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You’re right, there are not many hills here. Only 1 small one I had to climb. I do think that with low enough gears and enough time, hills won’t be much of a problem.
You could also do the hill in multiple trips, temporarily leaving one of the trailers behind.
I find the best way to get free things is to let people know you’re interested in those things. I recently took over the local bike hire, and now everyone knows I enjoy repairing bicycles. I’ve had multiple people approach me to get rid of their old bicycles. That’s how I got 2 of the trailers. This presumably works best in places with stronger community.
Otherwise, I think keeping an eye on local buy/sell websites (eg facebook/gumtree/freecycle). I think you’re likely to find an old child trailer, which you can remove the cover and sides from to get a trailer base. Maybe try putting “wanted” posts on these websites as well, as people might not realise a torn or rusty child trailer is worth anything.
Theoretically they should be rather easy to make from scratch, though I’ve not done this yet. They are really just a frame with small bike wheels and a hitch.
Thanks! Bike trailers are great at corners. You can easily do a u-turn with one. The way the second trailer is connected to the front hand cart though, limits it to about 45°. While cycling though, there are no issues, just cycle maybe a metre from the edge of the road.
Yes… I’d love to make one myself. I have an idea for one with swappable wheels: small wheels which don’t stick up above the trailer bed (for carrying wide things), and large wheels for a less bumpy journey.
The hand cart which I have at the front is great for carrying large/wide things, but the wheels can’t handle cattle grids or rabbit holes…
Yes, that’s true… There’s only one small hill I had to go up. With low enough gears though, much steeper hills should be possible.
The first one is more of a garden cart rather than a bike trailer. It’s connected onto the side of the rear rack with some bits of driftwood screwed together :) The rest are just trailer connectors attached somewhere on the previous trailer.
It’s actually not bad at corners. You’d probably be fine cycling maybe a metre further out than usual.
You could probably move a similar amount on just one large trailer, which might be easier to manoeuvre round a city. Bikes at work has some cool examples: