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There aren't many inexpensive options for something like in this picture. Sure, walking or biking is cheap, but carrying stuff, that's trickier.

I have a great electric kick scooter (charged by solar), and since the grocery store is only a couple of miles away, I figured shopping without a car would be pretty simple.

I've walked there before, but with the heat lately, I wanted a way to carry larger grocery loads so I'd have to make less trips. I don't really wanna have to use my car. I assumed there would be small cargo trailers made for kick scooters.

Turns out, not really. Most trailers are designed for bicycles or larger motorcycle-style scooters.

I found a few niche options people have built themselves, but they're either more expensive than I wanna spend or require more fabrication skills than I have.

I've decided to try building one myself, but yeah, that's gonna take some time since I'm new at the whole "just build your own shit" brigade.

As you all know, here in the US, living without a car is possible, but it often isn't very convenient. The infrastructure and products just aren't designed with that lifestyle in mind.

(Shout out to my downvote stalker. Right on schedule! Thanks for keeping me in your mind all day. LMAO)

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[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I think the main problem is that scooters just aren't designed for this, at all. They're wholly dedicated to transporting one person with the smallest vehicle possible (while being easy to use, unlike onewheels or skateboards).

As soon as you go up to a normal bike you can start hauling a perfectly reasonable amount of stuff by just attaching a basket on the front and rear, though yeah bike trailers really should be half as expensive as they are..

[โ€“] PapaSkwat@lemmy.today 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

My scoot is pretty heavy duty and powerful. I was really meaning just one or two bags of groceries. Just enough that it's uncomfortable to fit into my backpack, but nothing super heavy. 2 gallons of milk, cans of veggies, bread, etc. My trip to store is on smooth sidewalks. 1. 3 miles. Flat area.

I jury rigged up something last night using a friends cloth wagon, and attached it to my belt. And it worked just fine, so I may just stick with that. Just looks silly, so I'm still gonna work on a better solution. Thank you!