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Bushtec Products Corporation Announces the Acquisition of Bunkhouse Camper Trailers

February 10, 2012 Jacksboro, Tennessee Bushtec Products Corporation is pleased to announce the acquisition of Bunkhouse Camper Trailers, America’s leading manufacturer of motorcycle camper trailers. Bunkhouse originated in 1974 as a camper mounted to the roof of a car. The product evolved over the years to become a motorcycle-towable trailer with a unique pop-up camper inside. Bunkhouse has [...]

Bushtec Trailer Drop Test Comparison VIDEO

Here we demonstrate the famous Bushtec Drop Test, where we show a Bushtec Trailer, using our 360-degree swivel Heim Joint Hitch system, doing both the Drop Test, plus showing how rotation of the Trailer does not affect the bike. For comparison, we show another trailer, with very different results…

Jane Engel – Honorable Mention for Trike + Trailer

Jane Engel received an Honorable Mention in the just concluded Bushtec Photo Contest, for this shot of a 2010 Bushtec Roadstar Trailer with her 2005 Honda Goldwing. We are getting more and more inquiries about Trikes, in fact we had a good portion of our trailer sales at Daytona Bike Week were to Trike owners! [...]

Wheel and Trim Combination – Unique Characteristic of Bushtec Trailers

The second unique feature of a Bushtec Trailer we’re going to cover is the Wheel and Tire Combination that comes standard will all Bushtec Trailers. The wheel is 16-in diameter, so it turns fewer RPMs than a typical motorcycle trailer tire, has sealed bearings, which will never need repacked, and the wheel and tire weight [...]

The Heim Joint – A Unique Characteristic of Bushtec Trailers

There are three things unique to all Bushtec Motorcycle Trailers. The first we’ll cover today is our Heim Joint and rod end machine pin Coupler system. This unique motorcycle hitch to trailer connection eliminates side to side motion, as well as fore and aft movement, right at the connection. What does mean for your bike [...]

Let’s Bust Some Bushtec Myths!

First Article In a Series of Four Why should those guys on MythBusters have all the fun? When a product has been on the market for as long as Bushtec Motorcycle Trailers (we started selling motorcycle cargo trailers, then as now Made in the U.S.A., in 1982!), there are bound to be a few… misconceptions, [...]

Atle Storemyr – Customer Comment from Austria

Sending you a picture of my bike and roadstar trailer taken in Fakerse in Austria during the European Harley Meet. Hope you like it…. We drove trough Portugal, Spain,Italy,Slovenia and ended up in Austria. A very nice trip with a very good trailer. Best Regards Atle Storemyr

Customer Comment – John Ducato

This photo and comment just in from John Ducato… Hi – I have a 2001 Honda Valkyrie Interstate I bought the trailer in 2005 new and have used it ever since for all my long trips.The trailer is one of the best out there it does everything and more for you. Every time I take [...]

Visit Bushtec @ Bikes Blues & BBQ!

Where: Fayetteville, Arkansas When: September 29-October 2, 2010 What: Thousands of Bikes, Tons of Great Blues, and World-Class BBQ! Bushtec is proud to be part of Bikes Blues & BBQ Motorcycle Rally this year. We’ll be in space 16 of the Baum Lot, we hope you can drop by and see us. We’ll have a [...]

Interesting Sturgis Video and Facts

Sturgis Rally in the 50′s! Pretty cool video there… We reviewed it for a few hours, hoping to get a glimpse of an old Bushtec, then we remembered that we started building motorcycle trailers only back in 1982! There are a lot of Sturgis-related videos on YouTube, but be careful… More than a few videos [...]