Bought the Nomad last year for my trip to Spyderfest 2014. Has anyone had any problems with this unit? The only issue I had was with one of the safety cables that came loose from the hitch and received 130 miles of road rash. (or maybe someone took it loose while I was not looking on he way home)
If your chains have open hooks then they won't stay in. Below, pasted from another post, is what I found with my little trailer when pulled by my Spyder:
The open hooks jumped out of the hitch within the first mile and you can't see or hear them dragging behind a Spyder - another kind motorist alerted me.
I cut the chains short and replaced the hooks with these but they would rattle loose even when I snugged them down with a wrench:
I replaced them with these stainless steel clips (below) and they haven't jumped/rattled/fallen off yet. Remember that the Spyder's trailer hitch is attached to the rear wheel axle and has no suspension so that ball is jumping up and down with every move of the back wheel, amplified by the extension of the hitch.
Not trying to be a buzzkill, but the snap carabiners everyone seems to like have a much lower breaking point than the threaded kind shown in the picture above. The best solution is a clip carabiner that adds a threaded cylinder to lock it in place. Not sure the lower breaking point will ever be an issue with a motorcycle trailer, but you will see people using the snap clips with full size trailers. That gives me the sweats, because they won't hold up if the trailer ever decides to leave the vehicle.
Last edited by MisterP; 02-17-2015 at 05:17 AM.
Reason: Added picture of locking carabiner
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), get some from Lowes, or Home Depot that just clip on, they won't fall off.
