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Old 11-09-2016, 11:48 AM   #132 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
I thought I was radical enough riding a streamlined motorcycle all over the country but you guys are nuts to think you can get away with running a homemade pusher trailer on public highways.
What if it wasn't homemade? There are already articulated buses in which the engine is in the aft section, that's a pusher trailer. I know we're all about the economizing here but now we're talking about a device to make electric vehicle ownership more palatable. Would a professionally engineered, mass-market system be more to your liking? Is it just the homebuilt nature of the solution that is tripping you up?

I've read at least one account of a homebrew pusher and that guy started with a pusher that used a manual transmission! The clutch was actuated by a homemade servo consisting of some all-thread and a cordless drill. Check it out: http://www.evalbum.com/304
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