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I'm working on a photobash and want to include the solarpunk equivalent of a pickup truck - is there a utility cycle/wagon/rickshaw type design you'd like to see? (self.utilitycycling)

submitted 1 year ago by JacobCoffinWrites to c/utilitycycling

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I honestly have no idea if this is practical, the closest I ever came to utility cycling was riding with small furniture in a handlebar basket. I am working on a photobash where a salvage co-op is recovering technology from overgrown buildings, and I wanted to put some kind of vehicle out front. My first instinct was a wagon with tires/suspension from a car, but I thought this might be an opportunity to show off alternatives to horse or oxen, - is there some kind of larger-than-average contraption you'd like to see here?

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[–] JacobCoffinWrites 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's much closer to the kind of wagon shape I was picturing, I think I can definitely work from this!

[–] MrMakabar 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could also use some type of cargo cycle rickshaw.

Also a lot of fork lifts are actually electric, so they can be operated in buildings. So a modified offroad form lift might be an option. Then there are wood gas generators, which can make a normal pick up truck wood powered.

[–] JacobCoffinWrites 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! These are great