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Dog carrier for Spyder
The pet carriers online were grossly expensive or not the right size, so I looked at a few and ended up making my own. This is just a prototype, but seems to work well. We may need to put a mesh screen over it for a little high speed protection, but the spoiled little goober now thinks it's HIS bike!
- We have two eye bolts (low in the box) connected with swivel hooks to a tight nylon rope inside to leash him down (allowing him to slide to either side or lay down.),
- two bungees (hooked o 2 eye bolts in the bottom) and a blue ratchet strap to secure the box to the bike. I wish I could have found a black ratchet strap.
- 1 inch padded foam under a layer of black vinyl (everywhere), with a 1 inch of foam covered in sheepskin for the flooring. He rides more comfortably than I do!
- I used L brackets to reinforce the corners but a carpenter friend of mine said that was probably overkill. But, it's not his ass if I kill HER dog!
- Mrs. Wyngman (shown) sewed a sheepskin tube to cover the ratchet strap to keep it from damaging the Tupperware.
- The box is 24x14(tall at the back and 10" tall at the front)x14 think.
- In the next version, I will make it a little shallower as it pushes me too far forward on the seat. While it is too thick for me on the RT, it is probably just right for upcoming RS.
- The foam makes for a nice backrest though.
- Whole project costs less than $60-$70 to build, compared to the $300-$700 ones I found online.
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Paul "Wingman" Metheney
2020 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited
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I like it! I went with a Kuriyakan (it was a gift from my parents to their Granddog), Moxi is still getting used to it all!
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It almost makes me wish that I had small dogs. Not really but great job on the carrier. I guess I'm jealous that you can take yours with you and mine have to stay at home. Have fun.
2017 F3T-SM6 Squared Away Mirror Wedgies & Alignment
2014 RTS-SM6 123,600 miles Sold 11/2017
2014 RTL-SE6 8,600 miles
2011 RTS-SM5 5,000 miles
2013 RTS-SM5 burned up with 13,200 miles in 13 weeks
2010 RTS-SM5 59,148 miles
2010 RT- 622
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"Outward Hound" carrier here...
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Jake- Mobile
Originally Posted by CyncySpyder
Jake has a pair of Doggles but doesn't care for them. Maybe at higher speeds that will change. I appreciate the advice though. We always take water for him, but since Mrs. Wyngman has to pee every 1/4 mile, it usually isn't much of a problem. It's funny that when not riding, he tends to bark at other dogs walking by, but when riding it's like he got too 'cool' to bother with it. Now it seems more like "I'm riding and you're not. Whatever." kind of thing. One more way that this mutt is becoming a prima donna. great.
Paul "Wingman" Metheney
2020 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited
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Teddys favorite human
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Teddys favorite human
Bob, I've always said its, "Teds Red Sled" & I'm just the chauffeur
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Amen, my friend...
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Great job,
Looking forward to you design for Buddy, my 100 lb. Lab. He misses all the fun!!! However, someone has to stay back and mind the store while I play Wish he could................
Ride in comfort with me,
John
Seal FloorBoards
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100 lb Lab
Originally Posted by sealfloorboards
Great job,
Looking forward to you design for Buddy, my 100 lb. Lab. He misses all the fun!!! However, someone has to stay back and mind the store while I play Wish he could................
Ride in comfort with me,
John, Seal FloorBoards
Yeah. 100 lbs would have waaaay been beyond my capabilities. Jake is 18-19 lbs and I can barely fit his lazy butt behind my wide one. A project for later on down the road is to create a fiberglass one molded in a curve to fit the backrest and matching the lines of the Spyder, seat, speakers and hand rails. I have read up on it and after some investigation, the materials alone would cost me about $160+! The work would cost me what little hair I have left and the ridicule from my wife would be unbearable if it wasn't just right. Maybe I will just stick with the padded box.
Maybe we can get a sidecar for Buddy?
Paul "Wingman" Metheney
2020 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited
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Originally Posted by WingmanRT
Yeah. 100 lbs would have waaaay been beyond my capabilities. Jake is 18-19 lbs and I can barely fit his lazy butt behind my wide one. A project for later on down the road is to create a fiberglass one molded in a curve to fit the backrest and matching the lines of the Spyder, seat, speakers and hand rails. I have read up on it and after some investigation, the materials alone would cost me about $160+! The work would cost me what little hair I have left and the ridicule from my wife would be unbearable if it wasn't just right. Maybe I will just stick with the padded box.
