Seems like she is about done, will have to take her out for a road test next sunny day, perhaps figure out where to rig a camera and shoot a short video for prosperity.
I am glad and grateful for everyone's support, as well as having a good number of builds and ideas to hinge this project upon. I just want to recount the costs though to perhaps encourage someone who may want to do a similar fiscally frugal and planet friendly project. Bill of materials for the moped trailer totaled up to just under $50 with tax included... but not including time and effort to recycle and gather up the materials.
3 wood spool ends 24" diameter
1 4x4 1/2" thick plywood
3 4x4 1/4" thick plywood
1 4x4 luan panel
2 5 gallon buckets
1 Bell bicycle trailer
4 3" hinges
1 tube Lepage LP panel adhesive
4 1/4"x 2 1/2" bolts
4 1/4" fender washers
4 1/4" nyloc nuts
1 pack 3/4" paneling finishing nails
1 pack 1/2" wood screws
1 gallon paint
As a cost saving and recycling project I did it on the real cheap. Cost of the Bell trailer from a farm auction was $5, which is a goodly price indeed even though I have seen them on our areas freecycle forum. Usually the free ones are gone before I get a chance to even ask if it is all the way the other side of the county. But just as well as someone probably needed those ones to actually transport small family members behind a pedal bike.
I am fortunate enough to work where a lot of things arrive in crates and spools so I had a goodly supply of those materials. Plywood, luan panel and spool ends were "free" and only cost me the added labour of disassembling crates and spools. I did discover during that excercise that some crates have wood that 'looks good' and discover that it has suffered a lot of fatigue during its career as a crate. Also be aware that it would be appreciated by the proprietor of the business if you take away the crates and disassemble them on your own property. If you have to take them apart at the recovery location, make sure you keep control of the nails and fasteners you remove from the boards as no lift operator appreciates a flat from a wayward nail or screw. If the crates were screwed together the screws are recyclable anyhow!
The two 5 gallon buckets for the fenders were also culled from the dumpster, I actually like to grab those from time to time to collect up old oil and shop chemicals around the farm for later disposal at the county hazardous materials collection days. The left overs from this project I turned into a pair of bases for under two ornimental trees on our homes back deck so whe the trees get watered the excess does not drain directly onto the wood decking. The bolts, fender washers and nylocs I had to buy for $2.59 each component in 10 packs so I have leftovers.Same with the finishing nails for $4.99 and the wood screws $5.39, with a plethora left over for another project.
The gallon of paint was an excellent deal as I bought it on the seconds pallet for $12, aparently it was not the exact colour a previous hardware store customer desired. Had to purchase a paint brush at the dollar store for $1.25. Even though I clean my brushes after painting I keep the brush with the paint can so there is no colour contamination from one can to another. Hinges were $3.29 a pair, bought the cheapest ones I could find because there is really not much weight to the doors.
The Lepages LP was actually available at the DollarRama for $2 and I discovered it has a good consistency as a spot putty for some of the holes in the plywood (ill placed from its previous career of being a crate) as well as a seam filler. I am sure some of the people who actually are proficient in woodworking are cringing at the thought of me using it for those purposes.
