Rain Barrels by Bicycle, June 23rd, 2010

IMG_0075 When Andrew Johnson heard that I was going to move the store he offered to lease me one of his pickup trucks. I was reluctant at first but when I started to use it I found how useful it was but I found that I was slowly using it too much so I returned it to him a few weeks ago.

Before I had the pickup truck I would have figured out a way to do it by bicycle trailer and this is precisely what I did last week when I went and picked up the last shipment of rain barrels. I figured out a way that I could easily modify my bicycle trailer to carry rain barrels (they are bulky but fairly light).

It worked nicely. All 8 barrels fitted on the trailer safely and securely. I will usually only order 8 barrels a week but it looks like I could easily carry 10 or even 12 barrels.

On my trip from 50th street and 82 Avenue to the store three different people asked me about the rain barrels. Good way to raise awareness about rain barrels!