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Finished the prototype of a laundry cart for my mom. She was complaining about having to reach down to the basket to get the cloths out to hang on the line. It should also hold a basket while picking vegetables or fruit. I found a couple of pictures of antique carts and a toy cart that I used for inspiration. Now I just need to figure out what wood I want to make it out of as the prototype is made from re-purposed plywood. I just used some 1 inch strap that I had for the basket holder but I think some of the wider lawn chair webbing would be better. The basket holder just hooks over the front dowel so it will fold fairly flat when not needed.

Very nice

Clever design! Should work really well. Maybe cedar or redwood if its going to see much time outdoors?

Good functional project. You could probably just paint the prototype and sell it also. I would buy it at a yard sale.

Very creative!
Looks good and funcional too.

John

OMG! Someone else with a clothes line!

Very nice. I love the antique design feel of it. I know it will be very handy. I can’t wait to see the final work.

I suspect you may have already considered this, but I would see if there are wheels available that are slightly more substantial if the cart is sometimes going to be rolling across heavier grass, the terrain is a little rough under the grass, or it will sometimes be soft from rain. The wheels shown may get hung up in the grass, and the cart may be somewhat difficult to push in those conditions, especially if there’s not enough weight or frame strength to allow the cart to solidly track.

Great idea! You've created a carrier cart you could put all sorts of containers in.

I agree with Marc, somewhat larger wheels would be better for any use besides smooth flooring. You have plenty of space on the legs to upgrade those if you find something nice.

I will be borrowing or stealing your design, depending on how you see it.

I like it!

Should be strong enough as is to hold a load of wet laundry and that it folds up for storage I give it an A+

I agree that bigger wheels would be a benefit for moving over lawns and rougher ground.

One of the things that I am thinking about changing is adding wheels to the other legs so you do not have to tip it while moving it. Some of the antique carts had four wheels instead of two. The wheels that I used are 6 inch lawn mower wheels and seem to work fine as I move it around my yard. Most of the antique ones had smaller wood wheels. The 1 inch webbing should be replaced with wider webbing as it will pull apart, even though it is woven, with smaller baskets/containers if not carefully placed. The top edge of basket holder is at 32 inches, which is about the same height as the antiques but the top of your basket will depend on the size of it and where it sits on the webbing. I used the largest laundry basket I could find for the wooden frame dimensions then used the webbing lengths to adjust so a smaller basket would be at about the top of the wooden frame. It worked very well for holding containers while picking my Summercrisp pear trees. I am not sure about the height if I was picking something at ground level or pulling weeds on my knees and wanted to place things in the basket container without getting up, I will have to try that at some point. I will post dimensions if someone wants them.