Trekker's Friend hiking trailer (v.3.7) - carries your backpack for you

Trekker's Friend hiking trailer v3.7. Condition is New.The Trekker's Friend is a lightweight highly portable device that converts your backpack and trekking poles to a hiking trailer, so that hiking with a backpack can be easier, faster and more comfortable than carrying it.Other hiking trailers are commercially available, but they are heavy and slow to dismantle, and can’t be used when the terrain becomes too steep or rough, so they cannot be taken on trips where such terrain might be encountered. The Trekker’s Friend overcomes these problems by being lightweight and quickly converted between carrying and wheeling as the terrain requires.When using the Trekker’s Friend as a hiking trailer, your trekking poles connect to the wheel assembly to form part of the trailer’s frame (pictures 1, 3 and 4).When the terrain becomes too rough to use a trailer, disconnect your poles from the device and use them to assist walking as usual. Then carry your backpack as usual, with the Trekker’s Friend assembly attached (picture 2).It takes around a minute to change between carrying and wheeling or back again.The daypack that the Trekker’s Friend comes in can be used to balance the load when wheeling the pack, taking more weight off your body (picture 1).When travelling by car or public transport the Trekker’s Friend can be left attached to your backpack or packed away in its daypack (picture 11).The Trekker’s Friend weighs approx. 1.8 kg, which does not include either the backpack or trekking poles, as these are not part of the device.The Trekker’s Friend needs to be used with trekking poles that are as strong and rigid as possible, preferably made of Aluminium 7075.The Trekker’s Friend consists of the following items:A daypack (pictures 9, 10 and 11), made of 210D Cordura Nylon, that attaches to the bottom piece and your backpack and carries items, thereby balancing your load better and taking more weight off your body (picture 1). The daypack has an internal pocket and is useful to have on your journey (picture 11). The daypack can be packed into its own internal pocket when not in use (picture 10)Two plastic wheels with sealed metal bearings and tyres that can’t punctureA webbing harness, which has two shoulder straps and a wide waist belt (picture 8). It connects to your trekking poles using two small ‘snap hook’ carabiners and a suspension system to pull your backpack along on wheels. You can distribute the weight between your shoulders and waist as you walk, and can remove the shoulder straps entirely to walk for longer periods just using the waist belt (picture 4)A top and bottom piece, connected together with a webbing strap. The top piece (picture 7) is made of aluminium and plastic and the bottom piece (picture 6) is made of stainless steel. These have built-in straps to attach to your backpack, and places to attach the trekking poles and wheels. The top piece has shock cords to attach your poles to and the bottom piece has shock cords to tie the waist belt of your backpack out of the way when wheeling itSmall parts, which consist of 4 replacement bearings for the wheels, 6 washers, 3 R-clips, and a special strap for attaching the daypack to your backpack so as to balance your load and take weight off your body.Four webbing straps are used to secure the Trekker’s Friend to your backpack:Bottom side straps, attached to the bottom piece, which join at the top of your backpack (under the top pocket) and hold the bottom piece in placeTop side straps, attached to the top piece, which join over the straps securing the shoulder straps to the backpack and hold the top piece in place.A centre strap attached to the bottom and top pieces, that goes around the centre of your backpack, joined at the back, and holds both the top and bottom piece in placeA special “ladder” strap for attaching the Trekker’s Friend daypack to your backpack, which goes from the hand grip of the daypack to the handgrip of your backpack.@font-face @font-face @font-face @font-face @font-face @font-face @font-face @list l0:level1 @list l0:level2 @list l0:level3 @list l0:level4 @list l0:level5 @list l0:level6 @list l0:level7 @list l0:level8 @list l0:level9 @list l1:level1 @list l1:level2 @list l1:level3 @list l1:level4 @list l1:level5 @list l1:level6 @list l1:level7 @list l1:level8 @list l1:level9 p.MsoNormal p.p span.msoIns span.msoDel @page @page Section0 div.Section0 These webbing straps are black, made of polyester, and each one has a 680 kg breaking strain. You connect the straps to each other and adjust them using ‘G-Hooks”, which may be black or uncoloured metal depending on availability.As shown in picture 12 the standard Trekker’s Friend is made for backpacks that are up to 35 cm across at the base – this fits most modern backpacks. You can also order Trekker's Friends in other sizes, for example to fit backpacks 40 and 45 cm wide, or a custom size. When you order, either indicate the size, or I will contact you to identify which

size you want.Buy the Trekker’s Friend hiking trailer here to make your walk faster, easier and more comfortable!