lauraelysia
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Thanks David.I just had at look at your current buggy, enlarged
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Well, seems to me that you already almost have what you need. If you look at the wheels in your muddy ground you will see that they are only in up to their tyres - the rims are clear - which is normal and no other trailer can improve on that.
Your problem has been pushing it forwards on three wheels, not pulling it behind you on two.
Remove that lower tray thing under the cloth and you will improve ground clearance.
I see that the handle has an adjuster either side to set the angle? So all you need are 'two sticks' connected to the handlebar, one either side, to act as drawbars ... anything - tubes, poles, crutches, washing line poles, etc, and there is your trailer - it needs only to be angled, when you walk that the small third wheel is off the ground.
Is perfect for walking through town, getting on/off trains.
I can't see how you can improve on it - as long as it is pulled on the two big wheels, not pushed with the third small wheel digging into the ground in front of you.
Now, the Hipstar has an inherent problem in the design that you may not like (and it is far inferior to what you already almost have) it is a leaning rack, essentially a tilted ladder, which means that it is inherently unstable and pivots up and down, jerkily, all the time as you walk ... a human can just about put up with that at their hip belt, but it would probably really upset your dog!
The Hipstar company has finally started producing by family members coming in to the company, getting rid of all the expensive high tec items, including Igor's ridiculous non-working hinged drawbar "shock absorber" system and have come up with a much more basic design made of much cheaper materials. Beware when on the Hipstar website as most of the info and videos is using the high spec test model, which no longer exists.
I was thinking that you do also have a potential other 'problem', and that is load weight. If this is to set off on an off-trail hiking camping adventure then you will be carrying a tent, sleeping mat & bag, cooking gear, food/water, 10kg dog, dog food ... then your personal gear plus waterproofs - that is a lot of gear/weight - have you worked out how much it all weighs yet?
Re converting what you have. You don't have to do it yourself - any handyman? (wish that was gender neutral) .. two poles cut to the right length with two holes drilled through near the ends. Two matching holes drilled on either buggy handle - then all you have to do is to slide bolts in and use wingnuts to tighten them up - Voila! Drawbars!
At 'your' end a D ring attached to each bar and with two short webbing straps attach them to a military style padded hip belt, available on Ebay. Is a very simple adaptation and would be far superior to both the Hipstar and the Wheelie.
As drawbars to cut to size just buy a pair of these - elbow crutches (the top end arm sleeves just pull out and are gone!) - have your handywoman to just use the main section, why, you could even have handles! About £17 a pair.
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p.s. - could you tell me the name and model of your buggy? Such a simple design .. almost there as a hiking trailer would like to look at one close up
Thanks David.
It is an Innopet Sporty. https://www.k9wagons.co.uk/sales/p/...n-cover-2-year-warranty-included-silver-black
I think the lower tray you are referring to is in fact the 'parking brake' so I'd rather not remove that.
I see what you are saying, and really appreciate you spelling out exactly how I might manage it, it is definitely worth some thought, but I'm not sure I could get it to work. If is angled so the front wheel is off the ground (in fact it does come off easily, all the wheels do) is it not going to rock anyway (given that the rear wheels are right at the back and not in the middle?
My camping base weight is around 10-12kg depending on the season, with food and water on top.
I suppose it is a question as to whether the rocking back and forth is any worse than the bobbing up and down as I walk with her on my back...I don't want to make her seasick!
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