Trolleys?

[Welshie]

[semmtexx]

I know it's a bit sad to be excited about trolleys, but here's a pic of our little boy, who'll be at his first Glastonbury this June, aged 6 months, trying out the trolley we've got. We gave him a go in it when we put up our tent in the garden to check it over. I'm currently working on a wild west style wagon cover for it, then we'll be ready to roll!

[Divein]

That looks so comfy. I reckon I need one of them for my self

[borosupporter82]

Good work Welshie, didn't think about Quidco - even better value!

I'm not showing the wife those photos of the baby in the trolley, she will be getting ideas!

[Bisque]

Right I may as well ask...

I've seen trolleys like this for cheap & was thinking of buying one solely to fill (or half fill) with the heaviest item I will be taking... my tins of cider. I'm fine with the load I'm carrying but I find the extra weight of my crates of cider, lack of room in my rucksack & its awkwardness is what grinds my gears the most about lugging my stuff to camp.

Now, I'm not expecting it to last maybe even the Glastonbury itself at the prices I've seen (if it got broken I'd find somewhere responsible to bin it) but one I've seen has bigger, rubbery but not-pneumatic, wheels like the one above has a slightly larger holdall.

So is it worth it for my alcohol to get to camp & would it be ethical to take knowing I might have to bin it???

[mr gumby]

Very cute mate. We're taking our 2 kids and I was thinking about getting that trolley. Is it particularly heavy? and you think it'll be ok through mud? (not that we'll get any!). Last time we took a buggy and that nearly killed me pushing it - stopped us going some stages to be honest.

Oh I'd say battery powered LED lights. Last ages and look cool. I rigged up some as under lighting on the buggy last time and it looked awesome.

[semmtexx]

It is fairly heavy compared to the sack truck type, but it can take far more weight too, and you don't want something flimsy, more trouble than they're worth then.

As far as mud goes, we saw people really struggling with these trolleys in 2011, so we'll keep an eye on the weather. If we think there's a chance of heavy going, we'll take baby in a carrier, tent and rucksack on our first journey, then I'll go back for more in the trolley once I've seen the conditions. I think one mistake people made last time was trying to transport all their gear in one go, which meant they were very heavy and hard to control in the conditions.

[thewayiam]

i just ordered the back in stock funk leisure trolley, at £43 + p&p not the cheapest but the best load overall capacity at a small folding size I think. My m8 used one last Glasto, very sturdy

[coma girl]

i just ordered the back in stock funk leisure trolley, at £43 + p&p not the cheapest but the best load overall capacity at a small folding size I think. My m8 used one last Glasto, very sturdy

[Krazypinkminx]

Just ordered this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003G3YIRY

[TheParkAfterDark]

Have reserved a B&Q sack truck that I'm going to pick up tomorrow. Nearest couple of stores didn't have it though so having to make a bit of a trek to get it!

[sheffieldlady]

After looking through this thread, the handy folding sack truck looks like it could tick all the boxes in terms of coach travel. Anyone had any experience with it in the mud as yet?

[Starchild771]

I'm thinking of getting something like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/BISON-FOLDING-FISHING-TROLLEY-PNUEMATIC/dp/B005CTXKM4

I hoping that I can get it on the coach. not sure they'll accept it loaded but i'm hoping they'll let me put it in flat packed and i'll just load it on arrival.

[Starchild771]

Just got one of these. The wheels come off easily for flat packing and it seems reasonably robust. The only negative is that the tyres absolutely stink of creosote, so keeping the trolley in a tent may not be a good idea.

[RobertProsineckisLighter]

We have gone with the bison one... one of the reviews makes reference to it carrying 80kgs...

The secret weapon in our armery is a roll of industiral skrink wrap. that should hold our booze on.

[AiiShotTheDJ]

Right I may as well ask...

I've seen trolleys like this for cheap & was thinking of buying one solely to fill (or half fill) with the heaviest item I will be taking... my tins of cider. I'm fine with the load I'm carrying but I find the extra weight of my crates of cider, lack of room in my rucksack & its awkwardness is what grinds my gears the most about lugging my stuff to camp.

Now, I'm not expecting it to last maybe even the Glastonbury itself at the prices I've seen (if it got broken I'd find somewhere responsible to bin it) but one I've seen has bigger, rubbery but not-pneumatic, wheels like the one above has a slightly larger holdall.

So is it worth it for my alcohol to get to camp & would it be ethical to take knowing I might have to bin it???

[RobertProsineckisLighter]

Just got one of these. The wheels come off easily for flat packing and it seems reasonably robust. The only negative is that the tyres absolutely stink of creosote, so keeping the trolley in a tent may not be a good idea.

[carlhunt3r]

I think the consensus of hivemind is either a B&Q sack truck, the 4x4 beast ot the "off roader heavy duty" from efest store/funky leisure.... decisions decisions!!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Just got one of these. The wheels come off easily for flat packing and it seems reasonably robust. The only negative is that the tyres absolutely stink of creosote, so keeping the trolley in a tent may not be a good idea.

[Tomo18]

_{whats the opinions on fishing box trollies}

i have got two in mind

http://www.fishingwarehouseshop.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/13/products_id/3579 £23.99

http://www.tackleup.com/fishing-trolleys/sensas-fishing-trolley.html £29.99

just for the beer run

[kmfest]

Lightweight folding trolleys are the way to go. You can keep them in their folded state for transporting them to the festival via bus, train or car etc then easily build it up when you get to your destination to easily transport all your gear to the campsite.

http://www.csi-products.co.uk/festival-trolleys-c-1_350_2934.html

Hope this helps.

[barkley87]

Just ordered this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003G3YIRY

[shoptildrop]

I have 2 B&Q trolleys which have lasted since 2008 over the muddiest terrains - would definately recomend it and I just use loads of bungi cords to keep everything in

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/handtools-storage-workwear/tool-storage-workbenches/trollies/B-and-Q-Hand-Trolley-HT2022-9686783

[Stargazer]

I bought a fishing trolley from Amazon - half the price of the advertised festival trolleys, massive wheels and holds lots of kgs. Arrived, looks sturdy, def worth a go if you are considering what to take I think. Just type in fishing trolleys for a selection. Can't wait to try it out now

[AiiShotTheDJ]

Just as a side, anybody got any good suggestions for replacement trolley pins just incase?