When my kids were young, we purchased a two-seater bike trailer from Costco that could double as a stroller. That thing followed my bike everywhere. But, as is the nature of children, they grew up. They learned to ride their own bikes and the trailer was banished to the storage shed where it has stayed for the past four years.
While cleaning out the shed recently , we rediscovered the trailer and decided to refurbish it into something a bit more appropriate for my now-older children. Because we often ride our bikes to go shopping, the most logical solution was to transform it into a cargo trailer.
My eight year old son (Jacob) took all of the pictures to document our project.
While cleaning out the shed recently , we rediscovered the trailer and decided to refurbish it into something a bit more appropriate for my now-older children. Because we often ride our bikes to go shopping, the most logical solution was to transform it into a cargo trailer.
My eight year old son (Jacob) took all of the pictures to document our project.
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Unfortunately, after 4 years in the storage shed, the fabric was practically falling off of our frame, so no hacking for us. :-(
Unfortunately, after 4 years in the storage shed, the fabric was practically falling off of our frame, so no hacking for us. :-(
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The current dog and cargo trailer is a plastic storage tub (lid off for transporting the dog), but I plan to make one that he can step into instead of lifting him. Mine will have to be open on top to allow for the nieghborhood children to pet their unofficial mascot as he makes his rounds.
If the trailer would have been empty, Jacob most assuredly would have been inside!