D_Mac 8,619 #1 Posted September 1, 2022 So a couple of weeks ago I was driving along in my truck and there was a house in my neighborhood that had about 25 shopping carts in its front lawn. There was a dumpster in the driveway and about 3 or 4 work vans in the lawn and driveway as well. Being that I live in the city and anything metal gets scooped up by scrappers real quick I figured they would be gone in no time. Few days go by... maybe 15 carts left. Few more days down to 3. So I stopped. Tossed them into the back of the truck and took them home. Now what the heck am I going to do with them? Why did I pick these up ? Ughhhhh. So I started looking on line for repurposed shopping carts. Now I'm pissed I didnt take all of them ! Pretty easy to make and you would be surprised as to how comfortable they are. Just have to put a drink holder on them somewhere. I also am debating as to if I should take the wheels off. Anyways... what do you think ? 1 2 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,577 #2 Posted September 1, 2022 That is cool!!! Im thinking of a new train concept to tow behind your … daisy chain them together with a single bar stock and go… D_MAC & Wheel Horse Northern RR… 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,121 #3 Posted September 1, 2022 1. Leave the wheels on. Sit in it in your street on a windy day and wait! 2. Get a buddy to tow you down on Atlantic Ave under that train overpass after a big rain storm! (you have to be sitting in it!) 2A. Better yet, Head down Winton and go under the train overpass by Wegmans after a big rain storm! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,619 #4 Posted September 1, 2022 They are comfortable. Arm rest are perfect height. Cushion helps but it's not bad with no cushion either. Since the wheels don't lock if your not in the grass getting in and out could be an issue depending on how much you had to drink. The front foot rest is nice. Just need to come up with a drink holder. Hmmmmm. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #5 Posted September 1, 2022 Those are pretty cool you should take it to a wh show just to sit in it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,619 #6 Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) Thought about going to a car show tonight and bringing one. Car show is in parking lot of shopping plaza. Sit in it by my buddies or my cousins car. Edited September 1, 2022 by D_Mac 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,121 #7 Posted September 1, 2022 14 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said: Those are pretty cool you should take it to a wh show just to sit in it There is no way you could take that to a WH show and just sit in it especially if @WHX??, @Achto, or @Pullstart is around! 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,619 #8 Posted September 1, 2022 With @WHX??and @Achtoit might come back running and driving. With @Pullstartit would surely come back with a few more bends in it !! 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,367 #9 Posted September 1, 2022 Hopefully the store they came from, doesn't come looking for them 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yossarian 208 #10 Posted September 1, 2022 They look pretty cool. The only place around here that has those quarter slots on the handle is Aldi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #12 Posted September 1, 2022 2 hours ago, The Freightliner Guy said: take it to a wh show AFTER you install the engine! 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #13 Posted September 1, 2022 3 hours ago, squonk said: 1. Leave the wheels on. Sit in it in your street on a windy day and wait! 2. Get a buddy to tow you down on Atlantic Ave under that train overpass after a big rain storm! (you have to be sitting in it!) 2A. Better yet, Head down Winton and go under the train overpass by Wegmans after a big rain storm! Or... just sit at the end of your driveway in them... and watch the cars drive into the cornfields after the drivers have cart shock... If I was driving down the road and saw someone sitting in a cart like that... I would soil my shorts... Don 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,619 #14 Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Jeff-C175 said: AFTER you install the engine! Don't look like a Kohler under there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,586 #15 Posted September 2, 2022 3 hours ago, squonk said: There is no way you could take that to a WH show and just sit in it especially if @WHX??, @Achto, or @Pullstart is around! I could so see hooking that to a fast with a 75ft rope & dragging @Pullstart around at full speed. I'm sure that Jim would be happy to hold Kevin's drink for him. 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,586 #16 Posted September 2, 2022 3 hours ago, D_Mac said: With @WHX??and @Achtoit might come back running and driving. One must keep their mind open to the extreme. 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,821 #17 Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) What's that Styx song Mac? I've got too much time on my hands... Is there a way to patina them??? Edited September 2, 2022 by WHX?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,121 #18 Posted September 2, 2022 27 minutes ago, Achto said: I could so see hooking that to a fast with a 75ft rope & dragging @Pullstart around at full speed. I'm sure that Jim would be happy to hold Kevin's drink for him. Spin him around in a circle then " cut him loose! " We used to do "shopping cart bowling" in college. Roommate had a big 68 Chrysler Newport. 4 or 5 guys and some adult beverages. Find a grocery store late at night with a big parking lot. Line up 10 carts like pins and take another cart and hang onto it through the window. Get a head of steam up and cut the wheel and let the cart fly! After enough beverages were consumed skip the extra cart and just drive the car like it's the ball! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #19 Posted September 2, 2022 I think Kevin is in enough pain at the moment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,619 #20 Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, WHX?? said: What's that Styx song Mac? I've got too much time on my hands... Is there a way to patina them??? Lol at my patina, original paint Aldis Shopping Cart. Too funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,902 #21 Posted September 2, 2022 10 hours ago, The Freightliner Guy said: I think Kevin is in enough pain at the moment yeah, but I’ll heal… 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,326 #22 Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, squonk said: Roommate had a big 68 Chrysler Newport. 4 or 5 guys and some adult beverages. Find a grocery store late at night with a big parking lot. Line up 10 carts like pins and take another cart and hang onto it through the window. Get a head of steam up and cut the wheel and let the cart fly! My son had been driving for only about 2 years when he told me about playing "Shopping Cart Rodeo" he had a friend from Highschool and when the two of them got together, I'd call them "The Feces Twins" - sh!t always seems to happen when they were in a car... There is a large shopping plaza on the top of a hill in the next town. When it snows, they use a couple of front end loaders to create a 20 plus foot tall mountain of the plowed snow, situated at the end of the property, overlooking an adjacent store parking lot down below. The Twins were at that plaza one winter night at closing time, and yup, they found a few stray carts in the lot. Just like what @squonk said - drive up behind one, steer it towards the pile of snow and let it rip! AND you get 20 Bonus points if it goes up & over, landing in the lot below! I reminded him the store below had cameras in the lot..... Game Over !!! Edited September 2, 2022 by ri702bill 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #23 Posted September 2, 2022 Oh hahaha looks like @Pullstart having fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,326 #24 Posted September 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said: Oh hahaha looks like @Pullstart having fun God watches out for those that cannot do it themselves.... !! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,121 #25 Posted September 2, 2022 We go a big honkin parking lot at a plaza in town. Tops grocery store at the west end. East end has a pizza shop and gym and no carts. One night is was a big west wind and my B I L calls me. His daughter's car died and wanted me to help. We stop at the plaza at Auto Zone to get something. I stayed in the truck and these 2 carts are hauling butt across the parking lot. You'd swear there were 2 ghost's racing those things. Back and forth they went. 1 in the lead then the other. When they got to the end they piled into each other in the grass. They plow all the snow to the east end. In the spring all the snow melts and carts start appearing in the snow pile like the stuff at Lake Meade! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
