I want a VERY sturdy crate on wheels for my elderly mother to cart her laundry about

DiggerUK

Mrs. E,
If you check the sizes you will see that the sholley is the same size as the lakeland, only more depth.

Savvy_Sue

Now here's another thought: presumably your mum isn't the only one struggling to get her washing those few feet to the laundry room. Is it worth asking the Warden / Manager / Housing Officer if one could be bought and kept in the laundry for residents to use as they needed it?

I'm thinking if it is that something more like a small supermarket trolley might be the very best thing, people could then put their own laundry bags in it, it wouldn't be too deep, it would be sturdy, it wouldn't take up space in Mum's room.

Unless it's the kind of place where anything in the laundry would 'walk' ...

MrsE_2

Barneysmom wrote: »

What about getting just an ordinary shopping trolley, dual purpose, she could use it for shopping too?
Lakeland, I love the Funky Floral one,,,,

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/keyword/shopping%20trolley

Argos,

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID71/12108250/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C12108128/c_2/2%7Ccat_12108128%7CLuggage%7C12108237/c_3/3%7Ccat_12108237%7CShopping+trolleys%7C12108250.htm

Thanks she doesn't go out, I do her shopping. Its to be wheeled up a corridor to the laundry room & back & sit at the bottom of her bed as a laundry basket.

MrsE_2

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Now here's another thought: presumably your mum isn't the only one struggling to get her washing those few feet to the laundry room. Is it worth asking the Warden / Manager / Housing Officer if one could be bought and kept in the laundry for residents to use as they needed it?

I'm thinking if it is that something more like a small supermarket trolley might be the very best thing, people could then put their own laundry bags in it, it wouldn't be too deep, it would be sturdy, it wouldn't take up space in Mum's room.

Unless it's the kind of place where anything in the laundry would 'walk' ...

She prob is. Most of them are vey able. If she gets any worse she will have to move.
I think one of those crates on wheels would do the job well (double up as a laundry bin too) I just want a sturdy one.

shelly

shelly wrote: »

We recently bought a couple of these http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8322405/Trail/searchtext%3ELAUNDRY+BASKET.htm
They don't look sturdy but believe me they are. I am a 'large lady' and have just leant on mine to see if worth recommending to you and there was no give or bending or anything.......if anything leaning on them makes them move away from you as the wheels are very smooth.


HTH

MrsE wrote: »

Thanks but she lives in sheltered accomadation & the laundry room is about 100 foot away, so she needs something she can pull/push down there.

The ones I linked to have wheels on!

MrsE_2

shelly wrote: »

The ones I linked to have wheels on!

Yes, thank you for the link.

But I think those are wheels for moving rather than traveling.

Hers will have to leave her flat & travel inside the block to the other end. About 150-200 foot (maybe) & I don't think those are designed to be traveled with outside the room they are in.

whitewing

I actually have the lakeland one. We bought it for something else but actually do use it for laundry.

It isn't really deep enough for a full load, but I guess if your mum is on her own and doing the washing frequently she may not have a totally full load each time. I tend to heap it all up to overflowing.

I don't know how easily an eldery person could push in, pull up the handle, or flip up the base - some finger pinching potential - but it does collapse up nice and small (eg to fit in the bottom of a wardrobe).

And it can take quite a weight so would be useful for heavier stuff on odd occasions.

SailorSam

Not exactly what you're looking for, but a cheaper idea could be........When our local council first started collecting bottles/cans to recycle my mum was given a plastic crate to put them in, she could'nt lift this, so what i did was...
Get some castors like you may have on a bed (2 will do) that have plates on them so you can secure them to the rear of the box then attach a piece of rope to the top of the front of the box.
So to take the box from the garden to the gate was like taking the dog for a walk.
I only put 2 wheels on because i thought if there were 4, the local school kids may take the crate to play on, with only 2 they needed to lift it, if they wanted to slide.

Savvy_Sue

Lakeland do have several other trolleys in their latest catalogue which I've been reading tonight. (Sad, I know ...)

Anyway, I think you need to decide whether you want a 'normal' shopping trolley with two wheels which you normally haul along behind you, or a four wheeler like shelly suggested.

If your mum can and does normally walk without using a stick, then a shopping trolley with two wheels would probably fit the bill. If she needs support, then a four wheel 'thing' might work better.

I've been looking again at the ones shelly linked to - at that price, can you afford NOT to see if they are OK? If the floor surface between mum and the laundry is smooth (as I should imagine it would be!) then I can't see that the distance would be a problem. The only 'issue' might be whether it's either too low to give mum support while she walks, or too deep for her to reach the bottom!

MrsE_2

Got the Sholly, brown check one, says its discontinued but I rung them & they have it, to be delivered Wednesday.

Thank you MSEers:beer: