5Whels - once you got the trike into the trailer - how in the world did you get out.

You must be one of these young guys - I am not the flexible anymore (lol)

 

I get off of the right side and go out the side door.

 

Ahhhh. makes sense now. Didn't see your side door

 

I just measured the opening on my newer enclosed trailer and have about 64" between cables, the door opening is 65.5". Trailer is a Wells Cargo Road Force 6' X 12' Their older brochure shows a slightly smaller opening.

 

If you get a six-footer, make damned sure you keep the rear end from moving side-to-side, because if your front wheel is in a wheel chock, and the rear shifts to one side or another, you better be planning on having a way to pick it up and straighten it out before backing up, or you WILL run into the cables.

I had the rear shift about an inch and a half to the right on the way home from Florida to Ohio. With the front wheel in the floor chock, the wheel has to come straight back a foot or so, but to the trike the forks are at an angle, and so the rear end keeps turning further and further to the right. I've got a 7x12 foot trailer, and the only way to get it out was to back up a little, remove the chock, pull forward to straighten it out and then back up. What a pain in the .......

 

It needs to be cross strapped in the back to prevent the Trike from moving sideways. Or, use a Biker Bar and that eliminates the problem altogether.

 

All the "Biker bars " I have seen you have to be positioned just so , or they won't latch right. A Trike is a bit hard to slide around to make that so.
Much easier to just cross tie the rear to the rings already on the rear of the trike.

 

Looking in my pic you can see the pool noodles I use or you can use pipe insulation to cover the cables. Just slice them long ways and slip them on the cables. Not perfect but will help with little rubs. Definitely cross strap cause like Oogie says if they get out of line they are a pain to move, especially if you have a chock. And yes I use a Condor as well in the front and tied down.