Cargo trailer ingenuity

Gorgeous ingenuity Allen!

I hate to be suspicious, but I’m wondering where he gets his parts. I don’t think you can make a decent living cashing in bottles and cans. With all the theft in the news I find myself scrutinizing all the street people I see on bikes.

to lianagan
are you serious?
i don’t even know where to begin.
but, yeah you are being suspicious.
i find bikes and bike parts all over.
and, no, “you” can’t make a living on cashing in bottles and cans, but there are plenty that are able to. just look around.
not all homeless people are thieves.
if they were, maybe they wouldn’t be homeless.

A lot of folks ride to Vancouver and get bottles and cans there. Residents in the inner eastside core are very generous about leaving empties out for them to pick up. They know where to go. If you’re persistant, you can usually make enough cash for incidentials that food stamps don’t pay for.

Consider a homeless person having a friend with some kind of job and maybe a place to live. They say “Hey, I’ll buy you your groceries with my Oregon Trail card if you go pick up these inner tubes for me.” This sort of thing happens all the time.

Have read about similar bike collaborations in third world countries. Would love to see a breakdown of parts, and your method for assembling them. Just bought a Licoln Electric MIG kit, and hope to creat a similar trailer for offroad hauling of chainsaws and other trimming equipment for work on the Appalachian Trail. Actually hope to create a flat frame wheelbarrow. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks! Nice job!!

He has a knockoff of a GT mountain bike and a trailer made from a MAGNA kids bike and a shopping cart and some what, garbage can wheels? Maybe if you got down off your high horse and into a dumpster you could find similar parts to build your bike and trailer 😛

Dumpster: dirty, gross, already thrown away……..

Like you really need a Fat Chance for bike polo.