Sunday, June 19, 2011

Contraption

I meant to post this on Friday. There's a story here. Too long for mobile post treatment.
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8 comments:

  1. Christopher GrandeJune 19, 2011 at 10:36:00 AM PDT

    Bike cart? The center of gravity is lower than the wheel axle, which is a nice but too rare feature. Looks cool, whatever it is.

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  2. FBC SpokaneJune 19, 2011 at 1:21:00 PM PDT

    That looks heavy as hell.

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  3. John SpeareJune 19, 2011 at 3:00:00 PM PDT

    Christopher: no. it's a water hauler for a woman that is doing some crazy self-supported trek in Death Valley.

    Jeff: actually, it's pretty light. All that metal siding stuff is actually styrofoam covered by reflective tinfoil stuff. And the tubing is aluminum square stock stuff.

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  4. AnonymousJune 19, 2011 at 4:17:00 PM PDT

    Is the hat tinfoil also?

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  5. alex wetmoreJune 19, 2011 at 5:07:00 PM PDT

    It doesn't really matter how heavy or light the trailer is if she's filling that whole thing with water!

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  6. FBC SpokaneJune 19, 2011 at 5:30:00 PM PDT

    Though, if you made a giant neoprene bladder with a super long hose, you could have the first CamelTrailer©.

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  7. ElissaJune 19, 2011 at 10:27:00 PM PDT

    Ice cream biker delivery Scoop mobile!?

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  8. Lisa BJune 22, 2011 at 7:47:00 AM PDT

    Will certainly use the extra foil for a hat. :)

    The cart is very light and perfectly constructed. The supplies, however, are indeed heavy as hell. Water alone weighs 180 pounds. Hope that's enough.

    Here's the story if you're interested:
    http://www.voaspokane.org/LisaBliss

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