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Carry More With A Mobility Scooter Trailer
As mobility scooters are continually improved they make a lot of short journeys easier and with various accessories that can be added it means there is little problem in a user carrying a walking stick or crutches, small amounts of shopping and other items on their scooter.
Sometimes though you may need to carry more than a bag of groceries and although some people may hang a shopping bag from the handles it’s not really the best way and could even become a little dangerous as it puts added weight on the handle area, this could make it more difficult for you to turn safely.
A mobility scooter trailer can be suitable for those journeys where you need to transport a few bags of shopping or other items, and safely, as well as keeping the items dry.
All of this needs to be possible without making your scooter difficult to manage, so it’s important that you dont try to attach any type of trailer that you think you will be ok but instead only use one designed purely for use with a mobility scooter.
There will usually be a limit in size for the trailer and this is to make sure that the mobility scooter, with trailer attached does not become a problem to operate and that not too much weight can be added that would cause any problems or put the user at risk.
The trailers are usually lockable too, so keeping your items safe inside, they are built to withstand the natural vibration and wear and tear as a mobility scooter user travels along pavements and roads and will connect to most mobility scooters.
With a trailer you are not as limited to the amount of shopping or other items that you can carry safely, this also keeps yourself safer by keeping anything that shouldn’t be on the handle area off and behind you where it doesn’t become a distraction or a liability.
Attaching a mobility scooter trailer is kept simple, as is detaching it so as soon as you dont need the use of the trailer it can simply be unattached with a few simple steps and reattached with a few simple steps when you need it again.

July 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 am
The trailer idea is good but a bit expensive, maybe a cheap kit could be made as my Caddy trailer that can carry about 7 cwt comes as a flat pack kit. All it would need it a ‘T’ trame with 2 stub axles and a coupling on it, 2 wheels, 4 sides and a floor for the box. Much safer I believe than the wire basket on a ‘T’ frame behind seat as these increase weight at back which can cause scooter to tip backwards especially if anti tip wheels removed like on mine as they foul the ramp sides when loading into car.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:00 am
My answer to this problem was to use a Cycle Cargo trailer,Obtainable for around £70 online (check Ebay for Cycle Trailer) and easily fitted with a little bit of thought.Has the advantage of being easily folded down and stored.It solved my problem,hope it can do same for you..
August 2nd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Do you think a childs trailer for a bike would work the same way?
August 2nd, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Hi Emma, it depends on the type of trailer i would say, also dependant on the mobility scooter pulling it.
I guess safety, balance and a few other things need to be considered.
February 14th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Can you help me I have a shoprider cordoba which is a heavy duty scooter can you suggest a place that may sell a child trailer that I could fit to my scooter or is there a way i could get it adapted
thankyou
July 22nd, 2011 at 7:20 am
scooter trailers are illegal in the uk and a fine of £5.000 can be given
July 28th, 2011 at 11:48 am
As Graham Cooper says: “scooter trailers are illegal in the uk and a fine of £5.000 can be given”
So if that is try what is the distinction that allows a scooter to have a ‘trailer’?
July 28th, 2011 at 11:49 am
Sorry I meant to say if that is true not try!
July 29th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Can I ask where you heard that a scooter trailer is illegal as I have considered purchasing the above trailer.
July 29th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Graham, i haven’t heard of mobility scooter trailers being illegal either, and im not aware of a fine of £5000 for this.
Did you read this somewhere?
August 13th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
went to my local mobility shop to buy a trailer for my scooter they told me that trailer’s for mob scooters are illegal ””so i contacted fish insurance to ask if i could extend my cover to cover a trailer
after a sharp intake of breath said no you will have to wait till Europe say’s yes to their use…
I suppose it will be the same rule that also stops you using your scooter on cycle tracks
TRY contacting the European court of human rights
August 15th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Hi Graham, might it be that they are just not approved for insurance reasons? Or are they actually illegal? I have a hard time imagining that someone using a purpose built and sold mobility scooter trailer actually being stopped by the police and actually fined for using one.