Household Move by Bike
If you are making a short move a few miles away, moving your possessions with a bike and bicycle trailer is an alternative to using a motorized vehicle. Here are some photos from a household move we did.
| If the items that you are hauling are large but not too heavy, like this futon, porch swing and desk chairs, then two trailers can be hooked together to reduce the number of trips. |  |
| Here, 18-gallon Rubbermaid bins are filled with smaller items like books, clothing, kitchen utensils and loaded on the lowest level of the bicycle trailer. Then larger items are carried on top of the full bins. |  |
| Large machine shop equipment, like this lathe, can be broken down and transported by bike and trailer. Other shop items like workbenches, shelving, and wood or metal tubing can usually be carried without breaking or cutting down. |  |
| A full-size washer and dryer can be managed by bike and trailer in one load. |  |
Here are a couple of videos of some recent bike moves in which we participated. Special thanks to Helen Gunderson of Gunder-friend Productions for filming and producing these.
Bikes Move Stuff in Ames, Iowa - July 12, 2009
Bikes Move Stuff in Ames, Iowa - July 26, 2009
Links to others who have moved by bike:
- Boston Move - Max Poletto uses a Bikes At Work trailer to move into his new apartment with his new wife.
- Chicago Move - Daniel P. of Metrodigital.com describes his move to his new apartment through the snow using a Bikes At Work trailer.
- A (Mostly) Carfree Move - Matt Richmond uses his model 64 BAW trailer to move 90% of his belongings (including, it appears, all the big stuff) to his new place.
- Ottawa Move 1 - Vic Gedris and friends do a human-powered move in Ottawa through a snowstorm with a Greenspeed tandem and some Burley trailers.
- Ottawa Move 2 - Richard Guy Briggs and friends do another human-powered move in Ottawa, this time to a 3 bedroom house. Additional pictures and videos are available at http://vic.gedris.org/pics/2003-05-10/index.html.
- Australia Move - Moz moves using his own megatrailer.
