Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Utility Carts

[RowenaHC (RowenaHC]

We have a variety of carts around the place which people use for various 
purposes - everything from regular tall, grocery shopping carts to 
supermarket carts!   However, the one that gets the most use is a heavy 
plastic utility cart called a "Smart Cart."    It has a heavy duty, green, 
plastic body which takes huge loads, fitted into an aluminum frame with two 
heavy-duty pneumatic tires which can be reinflated with a bicycle pump every 
year or two.  It is used to move everything from dirt to furniture to camping 
gear to grocery bags.  It is easily maneuverable, washable and appears to be 
indestructible - I bought it about twelve years ago.  Unfortunately I can't 
remember where I got it (someplace in Maine) although I have seen it recently 
in some garden catalog!   We also have a much smaller version which is handy 
for small loads.

Something similar, called a Loadumper wheelbarrow,  is available from 
mastergardening.com for about $200.   IMHO the plastic is preferable to the 
plywood because it is lighter, easier to clean and doesn't rot.

Rowenahc 
CambridgeCohousing