongue of my TD, but I don't have the scooter anymore.

It is certainly do-able.

CD

My 1964 Honda Cub 50 is almost ready for the road. I need to rebuild the carb and have some chrome work done.
Should be on the road the summer.

I plan to take it camping as soon as it's ready.

Not since I used the Kaopectate.

caseydog wrote:I believe Spinnernut has carried his Trail 70 on the back of his TD. IIRC, he has a motorbike carrier that slides into the hitch receiver on the rear of the TD.

I was going to mount a carrier on the tongue of my TD, but I don't have the scooter anymore.

It is certainly do-able.

CD

A small motorbike carrier on the back of a tear sounds very interesting to me. I think my trailer is a bit tongue heavy anyway. Can two people ride on a motorbike that small, 50 or 70 CC? In our case it would be two fairly large people. We used to go touring on a Honda Goldwing Interstate, but those days are long gone. Cruising about the campground might be fun now.

Bill

wlooper89 wrote:

caseydog wrote:I believe Spinnernut has carried his Trail 70 on the back of his TD. IIRC, he has a motorbike carrier that slides into the hitch receiver on the rear of the TD.

I was going to mount a carrier on the tongue of my TD, but I don't have the scooter anymore.

It is certainly do-able.

CD

A small motorbike carrier on the back of a tear sounds very interesting to me. I think my trailer is a bit tongue heavy anyway. Can two people ride on a motorbike that small, 50 or 70 CC? In our case it would be two fairly large people. We used to go touring on a Honda Goldwing Interstate. But those days are long gone. Cruising about the campground might be fun now.

Bill

Only if you get creative!!!

Hey, that might not be all bad. Plus we would not have all the chickens on the back. A brief online search produce photos of a Honda 50 with seat large enough for two for a short ride. My better half thinks we need to walk around the campground for the exercise. Maybe she is right.

Bill

What a coincidence! I have just been surfing the web looking at anything about the Genuine Buddy International 150 cc scooter.

I want one for running around town and going to work.

The husband thinks I'm crazy and thinks I should just get a motorcycle.

I like that it's automatic, cheap on fuel and just plain cute! I've had motorcycles before, off and on road. I just want simple....and cute.

The bugger of it is that there are no dealers in N. Dakota and I would have to drive to Minneapolis to get one.

Here it is in all its glory with its army map bag saddle bags. I've since mounted a couple of fishing pole holders and the back rack carries the tackle box and other gear.



As for bring it with, I havent figured it out yet. I don't really want the extra weight on the trailer tongue as its aluminum and 1 piece and I have no way to put it on the back. I have built a scooter carrier for the car which is basically some u channel thats just big enough for the tires to sit in. Its all mounted to a receiver that slides into the car hitch. I'm considering taking that unit into a welder to get a hole drilled and a ball welded and bolted to it so that I could have the trailer hooked on to the receiver that holds the scooter. I'll get pics on of these days. Its hauled scooters all over the place but not a trailer too.

In the mean time, someone gave me an old mobility scooter that no longer worked.... A soldering iron, some screwdrivers and an hours work later, I have a 3 wheeled electric mobility scooter thats a lot of fun to cruise around on. It will fit through the doorway of my wazat and will probably be my quiet campground toy. It too will get fishing pole holders and a basket before its done.

My scooter is a little too heavy to load or unload at campgrounds. I can load it at home, but anywhere else is iffy. It weighs 369 lbs.

I’d say it depends a bit. Mopeds are pretty light and you could certainly put one off the back similar to the bike rack/receiver setup, and another off the front to offset it. If you put them both in the same location, you could throw the weight and balance off pretty good. Now a scooter, depending on the size, could weigh the same as a moped or a lot more which would make it more difficult to pull off and even if they were located front and aft the balance may still be off further than you like (depends on the individual teardrop). And two heavier scooters in the same location would be unadvisable (IMO).

Just be aware there are a LOT of really cheap Chinese imports coming into the country right now and if you read a few of the scooter boards you will see that a ton of people are getting totally burned because most of them are complete crap. There are people saying they are riding them for like 2 hours – something breaks and you can just throw it away because you can’t get parts, the place that sold it to you doesn’t stock any etc. etc. they won’t fix it under warrantee and they WON’T give you your money back. So I highly recommend you look for a used Honda, Yamaha, or Suzuki if you are going to buy a scooter. And if you want to carry it somehow using a [standard configuration] tear, then it should be a small one. Now, if you build the tear around it, or build a toy-hauling tear then anything goes.

Wimperdink wrote:Here it is in all its glory with its army map bag saddle bags. I've since mounted a couple of fishing pole holders and the back rack carries the tackle box and other gear.



As for bring it with, I havent figured it out yet. I don't really want the extra weight on the trailer tongue as its aluminum and 1 piece and I have no way to put it on the back. I have built a scooter carrier for the car which is basically some u channel thats just big enough for the tires to sit in. Its all mounted to a receiver that slides into the car hitch. I'm considering taking that unit into a welder to get a hole drilled and a ball welded and bolted to it so that I could have the trailer hooked on to the receiver that holds the scooter. I'll get pics on of these days. Its hauled scooters all over the place but not a trailer too.

In the mean time, someone gave me an old mobility scooter that no longer worked.... A soldering iron, some screwdrivers and an hours work later, I have a 3 wheeled electric mobility scooter thats a lot of fun to cruise around on. It will fit through the doorway of my wazat and will probably be my quiet campground toy. It too will get fishing pole holders and a basket before its done.

we must have posted at the same time -- I didn't see the pic. This kind of moped is doable because it only has a 50 cc motor -- doesn't weight so terrible much -- not much more than a downhill MTB. TDDriver on the other hand is driving a 80 mph speed demon and at a portly 370 Lb -- that's half what a tear weighs! -- that would trow off the balance even if the frame was strong enough.

A bicycle rack somewhere on the teardrop or tow vehicle has appealed to me, but I have not gotten around to adding that. Does anyone have suggestions or photo about how to add a hitch receiver to the back of the trailer?

Bill

PS Little Guy makes a trailer with a tongue platform large enough for one ATV or two scooters. It has ramps to drive or push the vehicles on and off. Lifting even a small scooter would be difficult for me due to recent back surgery. I thought this might be an idea for someone about building a trailer with similar feature.

I really like the the looks of the Genuine Buddy, and the Stella, too.

I had my scooter before they became popular and before there so many choices in scooters. I have thought about upgrading from a 50cc, but haven't yet. In Arkansas, if you have anything over a 50cc, you must get a separate motorcycle license and that involves both a written and driving test. Also, they must be licensed, registered, insured, and all of that good stuff. I don't have to do any of that with my Yamaha Zuma, and I have found very few instances where I really would like or could use the extra power.