bungee cords v. tie downs

[I feel like Pablo]

hi just looking for some advice, 

first time bringing a trolley this year and wondering what is best to secure items to it - bungee cords or tie downs (strapped belt things dunno their proper name) ?

trolley looks sort of like this but much more aged 

[ads1980]

I'd go with bungee cords all the time. You can wrap up really tight. I'd also follow that up by wrapping cling film around the whole thing several times to make it even more secure. I've always gone for a 4 wheeled pull along trolley as they are a bit easier. 

[pie_and_a_pint]

Bungee cords.

Cling film is a good idea in theory but it's not exactly environmentally friendly. Do recycle it appropriately if you must use it.

[ads1980]

I agree. also most of the trolleys aren't either. You see loads that are broken and just abandoned. I bought a sturdy 4 wheeled truck in 2007 and I've used it every year since. It's still going strong. People don't realise how far you have to walk and the terrain that you have to cross. 

[fur_q]

Ratchet straps definitely much better than bungees and unlike paler wrap resuasable 

[Spindles]

+1 for bungees or ratchet straps.  Both hold a load well and respond well to the bumping and shifting of a load over uneven terrain.

[Evilmonkeydan]

Plastic storage boxes are your friend! Pack your stuff in them them, bungee them to the sack truck, trying to bungee lots of smaller random shapes always destined to wriggle free from your straps.

[stuwilky]

5 minutes ago, Evilmonkeydan said:

Plastic storage boxes are your friend! Pack your stuff in them them, bungee them to the sack truck, trying to bungee lots of smaller random shapes always destined to wriggle free from your straps.

Yup this! - Sack truck with Coleman at the bottom, plastic storage box with camping kit in the middle, and tent/more booze/something else - bungeed at the top.  Rucksack not overweighted so doesnt irritate me!

[I feel like Pablo]

wow thanks for the responses guys! 

we've bought both bungee cords and tie downs in case one or the other fails. will definitely be purchasing plastic boxes to carry things in and have some industrial strength shrink wrap the nice delivery driver at work gave me (which will be responsibly disposed of)

have yet to try attaching everything to the trolley but hoping it goes well as really don't want to be those people with the falling-apart trolley with stuff strewn everywhere that you see every year. 

[stuwilky]

AND.....forgot to mention

 

Check the pins/wheel nuts in advance, and if possible take a spare just in case, and check the tyres are pumped up.  A flat tyre is no fun, based on experience of a puncture leaving in 2013!