Originally Posted by Cyclaholic
A plastic basket would save you a heap of weight, I was surprised at just how heavy the basket was after stripping it down. You could also save some weight by using aluminum tubing, the steel I used is overkill; way stronger than necessary.
Yes, I agree that the shopping cart basket is WAAAAAAAAAY to heavy for this job!!
Sorry to say that it will lessen the usefulness to the point that this cart will not get used often.
Suggest that a couple of straps be welded to allow a bottom to hold a plastic tub to save weight
to let you use this very well made cart. It'd be a shame to let this cart lay fallow wanting to
get used.
