I have had a Quik-pak for 7 years now and have used it on many tours. I think, given your situation that a trailer makes sense. I got the trailer when it was still being built in a small shop in Colorado.nI have many issues with bad quality, parts that were missing, holes not drilled, and wheels built wrong. It took months to get it all straighten out. But it was finally fix and now works after I made some changes to it. At least mine, the folding doesn't work since removing the wheels requires a wrench and it uses thread lock goo to hold them on. I think they fixed that now, but check. The trailer rides very nice and I enjoy using it when I need the extra room, like touring with my kids. I think the 20 inch wheels roll very nice. If you want to see more pix's, see my crazyguyonabike.com journals for Brian Youngberg. My Nova Scotia, Train du Nordic, and my sons first tour all have pix's of the trailer in use. If you have any other questions, just pm me.