So, I'm going on a little tour this upcoming summer.
Although its a not for a while, here are the raw details: bike 300 miles north to camp, meet my group, fly to Alaska, backpack through the Brooks range for 45 days, fly back, drive home.

I need your help with the 300 mile bike part, we are hoping to do it in 3 days but we have 4 just in case, (we= me and my bro), we have the bikes, we got the gear, but we need something to carry the gear in. Remember I'm going to have gear for a 45 day backpacking trip as well (minus the food).

I have a Burley trailer, but I don't really trust it for much more than my mile long trips to the grocery store (it's as old as I am, maybe a little older).

I've done a some research and I'm a little overwhelmed, there are tons of choices and many different designs.

So far I've found the Burley's, BOB, Kool Stop Wilderbeast, Roland Carrie S, and others but I closed the tabs. (I also found Pereira cycles but that belongs in another forum:thumbsup: )

So what do you seasoned tourers recommend? What about general stuff (1 or 2 wheels, mounting systems etc)?

I just found another intriguing one, anybody heard of Quik-Pak (http://www.quik-pak.com/)? Their site has lots of praise for their product (that's a shock) and there aren't many reviews for them online.

I've never seen the Quik-Pak trailer before, so I can't help you there. I have put several thousand miles on my Burley Nomad trailer, and can't rave about it enough. I've noticed the newer models have an optional rack on top, which could come in handy for carrying your extra backpacking gear. Keep us informed on your search, and ultimately, on your trip!:)

BOB trailers are so good I just don't understand why you would use anything else.

BTW those are some crazy distances you are thinking about with a full load, perhaps it would be better to take a bike trip some other time and not try to mix the two in one massive (and very difficult) expedition.

I wouldn't understimate the Burley trailer you already have. Our Burley D'Lite also has many thousands of trouble free miles of towing kids or other random stuff including moderately large trees. It is now serving another family with young kids. Our neighbour has a D'Lite too, which he's used heavily to cart rocks, bricks and other gardening supplies.

If you didn't have a trailer, the BOB would probably be the best option.

Is there a way to ship the back packing supplies by other means?

get the BOB. it's gonna be hard enough trying to do 3 100 mile days with a load behind you, making that load as low profile as possible is in your interest.

edited to add that if you use a BOB you could use this somewhat expensive but intriguing travel case to transport your BOB and bike in one box.
http://wandertec.com/products.html

Check out Biketrailershop.com and here: http://www.extrawheel.com/index_en.php

The extrawheel might be just the thing for the kind of expedition you plan. BTW, as has been pointed out, 300 heavily loaded miles in 3 days is a very ambitious plan.

bike 300 miles north to camp, meet my group, fly to Alaska, backpack through the Brooks range for 45 days, fly back, drive home.

I need your help with the 300 mile bike part, we are hoping to do it in 3 days

Regardless of which trailer you choose, it sounds like a serious chance to sprain something, trying to haul all that gear at 100 miles per day. I know you didn't ask about this, but IMO you should SERIOUSLY reconsider that goal. Even at 75 miles a day, since you're going to put everything in one trailer (it sounds like), you could find yourself injured and not able to complete the rest of this grand adventure. If there are any hills on the way, well . . . .

Thanks for the advise, and the concern. It will not be as much as you may think, this is backpacking remember, we're the ones that drill holes in our toothbrushes to make them lighter, I'm not going to be hauling around 70 pounds of personal gear plus food etc (read: plus ~20lbs) across Alaska. And the load will be split onto two bikes (one w/ panniers, one w/trailer, bikes are interchangeable between riders). However, I do know somebody going to the same place at the same time and maybe they could haul my backpacking stuff, if it will really be that difficult. And what are hills? (this is across Wisconsin remember)

About the trailers: I can order the BOB (and burley and Kool-Stop) so that is definitely a possibility. I found the company that makes the trailer for Quik Pak and I'm probably not going to spend $8-900 on a trailer for a three day expedition (stupid weak dollar).
The Extrawheel looks interesting and it looks like a great DIY project, build touring wheel, connect to bike, find way to add panniers and fender.