Living without a car requires extra planning. I know I still have my truck, but I haven’t driven it in quite a while.
I needed to get pet supplies today. That means towing the trailer to work and stopping by Feeder’s Supply on the way home. I don’t generally tow the trailer with the single-speed, but the LHT was partially disassembled last night. I hadn’t planned.
I put the LHT back together last night, and did a rush job of getting the trailer ready this morning. The morning commute was uneventful. Parking the bike & trailer at work is a little troublesome. It still goes in my office, but I have to step over the trailer when getting up or down. I may disconnect it and put it somewhere else next time.
After work I bought a 38.5lb back of dog food, two 20lb bags of cat litter, and a 10lb bag of cat food. That totals 88.5lbs of stuff. With the weight of the trailer, I was towing over 100lbs. That doesn’t count the commuting load in the pannier and trunk bag.
The ride home was slow and easy on side roads. Even the slightest hill meant using a low gear and going slow.
Buying this cheap, used trailer has greatly increased my carrying capacity. I don’t think it’s ideal, as I’d rather use a Big Dummy, but this was much cheaper.
The trailer looks very useful. I saw one at a garage sale a few weeks ago and thought about it, but I passed it up.
Denis found one of these at a thrift shop recently for $40 that was missing a part — by the time we discovered where we could buy the part, it was gone 🙁 Guess that’ll show us! Next time, we’ll buy the trailer first, and kludge something up if we have to 😀