101 Uses For A Bike Trailer

While trolling the net the Bike Hacks crew ran across an article with an intriguing title: 101 Uses For A Bike Trailer. We were disappointed to find that the article didn't really list the 101 uses. In fact, it just listed five uses for their bike trailer.

Being in possession of bike trailers, we were pretty sure it wouldn't take very long for us to come up with 101 uses. Well guess what? 101 is a LOT. So forget that, we are stopping at 36 and hope readers can suggest more. The specific uses aren't important unto themselves. The point is to think in new ways about reasonable transportation. This list is really a kind of oblique strategies approach to using your bike trailer. Enjoy hauling stuff around and comment with your suggested uses!

1. haul your kid(s) around
2. pick up a dead raccoon to satisfy your child's "mountain man" phase (long story)
3. get some topsoil for your garden
4. take your dog to the vet
5. give a hitchhiker a lift
6. take your kids' bike over to the neighbor's house
7. take your Christmas tree to the dump
8. use it for a resistance trainer and gradually add weight
9. help your neighbor move
10. carry camping gear
11. get the soccer balls to the game
12. haul away your grandma's old computer
13. entice people to ask asinine questions
14. carry your suit for this afternoon's meeting
15. take tools to fix your friend's bike
16. haul kegs of homebrew
17. bring home tasty produce from your local CSA
18. use it as a base for a human powered parade float
19. carry your backpack with something other than your back
20. bring the Costco booty back to the office
21. pick up the U-Bake-It pizza
22. haul your dead CFLs and empty paint cans to the hazardous waste place
23. bring home construction site remnants for crafts
24. give new meanings to "road warrior" and "mobile professional"
25. take your recyclable cans and bottles to the store for cash
26. transport houseplants
27. take your old stuff to Goodwill
28. haul remodeling leftovers to the Habitat ReStore
29. load a freezer with ice cream treats and travel the neighborhood making kids happy
30. take your laundry to the laundromat or dry cleaner (and home!)
31. cause motorists to treat you with more respect (thinking there are kids in there)
32. haul your foraged mushrooms
33. deliver newspapers
34. start a local grocery delivery service
35. haul goodies home from garage sales
36. fetch that bag of hair from your local barber so you can ugly your bike

Comments

[Ray Bradbury]

Corpse disposal, hauling books to be burned

[Leo Horishny]

Yet ANOTHER sign of the zombie apocalypse =:-o

[Leo Horishny]

I use mine to take my dogs to the park, or with me to work, not just to the V*t.

I also hauled out 40# of debris from the desert behind my house yesterday in my dog trailer.

[Leo Horishny]

I didn't see haul home that excessive load of consumables from the mega grocery store. :-\

[Wendola]

Haul propane from the gas station.

[mykill]

hauling the picnic goods and dog through the park

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[Loki]

I was sort of in a band with a girl who carried I can't remember if one or two violins in cases in a bike trailer w/ lots of blankets for padding. I've never done it, but I really want to try carrying a guitar amp in a bike trailer (just gotta find / repair the bike trailer that my parents used to carry me in)

[Corwin]

taking a cooler to/from a lake for fishing

[OhgodbookII]

Bee double e double are you in? BEER RUN!

[Mike L]

Just got back from a Burning Man event. The bike trailer was invaluable for moving stuff about the camp, particularly the 80-lb gennie (to power the light show) from my van parked about a half-mile away to the campsite.