This turned out to be rather unstable, but it was fun for an afternoon.

I love this

I love hauling things with my bicycle. I used my bicycle as part of my move over the summer.

We were moving around 2 miles so it was pretty practical

Moving the Christmas trees was sketchy as the trailer wanted to fish tail :)

Hase Pino Tour with the stoker position removed. I put on an Aventon cargo tray that someone abandoned at the LBS. Burley Travoy for additional lightweight capacity. This load was supplies for a Juneteenth cookout party for 20 people.

For very heavy or large loads, I have a Surly Bill trailer.

Carrying a boat of this size on the Surly Bill is strongly contraindicated. :D I had a lot of weight in the stern, but the load shifted and things got squirrelly.

Not that voluminous today, but I have XL panniers on about half the time. Here they are on the ice bike:

I have a Madsen Bucket Bike, kinda like this but the previous model and not electrified:

My kids are too big for it now (sort of, I can still jam them both in if it's an emergency) but they used to love riding in it. I keep thinking I'll sell it but for big grocery runs or errands in the neighborhood where I need more tools than I can carry on a pannier, I still get lots and lots of use out of it.

I find the hard sides and permanent fixture to be really good for hauling lots of stuff, vs soft removable bags that maybe I don't remember to bring with me or that squash around and make it harder to load. The downside is, it's a lot to get used to and the fact that the bike itself empty is like 100 pounds makes it a no-go for long trips.

I like that trailer. I do not haul stuff with my bike, mostly because my dog travels with me 99% of the time and I do not have a great way to haul her with me too. She is 8 1/2 and not as quick as she used to be.

I have been looking at building my own trailer like the one in the image I quoted so she can ride in it, or run as she feels fit to do.

If one bike is good, two must be better. Right?

Got a fairly normal real pannier rack with a bag on each side and a small one on top. Plus a backpack but almost never need to use all of those at the same time even for a weeks shopping. Of course bags of carrots, potatoes, oats and rice is pretty high on food density.

Great post, I am pinning this to encourage more comments.

The most affordable cargo solution to date! (If you don't count the mounting hardware.)

More details in this post: https://leminal.space/post/30930361

Sorry for the lack of pics, but I've got:

• a Lectric Xpedition cargo e-bike with Lectric's "large" cargo basket mounted in the front even though they intended it for the rear, with the rear rack set up for carrying kids
• an acoustic utility bike modified from an early '90s rigid mountain bike, with a Wald front cargo basket and a rear rack for panniers.
• two InStep kid trailers, one of which I plan to modify into a cargo trailer with a flat hard floor and rectangular side rails (but I haven't gotten around to it yet)

My bike is on the left. Not exactly utility cycling but close enough. When we got to the campsite and put our stuff down, we went to get some groceries for food. It was then that we realized the roads were not safe enough to ride so we had to take the MTB trails to the grocery store. 2 fixed gear, a hybrid, and my gravel bike were loaded up with food on black diamond trails. We passed some confused guys on full suspension e-mtbs that day.

How do you like the kayak+bike trailer combo? I've been thinking of getting a small kayak and using that exact setup.

I'm boring, panniers and/or a backpack. Got a front basket (Wald?) that I hate - holds fuck all weight and unbalances the bike with anything decent in it.

I tried to build an e-cargo bike out of an old Australia post delivery bike but the bike was too small for me, shame as it was rated to 190kg.

I'd love a mid-drive, belt-drive dutch-style cargo-bike where I can put someone on the front and rear racks without issue.