The sheet of plywood came from Tony. The green rope I pulled from my camping equipment. And the plastic "handle" is from a nice pen set holder. A dozen 1-inch screws.
This additional handle will allow me to lift the heavy pack over thresholds, up and down stairs, into and out of cars, with ease. It also avoids using the fabric handles on the soft-sided cooler bag itself. Those bag handles were not designed for such extremely heavy loads. And since the bag was not tightly secured to the cart itself, invariably the cart would want to stay behind...
The new rope handle runs under the board and through cart frame. So the cart supports the load. And must travel. The new robe handle nicely stows in the front outrigger compartment. Win!
As usual, I already see some opportunities to improve this. The rope—I believe it is decorative only—is probably not strong enough. I'll have to switch to something more robust. I think I have some nylon I can use. And the plastic tube is way too fragile. Metal, heavy plastic (PVC), or rubber will be much better. Rubber would be best actually.
Still, this mod makes it much better.
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Incidentally, this was photographed on the walk-out from my place on Colbeck, Colbeck and Drury, near High Park. The 10x10 deck I referred to as The Outlook.
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