Supermarket Trolleys with Rotating Rear Wheels

LPriester-Aus on 12/01/2019 - 15:20
Last edited 12/01/2019 - 15:52 by 1 other user

Having recently moved to Australia I have struggled with shopping trollies with rotating rear wheels.
I hoped that its just nostalgia and that after some time I would look back and think :"actually rotating back wheels are a good idea."

It has not happened yet and this morning I read a brilliant description of trollies with rotating rear wheels

Right: Supermarket trolleys with fixed rear wheels

…elected to have all four wheels steer. This has the great benefit of making the device able to travel sideways, or diagonally, or through time, or across dimensions, with the only side effect that it cannot be deliberately moved in any direction whatsoever…

Perhaps its time to look at making clip-on guides for shopping trolleys rear wheels

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  BertieBrown on 12/01/2019 - 15:43

  +2

  Bunnings have some shopping trolleys with fixed rear wheels, and honestly they’re kind of a pain the buttinskie. If you’re going down an aisle and you come across boxes, you then have to backtrack, find a new direction and try again. I find that having all four wheels rotating means that the trolleys are easier to move, and navigate.

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    singlemalt72 on 12/01/2019 - 16:01

    Having a fixed pair of wheels makes transporting extra heavy loads easier.

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      BertieBrown on 12/01/2019 - 17:59

      The experience I’ve had hasn’t really worked out that way, but I mean I can certainly see that other people would certainly have different experiences. Thanks for your thoughts :)

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  Godric on 12/01/2019 - 16:00

  +13

  I have struggled with shopping trollies with rotating rear wheels.

  … I have to wonder what else you struggle with

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  Nalar on 12/01/2019 - 16:01

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  pantsparty on 12/01/2019 - 16:36

  Thanks

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  78zeros on 12/01/2019 - 17:17

  +5

  The pivoting rear wheels make it a lot easier to take evasive action from the drop bears in the car park

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    Wystri Warrick on 12/01/2019 - 18:23

    Oh drop bears, got to be really careful when walking under bushy trees (drop bears prefer the bushy trees to hide in).
    Walking with a friend one evening and a drop bear dropped from a tree onto him, scratched him up badly :(.

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  [Deactivated] on 12/01/2019 - 18:15

  I've used shopping carts overseas that have pivoting wheels at the front.
  Ultimately I think the trolley is easier to steer/control with this configuration.

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    Wystri Warrick on 12/01/2019 - 18:30

    Ultimately I think the trolley is easier to steer/control with this configuration.

    Reported to the mods for blasphemy!

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      [Deactivated] on 12/01/2019 - 22:49

      +1

      lols… I like to live on the edge Wystri! :O]

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  RichardL on 14/01/2019 - 01:39

  Costco Trolley has Fixed Rear Wheels.

  In my opinion, it makes it difficult to turn corners and push from left to right.

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  Soluble on 17/01/2019 - 19:22

  Been in retail for a while, and the locked rear wheels are absolutely sh*t to steer in groups. People also love to crash when going around corners with locked back wheels. I think if you struggle with the swivelling/rotating/unlocked rear wheels then you've loaded up your trolley too heavy.

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  wannabe on 01/05/2019 - 22:26

  I'm with the OP, having grown up with fixed rear wheels, we're sensitive to the new experience, and after giving it the benefit of the doubt, I have seen very few people actually enjoying trying to manage a trolley that wanders like a crab, requiring full core engagement to go around corners. I would agree that probably the only benefit would be when it needs to be moved in groups. But then I wonder about the ratio of the number of customers discomforted vs the number of trolley grabbers comforted.

  Steering a fixed rear wheel trolley is easier than steering a car with the same configuration, and few of us actually have a problem doing the car thing.