Trolley thread

[math125]

I need to find a good trolley that folds down easily so I can get it on the coach! Any recommendations?

I can recommend the ones from the efestival store. Folds up small but is solid enough to cope with anything.

http://camping.efestivals.co.uk/off-roader-heavy-duty-festival-trolley-1035-p.asp

[kellly]

PRAM!!

The way ahead is a pram, 4 pneumatic steerable wheels, top up the carrycot and underneath basket wth your stuff, bungy strap the lot and off you go.

However, you must contain you smugness when strolling in, pushing with one hand and cider in the other.

I've had mine since 2011, absolute Bobby dazler; £9 eBay. I'd post a pici but iPad technology defeats me

We took a pram one year and the wheels pinged off one by one before we even reached the gate haha must have had a proper shite one!

[kellly]

A few years ago I constructed our Glastomobile out of two B&Q sacktrucks bolted and jubilee clipped together. It's still intact after five festivals, though now retired to my cellar after I got a caravan.

The thinking behind it is that there is no steering, and therefore no pivot point, which tends to be the weak spot. But most trolley lugging is largely straight line. When we need to change direction the person pushing at the back lifts and re-directs it.

Most important are a plentiful supply of bungees to strap everything on.

Four wheels are much better than two because you can stop and have a rest without everything toppling off.

What an absolute beast. I take my hat off to you sir. Genius! Edited May 17, 2015 by kellly

[oneeye]

We took a pram one year and the wheels pinged off one by one before we even reached the gate haha must have had a proper shite one!

Haha; mine has easy detatchable wheels, never had any probs. It was designed for rugged terrain I think, German manufacturer by all accounts, may be the reason it works and doesnt fall apart.

I would say though that it's not for coach travellers as a tad bulky.

[oneeye]

This is my pram trolley

[oneeye]

Totally unrelated, but this is my dog Bruce

[kellly]

This is my pram trolley

It does look very robust!

[kellly]

Totally unrelated, but this is my dog Bruce

Aaah hey bruce

[kellly]

We need an extra large garden trolley for the kids to travel round in at camp bestival this year, so just going to use it for glastonbury luggage aswel....never used one so i hope its a success

[ICGenie]

Your not on about one of these are you?

http://www.wheelbarrows.co.uk/foldable-festival-canvas-wheelbarrow.html

Very similar - in fact that one looks even better as it has rests and ours doesn't! I have a feeling ours was only 20 quid though. I highly recommend these though - no good really for boxes of beer and the like but great for tent / sleeping stuff etc.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Very similar - in fact that one looks even better as it has rests and ours doesn't! I have a feeling ours was only 20 quid though. I highly recommend these though - no good really for boxes of beer and the like but great for tent / sleeping stuff etc.

They do look nice and lightweight alright. I first saw them at Secret Garden party where they were hiring them out. As you say, the only downside would be carrying sufficient supplies of booze on them as well as all your kit. For me they would mean a two journey trip to the car and back which doesn't register in mt brain as something I'd like to do - not that it'll concern me this year because I'm not going, and any future year I would be trying to get a campervan pass because (a) My wife only wants to do Glastonbury again in the campervan (I feel like I wouldn't mind trying it myself for a change - I can't recall how many Glastonbury's I've done but on everyone of them I have always camped in the same place. When I mean the same place I mean almost exactly the same place give it 20 feet or so.

Edited May 17, 2015 by Yoghurt on a Stick

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Totally unrelated, but this is my dog Bruce

A lovely looking dog oneeye. I bet he has you and your wife in the plam of his paw.

[mr_bizarre]

I've had this fishing trolley for the last 2 seasons, it's still going strong, and I do a lot of festivals a year!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BISON-FOLDING-FISHING-SEAT-BOX-TROLLEY-WITH-PNUEMATIC-TYRES-/331329506921?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4d24c70e69

[kerplunk]

We've got one of these, used it the last two festivals and it's been great. Depending how light you travel, you may need to carry a rucksack each as well for two of you.

Only got two warnings to give you. Firstly, It's been dry arriving and leaving when we've used it, and I remember people really struggling on the way in in 2011 when it was muddy.

Second, get yourself a small tool kit (socket set, pliers, and bike pump), to keep the nuts tight and tyres topped up.

Other than that, I'd not use anything else!

The danger time is loaded up in thick mud with your mates pushing from the rear. That puts a lot of strain on the front axle which is quite a thin piece of metal on all the ones I've seen.

Edited May 17, 2015 by kerplunk

[sheffieldlady]

I've had this fishing trolley for the last 2 seasons, it's still going strong, and I do a lot of festivals a year!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BISON-FOLDING-FISHING-SEAT-BOX-TROLLEY-WITH-PNUEMATIC-TYRES-/331329506921?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4d24c70e69

That's the one I have to. Never had a trolley until last year - I feel like it changed my festival experience, putting on booze, the tent and other items made my bag so much lighter.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I've had this fishing trolley for the last 2 seasons, it's still going strong, and I do a lot of festivals a year!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BISON-FOLDING-FISHING-SEAT-BOX-TROLLEY-WITH-PNUEMATIC-TYRES-/331329506921?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4d24c70e69

I've had one of them and it lasted me only one Bestival and then a Glastonbury the following year. It gave up the ghost at the Glastonbury festival and fell apart. Fortunately it decided to fall apart right next to the car on the way from leaving the festival. It was like it knew the job in hand, got me to the car, and then gave up and crumpled like a defeated trolley. That said, the route I took back to the car seemed particularly bumpy so I suspect that put a lot of stress on the weak points. If memory serves me right these were the pins holding the wheels on. If you have one of these then it's worth getting replacement pins on you just in case this happens to you. They are called split pins and you can get them on line or at a DIY merchants.

[oneeye]

A lovely looking dog oneeye. I bet he has you and your wife in the plam of his paw.

Haha, made me and Mrs oneeye laugh!

He does indeed take the piss and gets away with it. He's from your neck of the woods, west brom, which maybe explains a lot lol

[Sawdusty surfer]

Dear God...this thread repeated again...I've posted this pic almost as often as Grumpyhack had posted his

P Handled trolley, ace, can be pulled one handed backwards. The two handled ones have to be pushed. Here's my pair. One modded with twin wheels on an extended axle and steel plate welded into the triangles (which are the next weak link in the chain after the wheels collapse when overloaded) I use these on a daily basis for work with heavy loads. Pump up to 35 psi and make sure the nuts/bolts are nipped up after purchase or they will undo and the wheels will collapse.

Right, that's, it.... I'm not posting this again next year. (Honest )

Edited May 17, 2015 by Sawdusty Surfer

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Right, that's, it.... I'm not posting this again next year. (Honest )

I keep posting how a fishing trolley collapsed on me once at Glastonbury. By which I mean the wheels collapsed while I was pulling it, as oppossed to it sort of getting in to the Glasto vibe and collapsing on my shoulder in a drunken, drugged up state.

[ICGenie]

They do look nice and lightweight alright. I first saw them at Secret Garden party where they were hiring them out. As you say, the only downside would be carrying sufficient supplies of booze on them as well as all your kit. For me they would mean a two journey trip to the car and back which doesn't register in mt brain as something I'd like to do - not that it'll concern me this year because I'm not going, and any future year I would be trying to get a campervan pass because (a) My wife only wants to do Glastonbury again in the campervan (I feel like I wouldn't mind trying it myself for a change - I can't recall how many Glastonbury's I've done but on everyone of them I have always camped in the same place. When I mean the same place I mean almost exactly the same place give it 20 feet or so.

Not a problem for us as we don't take much booze (not bulky booze anyway). We actually did two trips last year for the first time and it worked out much better for us. I normally get to camp so knackered that the rest of the weekend is a hard energy catch-up but two leisurely trips is much nicer.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Not a problem for us as we don't take much booze (not bulky booze anyway). We actually did two trips last year for the first time and it worked out much better for us. I normally get to camp so knackered that the rest of the weekend is a hard energy catch-up but two leisurely trips is much nicer.

I just can't face the idea of doing two trips. On top of that for the last two years doing two trips may have become technically / physically possible. The problem lies with having to / wanting to arrive on the Wednesday about 2pm and still make the efests meet in the early evening the same day. That rules out a second trip that day, or any other day for that matter, because once I start drinking I'm locked on and that's it for the next 5 days.

[madbrain]

Fairly certain Glastoworker posted some photos of people struggling with these when the wheels fell off because of the uneven ground/mud/something. Looked like a nightmare. Also wouldn't recommend wheeled suitcases - one of my daughter's friends insists on bringing one every year and every year it breaks before she enters the gate.

Thanks for the info think I look for something else then thanks.

[blackred]

They are called split pins and you can get them on line or at a DIY merchants.

While you are not wrong about them being split pins they are easier to find if you search for r-clips, 105mm * 5mm to be exact (seems to be a standard size for garden/fishing trolleys). Just had to buy some myself!

[madbrain]

A mechanic friend of mine just jazzed up a wheelie bin for us, stronger axle and big old rubber wheels really looks the bees knees, gave it a go on a real muddy track this thing flies through, it just fits on the back seat of my car, so hopefully it be fine.

[TNT1970]

That's exactly the one we have. Biggest test it had was in 2011. Rain, sticky mud and all our daughters' stuff plus loads of beer for them and their friends (though no tent). It was a bugger to pull towards the end but honestly a feather would have been after the (close to) 3 hours from Gate C to Pennards - the weight of mud on the wellies was at least as bad. That was one serious f**king nightmare. Trolley stood up to all of it - pins holding the sides together got a bit loose but didn't break. Wheels were fine. It was so much easier than having to carry everything. On dry mud on the Monday morning - up the "hill of death" - it was great. My advice would be to get lots of straps to hold things down (you've probably already thought of that) and maybe a couple of extra pins (just in case). And don't forget bin bags to cover everything in case of it pissing it down.

2nd mandolins comments Funk.

Everthing loaded,tent,day sacks,2 crates of cider, clothes and sundries. Cheap tarpualin over the top with loads of bungee cords worked well although when fully loaded manoeverability not the best but better than having it all on your back ?! Just watch the hill of death on the way down !!