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This shopping trolley is slightly sturdier than your usual trolley, with big thick wheels.
Once you've finished your big shop, you simply attatch it to the back of your car (using a special attatchment that is trapped under the boot lid for those without tow bars), and drive home towing you shopping
behind you.
When you are done, simply drive back to the shop to return the trolley and reclaim your (presumably quite big) deposit.
Some kind of retractable cover will prevent your shopping blowing away, and a large dry wipe board on the back will allow you to personalise it with your number plate.
Not much use, I know, for a loaf of bread and some loo roll, but would be handy if you bought alot more than your boot could hold (in my case 2 loaves of bread is pushing it in the back of a mini!) or if you shop somewhere like IKEA or Costco.
Home Depot Delivery
http://www.homedepo...03&MID=9876&pos=n39
See? This is already done. [21 Quest, Jan 23 2006]
Sno-Cone Trolley
http://www.shavediceinfo.com/forsale.htm
See what I mean? [21 Quest, Jan 23 2006]
Just a thought.
http://www.harborfr...af?itemnumber=34313
[half, Jan 25 2006]
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This has already been done in the form of mobile Sno-Cone trailers, which park themselves in shopping mall parking lots during summer, then get towed away when the weather cools off again. |
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For somewhere like IKEA this would be great. Bun. |
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When I worked in a retail store there would always be some schmuck who bought a big ticket item like a swing set or a jungle gym and he happened to be driving a 2 seater sports car. Apparently it didnt occur to them that the box would be about as big as the item itself so having the option to put a deposit on a trailer (or a "trolley" as the author put it) to take it home. I remember some 25 years ago when the Hechinger company (equivalent to Home Depot or Lowes) actually loaned out trailers to customers who needed to take home large items or large quantities. |
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Don't Home Depot and Lowes deliver it for you these days? I'm pretty sure they do, you just have to ask. See the link. |
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Don't really see the similarities between this idea and either of those links...
In fact, the second one is just a little bizzare! |
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The first link was posted in response to [JScotty]'s anno. The second to show that this idea is already baked. Sorry for the confusion. |
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I'd think that by the time the trolley was adapted to comply with road law, such as allowing clear display of indicator/brake lights, using a road legal licence plate, ensuring that the car/trolley hook up meets safety standards, adding structural integrity to stand up to abuse it would receive at driving speeds, etc, that what you'd end up with is just a trailer. |
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This isn't just a trailer, it's lightweight and you can push it round the shops to put your shopping in... just like a shopping trolley.
And the link about the ice cream van does not show that this idea is baked, it's completely different. |
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//This isn't just a trailer, it's lightweight...// |
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[MikeOliver], I understand that and I like the idea in principle. I just don't understand how it would be kept practically lightweight. My concern is that it won't be lightweight once its been made road legal - if someone's going to allowed to drive at 60mph with one of these things fully laden attached to their vehicle then it's gonna need to be very robust, have the signalling and lighting connections, etc. To achieve that is going to require a substantial frame (by hand-pushable standards) and/or be built from expensive materials. |
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I'd thought for a moment of making it something that attaches to the back of the car raised from the ground (like a rear bike carrier), because that would circumvent a lot of the legal/structural bit. But that might raise other structural/stability concerns. |
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Once it's full of stuff, it will be heavy enough... if not, i have no objections to adding sand for ballast. |
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It would not have to be that sturdy. Look at some of the lightweight motorcycle trailers out there. |
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Also the "take home trolley" would not have to be the same as the "roll around the store" buggy. During the paying and bagging process everything comes out of the buggy anyway, so loading it into a different, slightly sturdier, trailer would do the trick. |
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Yes. Great, you did it. I hate the 10 trips from car to house with all the poorly bagged groceries (kids these days...). |
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Screw the road legality. Get the laws changed to include an exemption, the cart is narrow and short (front to back, ie opposite of long), so it won't obscure most lights (sorry about your mini, whoever that was) and the only thing you'll need is some wheelbarrow pneumatic wheels for the rear. The front will be off the ground. Heavy shmeavy. As long as the load is well tarped in, it ain't going anywhere. Not recommended for eggs. |
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