For the past ten years I’ve used a skateboard to schlepp a full keg from point A to point B. Precariously perched with its 165 pounds flexing the thrift store board. It gets the job done.
But the folly trolley says a new era has begun. Talking the talk of a new way, a new platform to get the keg from here to there. A proud promenade across the garage and into the kegerator. There’s no flex in the plywood and those monster casters are ready for much much more… …15,000 pounds or a ½ barrel of IPA, whatever it takes.
P.S.
a few hours later
At the conclusion of the folly trolley’s maiden voyage that old thrift store skateboard said “I told you so” and proceeded to point out all the things that make him a better schlepper in this garage:
–The folly trolley is 9” off the ground
–The skateboard is only 4” tall which makes it easier for an old man to heft a full keg up and on board.
–The folly trolley is 24” wide
–The skateboard is 8”
–At the tail end of the schlepp, there’s a hard right turn through a narrow doorway over a rough patch of uneven cement.
-The skateboard can take this turn easily.
-The folly trolley cannot. Not even close. It’s a chore to get through the doorway.
The folly trolley will sit around and look for a reason to be more than a folly. But that old skateboard will probably continue to be the keg schlepper down here.
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