Originally Posted by Leisesturm

I wondered about those kid trailers for cargo hauling... I nearly touched off WWIII, maybe three months ago when I advised a poster to go for a Bob Yak or Nashbar, single wheel trailer over a kiddie caboose. My point of departure was the frontal area of the kid hauler and the aerodynamic drag but... the fact is, the Bob Yak is rated for 70lbs but since the bed is steel mesh... ... we have never loaded it to its rated weight... its usually closer to 120lbs. I'm pretty certain that if I got into it carefully enough (190lb) I wouldn't damage the trailer even though the weight would be distributed over a very small surface area. No, you don't want your kid in a Bob Yak, you need a kid seat or an X-tracycle. Come to think of it, the X-tracycle is probably a better option for many contemplating grocery hauling with children than a child trailer. JMO.

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