Carrying around all your doubles...

[tenor and soprano]

How do you manage to carry a flute, clarinet, alto and tenor sax, bass clarinet, ect... all in one trip? I've been looking for some kind of cart so I can roll all my doubles around easily. Is there anything you guys use that works well?

[RS]

Check out the rock'n'rollers. They come in several different sizes. One should fit your needs.

[bandmommy]

I was thinking about picking up a small utility cart at Tractor Supply.
They look similar to a childs wagon, have pneumatic tires, and removable/drop sides. I've seen them in steel and recycled plastic mesh. A couple of bungee cords will hold the cases securely.
The only problem would be fitting the cart and all the doubles in the vehicle.

[eddierich]

Depending on the number and size of the instruments I have to carry, I either use a rolling suitcase or a cart. I played a run of a show a few months ago that had piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet, and alto saxophone. I could fit all the instruments and stands in my suitcase, no problem. OTOH, I can't fit a tenor or bari in the suitcase. I got a cart/dolly at Home Depot upon the recommendation of several other musicians here in Vegas.

[BobbyC]

I use a traypak (treypak) case for alto sax, clarinet and flute and carry tenor sax in a second case sometimes soprano in a third.
That's the most I've had to carry at one time.

When I'm playing keyboards I use a dolly that converts to a hand truck by moving the handle. You can stack a lot of stuff on that. I got the dolly/hand truck at Pace which is no longer around but Sam's club might carry these.

[DesertCreature]

I got a collapsible dolly from Home Depot that can be readily stored in a Mini Cooper. It folds up to about the size of a dinner tray and holds up to 150 pounds.

[harmonizerNJ]

One thing to keep in mind is that when you carry an instrument case in your hand, the human body acts as a wonderful suspension system for your horn - there are no shocks imposed on your horn as you walk over potholes, bumps in the floor at doorways, and so on. Most wheeled carts have no suspension, so I would recommend moving slowly and carefully when using them, to minimize imposing any shocks on your instruments. I lost 2 hard drives in laptops for work, until I got a wheeled laptop bag that included a suspension system.

[AntonVonWebern]

I use a 65 litre rucksack, in which I can fit a (two piece yamaha) bass clarinet (or alto sax in its standard case), a sop clarinet, a flute and a piccolo, leaving two hands free for other stuff like more saxes (side pockets on the rucksack for a music stand and the top pouch thing for lunch, swabs, etc).

[Wisco99]

I always had beautiful young virgins carry my horns for me. I didn't realize there was any other way.

Wisco8-)

[warp x]

How do you manage to carry a flute, clarinet, alto and tenor sax, bass clarinet, ect... all in one trip? I've been looking for some kind of cart so I can roll all my doubles around easily. Is there anything you guys use that works well?

I never take a gig that requires me to bring all that. Generally I just take one large and one small horn. So, tenor/clarinet, or bass clarinet/clarinet, tenor/tarogato, or bass clarinet/electronica, or..