- Time of past OR future Camino
- First one in 2005 from Moissac, France.
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Hope someone steps up!there a willing guinea pi
I think I’d put the pack on and push the empty trailer for stabilityHope someone steps up!
This looks pretty amazing. Simple and functional. How is it on downhills, @David? Thinking of two in particular, after Alto de Perdon and Acebo.
Hope someone steps up!
This looks pretty amazing. Simple and functional. How is it on downhills, @David? Thinking of two in particular, after Alto de Perdon and Acebo.
Maybe that’s how they filled it with foam?Many thanks Gerard - I should have mentioned! They are solid foam-filled non-pneumatic tyres! They have a similar bounce and grip to pneumatic tyres. (for some unknown reason the wheel manufacturer added dummy valves, but they are just a plastic valve shape!).
I hope this post doesn't contravene forum rules - am not selling but looking for a volunteer/s - thanks.
Hi all - well, have finished my prototype Mk4 trailer, the S-Cargo © . Have tested it here with 25 kilos with no problem.
It isn't that pretty as I modified it a few times as I built and tested it, so is a tester, not a smart 'unused' trailer!
What I think I need now is for someone to take it on Camino for a few weeks, preferably the Frances, to really test it over time, and give me feedback on their return. A true Camino test run. Full messaging/WhatsApp support from me if any problems do arise.
Edit: Or someone doing a long trek in England - Pennine Way, Hadrian's Wall, South-West coastal path, etc.
I am looking for perhaps a singleton or a couple who, for whatever reason cannot (or don't want to) carry full packs - it will carry two packs.
Or someone taking a tent and all that extra equipment - someone whose Camino would be improved by not carrying their pack on their back .... so am not looking for a lightweight pilgrim as they don't need a trailer and I would like some weight on it in use (you could add a case of Rioja???).
It has to be someone from the UK, to make it easy and cheap to deliver - now, I do realise that pilgrims from UK to Spain this year may be low in numbers, what with the plague, but thought I would ask now, just in case someone is going.
Will arrive with full photo instructions - takes just two minutes to put it together, and only two nuts to do up (spanners included).
It packs flat and goes into a zipped nylon bag - packed it measures 62 x 42 x 15 cms.
Photos below (had my medium pack on there but loaded it to 15 and to 25 kilos - books and bricks) - angle (tilt) of trailer is adjusted by lengthening or shortening the drawbars - which are a simple spring-clip lock, and by adjusting the length of the webbing hip belt straps. One wants to have it adjusted so that there is just a little weight on the hipbelt, too high and it will pivot and be uncomfortable, too low and there would be too much weight on the hips. Width at hips can be easily altered too.
Has three strong quick adjust webbing straps with quick release buckles, a grab handle, and bolted on D rings all round for attaching extras. Has a pull out kick stand, good wheel to ground clearance, fold out bottom platform.
If encountering something like a staircase or boulder climb one simply turns the pack round, lashes it tight, puts it on and walks on, trailer attached. The width is such that wherever your shoulders can go the S-Cargo © can follow.
Is there a willing guinea pig ??There is a 'downside' - pilgrims will talk to you about it, will want to try it, will take photos - you make lots of new friends - an upside is that if you meet a damaged pilgrim you can lash their pack onto the trailer and walk them to the next refugio.
Here some photos (with my old pal Dave posing! - we had just come back from a long walk along the Thames path - and yes, were pleasantly questioned and had a photo taken by picnickers!)
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So what do you think? Message me if interested - thanks!
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