Timberdoodle
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- Mar 16, 2025
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Hey.
So @Sundance and I were messing around on Bsky today and I kinda came up with a weird/fun idea for cargo hauling.
I have eventual need of a heavy duty hauler capable of replacing a small truck for hauling stuff to the farmer's market. this is the baseline that started the brainstorm.
I want to make it narrow enough to use bicycle infrastructure, carry a heretofore obscene load of 1-2 pallets, do so with a low deck, low center-of-gravity for handling and safety, and powerful enough to haul that cargo up some really really stupid hills.
Now an eCarla would likely be a good call for now, but I have CAD, the skills to do some genuinely stupid things, and the time to run this out.
I really like the low-boy decks I usually use for hauling big heavy logging equipment, and my general concept involves using a detachable front assembly so that there's an easy roll-on, roll-off deck. Figure it'll carry the cargo with far more style and flare than its bigger brother, hence the concept name of "LowGurl".
it'll be a front loader, the forward assembly will have either two or four wheels on it depending on how it CADs out. Who knows, maybe the system will have both assemblies as interchangeable depending on the planned load requirements.
parameters of this thought experiment: None. No expense cap, no material cap, if we need to make the frame out of titanium and charge the batteries on the aural energy of endangered cranes, it doesn't matter because this is likely to just be a paper thing anyways. If you need elaboration on the concept of this kind of thought experiment, go check out the "Tillman Maximum Battleship" on wikipedia.
If you wish to chip in, hell yeah. we're all mad on this site. Biggest challenge I'm seeing is the need for a quick connect-disconnect system for the steering linkages.
So @Sundance and I were messing around on Bsky today and I kinda came up with a weird/fun idea for cargo hauling.
I have eventual need of a heavy duty hauler capable of replacing a small truck for hauling stuff to the farmer's market. this is the baseline that started the brainstorm.
I want to make it narrow enough to use bicycle infrastructure, carry a heretofore obscene load of 1-2 pallets, do so with a low deck, low center-of-gravity for handling and safety, and powerful enough to haul that cargo up some really really stupid hills.
Now an eCarla would likely be a good call for now, but I have CAD, the skills to do some genuinely stupid things, and the time to run this out.
I really like the low-boy decks I usually use for hauling big heavy logging equipment, and my general concept involves using a detachable front assembly so that there's an easy roll-on, roll-off deck. Figure it'll carry the cargo with far more style and flare than its bigger brother, hence the concept name of "LowGurl".
it'll be a front loader, the forward assembly will have either two or four wheels on it depending on how it CADs out. Who knows, maybe the system will have both assemblies as interchangeable depending on the planned load requirements.
parameters of this thought experiment: None. No expense cap, no material cap, if we need to make the frame out of titanium and charge the batteries on the aural energy of endangered cranes, it doesn't matter because this is likely to just be a paper thing anyways. If you need elaboration on the concept of this kind of thought experiment, go check out the "Tillman Maximum Battleship" on wikipedia.
If you wish to chip in, hell yeah. we're all mad on this site. Biggest challenge I'm seeing is the need for a quick connect-disconnect system for the steering linkages.
