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It's been 20 years but I still miss the all-wheel steering of my grocery in Japan (jasco). Every cart now feels broken without it, even Costco's.
by tsuru 3y ago
It's been 20 years but I still miss the all-wheel steering of my grocery in Japan (jasco). Every cart now feels broken without it, even Costco's.
- thsksbd 3y agoEuropean carts are like that, but I dislike them. Four wheel steering solves a very nasty problem for Japan and Europe - need to turn on tight corners. Expensive real estate -> narrow aisles -> no room to maneuver the cart. Win for four wheel steering. The problem, however, is that the fixed rears anchor the cart. They help the cart to take a straight line. The greater steering effort is more than offset by not having to constantly juggle a cart trying to spin on itself. So if you have wide, long aisles like in the US two wheel steering is a lot less effort. Pro tip - if your cart is very heavy, and there is a tight corner, steer it from the end opposite the handles. It'll literally turn on itself with very little effort