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I have a canopy-enclosed cart (inside cargo space: 34 x 24 x 8 inches), which I want to fill up with gear.

The challenge is that I'd need to empty the cart about twice a day and lift all the stuff, group by group, (including the cart itself) few hundred meters / yards due to unmaneuverable conditions for wheels.

Therefore the packing system needs to make it easy to carry all the stuff without too many back and forth.

I figured to get 3 bags (55L x 2, 40L x1), and stack them on top of each other inside the cart (40L on top), however, I am afraid I won't be able to secure them well enough with straps, and that they might fall on the canopy. also its still not the best because it would require at least 3 trips each time.

A pulk would have been great, but I can't find a collapsible one, that would allow my to carry it inside or on top of the cart.

What would you suggest please?

Thanks!

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  • That's a lot of stuff for one person. What are the dimensions of the bags? Can two of them fit in the cart side by side or will it be a stack of 3. Also how can things under a canopy fall on a canopy?
    – Kate Gregory
    Commented Aug 11 at 15:09
  • I found bags that are about the exact dimensions of the L (24'') and W (8''). they cannot fit side by side because the W of 8'' is too small for any 2 bags to fit side by side. The canopy encloses all the cart, kind of a wind-rain protection.
    – kolmer
    Commented Aug 11 at 18:28
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    A few more details please - are you pulling/pushing the cart yourself? Does it have poles? Could you add a couple of loose poles to make a travois for the rough sections - carry cart and all on the travois.
    – bob1
    Commented Aug 11 at 21:23
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    Then get duffel bags and figure out how to carry those (and search more widely for bag options). If weight is such a critical issue then perhaps there are other solutions to your trip that don't involve a cart and all that gear.
    – Jon Custer
    Commented Aug 13 at 14:17
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    @kolmer Those weights are pretty light for bag + contents. I've carried over 45 kg (99 lb) routinely in a backpack for work doing ecological surveys off-trail etc. There has to be a solution, but you need to edit a lot of detail into the question - see Martin F comment above.
    – bob1
    Commented Aug 13 at 20:17

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Find or make bags that fit two side by side inside the cart and put the third or maybe third and fourth on top fixed with elastic straps or easy to place and release adjustable webbing straps. Use the straps to hold the load, not the canopy.

If you have four bags it is likely that you can put the top layer at a 90° angle to the lower layer, adding stability.

Or make (or have made) bags to replace your bigger bags so that they fit the cart.

Alternatively, build or rebuild the cart to fit the bags you own.

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