All winter long? What, you think no one ride's a bike or would use a trailer from October on?!?! Nice little trailer but I needed something that was less dinky and bigger to use as a real world practical alternative to a car. I got a large sized Trixie dog trailer primarily for full weekly shopping trips because it's fully enclosed and secure. Fill my large reusable shopping bags at the checkout, load them in, zip it up and off you go. I've had over 70kg loads and works fabulously. Then I got a Duramaxx Mountee cargo trailer with a full canvas surround and cover which I use mostly without the canvas. I needed something that will carry everything too big to fit inside the enclosed cabin of the other trailer. It's wide enough to carry a full sized lawnmower. Both German brands.