Maybe we can get a sidecar for Buddy?
I have considerable experience with fiberglass. If you want to "carve" your piece in styrofoam you can go to System Three in Seattle and buy the acrylic resin used on surfboards. I used it to form exotic fountains and face them with various tiles, marble, granite, etc. (dancingwatersfountains.com) You hand lay up the fiberglass cloth. I still have some cloth if you need it. You can make it very strong. Your other option is to stay with the padded box and stay out of the padded cell
Laid up by hand
John
Seal FloorBoards
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Teddys favorite human
Here ya go, that is if you got the coin for it
http://www.wagstrailers.com/pet_trailer.asp
Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Perhaps a trailer? (Is that legal??? )
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DOG PALACE
Wingman, you are my kind of guy....Don't buy anything you can build.....as long as it's safe..........Mike
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Dog carrier
Originally Posted by draboo
Nice job on the dog carrier! Unfortunately, we needed the space for an extra human.
Rack: $225.00
Carrier: $150.00
PookieDog Happiness: Money well spent!
That is sooo cool! I too needed the space for a human (well... a wife), but she insisted on getting her own Spyder (shopping this weekend.) In retrospect, it would have been cheaper to get a dog sitter! Actually it would be cheaper to take the dog and lose the wife, except for that whole "losing-half-my-sh*t" thing. Was that out loud?
I don't think I have the nerve to drill the Tupperware.
Paul "Wingman" Metheney
2020 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited
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Paul "Wingman" Metheney
2020 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited
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I was looking for a way to take my puppy on my Spyder. She gets so mad everytime I leave on it and I think it is because she wants to go too. Interesting idead have to give this some serious thought.
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pet carrier rack info needed
We have the Pet Palace and were wondering how to get it on the Spyder- how can we find the rack? Thanks!
Originally Posted by draboo
Nice job on the dog carrier! Unfortunately, we needed the space for an extra human.
Rack: $225.00
Carrier: $150.00
PookieDog Happiness: Money well spent!
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Originally Posted by OLD FTS
We have the Pet Palace and were wondering how to get it on the Spyder- how can we find the rack? Thanks!
InspectorGadget from Florida makes them. Give him a holler!!
May all your encounters with the law begin with the words: "nice trike!".[/B]
2015 Can-Am Spyder F3-S SM-6 Can-am Red/Black SM-6 with 2010 Black RT-622 trailer (hitch in the works).
Previously owned:
2010 Can-Am Spyder RT SM-5
2011 Can-Am Spyder RS-S SM-5
2013 Can-Am Spyder RT-S SM-5
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Nice job. Too bad it won't work for me as we ride two up. Need something I can hang off the bike somehow.
Originally Posted by WingmanRT
The pet carriers online were grossly expensive or not the right size, so I looked at a few and ended up making my own. This is just a prototype, but seems to work well. We may need to put a mesh screen over it for a little high speed protection, but the spoiled little goober now thinks it's HIS bike!
- We have two eye bolts (low in the box) connected with swivel hooks to a tight nylon rope inside to leash him down (allowing him to slide to either side or lay down.),
- two bungees (hooked o 2 eye bolts in the bottom) and a blue ratchet strap to secure the box to the bike. I wish I could have found a black ratchet strap.
- 1 inch padded foam under a layer of black vinyl (everywhere), with a 1 inch of foam covered in sheepskin for the flooring. He rides more comfortably than I do!
- I used L brackets to reinforce the corners but a carpenter friend of mine said that was probably overkill. But, it's not his ass if I kill HER dog!
- Mrs. Wyngman (shown) sewed a sheepskin tube to cover the ratchet strap to keep it from damaging the Tupperware.
- The box is 24x14(tall at the back and 10" tall at the front)x14 think.
- In the next version, I will make it a little shallower as it pushes me too far forward on the seat. While it is too thick for me on the RT, it is probably just right for upcoming RS.
- The foam makes for a nice backrest though.
- Whole project costs less than $60-$70 to build, compared to the $300-$700 ones I found online.
box_photo_01.jpg JakeMobile2012_0603_01.jpgJakeMobile2012_0604_01.jpgJakeMobile2012_0606_01.jpg
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