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NEWS FLASH!!

INCREASED MOBILITY!

Don't let your dependence on a scooter hold you back, now you can get out and shop and haul to your hearts desire-well we will leave your 50 foot power boat and travel trailer at home until they get these scooters up a few horsepower-but for now there's still a lot you can do. The one in the pic uses recycled wheels, and this will be one model . Shipping considerations probably mean using lighter wheels-with adequate strength of course.

Pricing will be around the GG prices.

But we have a whole new world of trailers opening up here!

Most if not all of the trailers on my website will allow themselves to be used. At the moment we know that Shoprider and Pride have handy receptacles for the towbar-maybe others too. If not we can adapt to suit.

ANOTHER NEWS FLASH!!

We now cater to the Urban Cliff -Dwellers- with a new apartment sized GG , Fits into elevators and closets and even the downtown grocery check-outs-where space is more precious. It still has the carrying capacity of the regular models.

Priced at only Cdn $350 (US$329). Knock-down version-it fits inside the tote-$Cdn $450 (US$423).

Click here for a pic of it in action. Pink is extra!

	Hello once again, Tony... Just a few words to let you know that I am enjoying my Model KD 'grocery getter' immensely...the best thing I ever got for my beloved bicycle...no doubt about that...no doubt at all. ...Thank you for treating me with dignity and kindness. Respectfully, Lorne

Grocery-Getter ™ Models:

• Standard Model (D)



• Portable Model (KD)



• Heavy-Duty Model (W)

"Tony's Trailers in Canada make the most versatile goods trailers of them all, and the prices are so reasonable that they can be well within your target even after coming from Canada... Every review I've seen on this company and its products has been excellent."from http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/

"LIVING IN Britain just after the Second World War, when shortages abounded, entrepreneur Tony Hoar had to be inventive. When he couldn't find a bike trailer to haul his camping gear, he built one. He's since relocated to Vancouver Island, where, among other things, he built the wheelchair Rick Hansen propelled around the world. For those of us not contemplating a global marathon, Hoar also makes the ingenious Grocery Getter ($350 and up), a bike trailer designed for supermarket trips. When you get to the store, just unhook it from your seat post, trundle it down the aisles (it fits through checkout lanes), then hook it back onto your bike. Hoar designs other kinds of trailers, including ones pulled by sled dogs." - Laura Byrne Paquet

"I also wanted to let you know that my trailer is working great- I haul my cello everywhere. I've had a few compliments from people as well. It's also fabulous for groceries." - Laura

Bin-Buddies

Bin Buddies™ are water resistant nylon fabric inserts with pockets around the inside perimeter for storing a variety of items in commonly found plastic storage bins while still allowing the lid to fit snugly as the original manufacturers intended.

Check out our comprehensive list of options to customize your trailer!

"Kwik Kommuter"

The pic shows a new design for commuting which is quite a lot more aerodynamic as it has the narrow end facing forward. But still maintains the optimum wheel track for stability It comes with 20" alloy sealed bearing wheels better suited to longer commutes. Price is $410 plus taxes, packaging and shipping.

If you are a regular user of our Grocery Getters then you know well how much of a contribution you have been making to keeping plastic bags in particular and packaging in general-out of the landfill.

It's noticeable after a while that all those dreaded plastic bags just are not around your house anymore and I am sure the few that are get used as many times as possible. But it's best to stop using them at all.

Using the GG eliminates most plastic bags and finally moves are now underway to ban plastic bags by stores, and municipalities and even Countries.

So Users of the GG's, the world is trying to catch up with your good manners and foresight-but they still have a way to go all the while they use their polluting vehicles for shopping.

It's faster by bike and trailer often, but inside the store is where more gains are possible by self scanning, using hand held scanners obviates the need to take the stuff out of the tote at the check-out for scanning and then having to put it back in again.

If like me you are fed up with the long waits at the check-outs-including self check-outs- then complain to the store manager.

It's not like it's new technology even, they have been using them for years in the UK and Europe.

Here is a typical feature at the entrance of all large stores in the UK- The hand held scanners -just pick one up to save time on check-out and you know exactly what your groceries are adding up to at any time.

Then when this happy day arrives the GG will come into it's own

The Smart Shopper in the future.

Don't forget- you saw it here first!

Shopping Cart of the future waiting for you on the store lot.	Take the Smart Cart to your car and pick up your totes- Up to four-note the Bin Buddy liner.	First thing you see in the store-your hand-held self scanner-scan as you shop!
With the Smart Cart you do your shopping in a fraction of the time-the groceries stay undisturbed until get them home.	Better yet go to a store that loans out the Smart Shopper(and totes) and use your bike-just slip on the towbar and away you go!

That's great but imagine when the scanners come into use that will scan through the totes- a real timesaver!

WHAT DID WE TELL YOU-THEY ARE HERE - see the following articles from MIT and the Victoria Times Columnist.

We have developed a cart that will help the motorists get greener- watch this space for details-prototypes are already in test programs at major chains.

These forward thinking youngsters gained well deserved recognition and prizes for their efforts. Click here.

Our grocery-getter models range from the Standard (D) model, to the Portable (KD) and Heavy-Duty (W) models. All of these models have convenient features like a foam-padded handgrip for easy pulling around your local supermarket. And yes, they all fit through most grocery checkout aisles.

"This Cargo Cart is a versatile little puppy: you can attach it to the seatpost of your bicycle with a clip on the handle, or use it as a hand cart - it can haul a lot, and a bungee chord can add some stuff to the top on the lid. I use this regularly to carry 40 pounds of water from an artesian well in the Dundas Valley, but it can do groceries, trips to the beer store, and even stand-in as a make-shift wheel-barrow to carry soil. It's an all terrain vehicle for the human powered. Beats a bundle buggy in mud anyday. Snow banks crumble under the 20 inch bicycle tires. I borrow mine from Mac Green at McMaster."

All trailers shipped from Mill Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. See the ordering page for more information about how to purchase a Tony's Trailer.

766 Handy Road, Mill Bay
British Columbia, Canada, V0R 2P1
Phone: (250) 743-9915   E-mail: tonyhoar@shaw.ca

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