Can You Really Tow 500 Pounds on a Bike? This Guy in San Francisco Can.

This fellow on Fell Street says he can tow up to 500 pounds on his long long trailer.

I guess this rig looks like it could handle a passed-out sumo wrestler, if he were properly balanced to keep tongue weight down. So a 35 stone payload seems plausible.

Plaudits. 

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2 Responses to “Can You Really Tow 500 Pounds on a Bike? This Guy in San Francisco Can.”

  1. Greg says:
    January 29, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    If that is the one from the SFBC, I’m sure it can handle that kind of load. I used it once to haul a load of lumber, it was nowwhere near 500#, but I felt it was sturdy enough to haul whatever you could fit on it.

  2. sfcitizen says:
    January 29, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    I’d want Westinghouse air brakes installed on the trailer wheels before going down any kind hill carrying 500 pounds.