Sam Ford wrote:
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> Does anyone here use a shopping trailer? Any comments about them?
I use them to transport my Doberman, and about 150# of water softener salt sometimes; mostly for
shopping I use a milk crate atop a luggage rack, which holds two paper shopping bags almost exactly.
Double bag if you want to build for height. The crate is there permanently.
You need to reenforce and extend the rack rearwards, if you're serious about carrying real weight.
My favorite setup is a Bell seatpost rack for the core: remove the plastic (one allen bolt, get a
longer (5mm) one and screw a piece of wood atop the metal core of the rack to run the length of the
milk crate for side-to-side stability and weight support. Run two sturdy enough wooden supports from
the rear dropouts to the bottom of this wood, to carry the real weight. The Bell rack stabilizes the
thing from side to side but can't carry much weight itself. The result is surprisingly sturdy, much
better than metal frame racks.
Trailers: the Burley without the seat can carry a good deal of stuff; I like the Tanjor Cargo
http://www.lodrag.com which has noticeably less wind resistance and is better shaped for a dog, but
possibly would not be as suitable for square boxes as the Burley.
Both the Burley and the Tanjor leave you having to navigate for three wheel tracks around potholes,
and take too much space on highway shoulders if it's the narrow-lane variety of highway, using up
the space that trucks normally give you in opposing traffic.
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