Hello we are newbees to this site. We have purchased a piggybacker trailor to use for carrying our camping gear. We are still tent campers. We have yet to put the trailor on the road. On the 23rd we plan to attend our first sidecar camp out in central massachusetts and want to tow the trailor. We drive a Ural Patrol. Our 14 year old grandson rides behind Joao the driver and I ride in the side car with my 12 service dog.
Please give us advice about what to expect in how the rig will handle pulling the trailor.
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Can you please explain what a 'piggybacker' trailer is?
also a 12 service dog?
Given the poor reputation of the ural for long distance highway travel, and the load you are planning on hauling,, I would reccomend puting the ural on trailer and tow it with your car or truck.
a piggybaqcker trailor is a small motorcycle trailor capable of hauling 500 lbs.
I meant to say a 12 lb service dog.
What is the story of the ural having a bad reputation for long haul? We are taking highway free routes whenever possible.
Ann,
You may also want to post that question at the Wagners Yahoo Site. It is more Ural specific so to speak and some there may have more experience that some here. Click here: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/wagnerscycle/
the trailer should pull fine, but you will have to compensate for the extra drag to the right when pulling it. more lean out will be needed.
here is a pic of my rig with trailer we load with camping gear.
Originally written by claude #3563 on 9/12/2006 7:36 PM
Ann,
You may also want to post that question at the Wagners Yahoo Site. It is more Ural specific so to speak and some there may have more experience that some here. Click here: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/wagnerscycle/
Also Gene Langford, the FL dealer would have some good input. He sells a trailer to be towed by a Ural and hitches, I believe. 
ointusa.com/
You might also ask on the Ural forums, www.imz-ural.com then under the community tab, click forums or on the russian iron site....
Good luck!!
I kind'a wanted a Ural in the beginning... but after some research I found out that the reason most of them have sidecars attached in the first palce is so they have a place to carry all the tools and spare parts they need to have with them. =)
I would also access www.russianiron.com
This is primarily a ural (dnepr) site.
I had heard the clutches on the Urals wouldn't take too much abuse. 2 passnegers + a trailer might be a bit much (?)
Re: reliability, not sure how ling you have owned your Patrol. Connie and I rode our Retro from Seattle to LA, but stayed off the main highways. The Retro isn't good for much over 50 for any length of time, and sustained speeds are not advided (or least so i was told).
Trip sounds like fun..
greg
HI thanks for all the imput guys. I will report back on how our trip pulling the trailer works out.
If you start to pull a trailer watch your brake pads and stopping distance. I pulled a pop up for over 6000 miles with a solo bike and hardly knew it was there. When I added the car everything was about the same, but when I added the trailer to the rig I was shocked at how much more brake I had to use and how much my stopping distance increast.
Henry
Originally written by RocketMan on 9/13/2006 1:36 PM
I kind'a wanted a Ural in the beginning... but after some research I found out that the reason most of them have sidecars attached in the first palce is so they have a place to carry all the tools and spare parts they need to have with them. =)
A base canard; I still have room for the dog, and the milling machine won't fit anyway.
Luckily as I said the dog only weighs 12 lbs and besides she has only three legs. If things get tough I guess she would do only with two.
ann
