GoTrax Electric Scooter and Gorilla Cart: A Budget Towing Setup for Your Property

Introduction

If you have a property to maintain, a truck or a golf cart will obviously get the job done. But there is a cheaper, more fun way to move stuff around: a small electric scooter towing a utility cart. This pairing, a GoTrax electric scooter plus a Gorilla Cart, cost a little over $500 combined and turned out to be surprisingly capable for yard hauling, trash runs, and light towing duties.

GoTrax Electric Scooter: The Cheap Mobile Hauler

The GoTrax scooter is fully electric, with roughly 18 to 19 miles of range and a top speed of around 15 mph. Where it stands out from typical budget scooters is the weight capacity: instead of the common 200 lb limit, it supports around 260 lb. There is also a handy wire basket on the rear for smaller items.

It was picked up on sale for around $360, which makes the overall setup very approachable on price. For riders on the heavier side or anyone planning to carry gear, the higher weight rating is the key spec worth checking.

Gorilla Cart: The Cart That Doubles as a Trailer

The Gorilla Cart is a well-designed utility cart with a clever detail that makes towing possible: the handle pivots. Pull the pin out, flip the handle around, and it becomes a hitch. Slide it onto the scooter, reinsert the pin, and the cart is ready to tow.

The cart hauls up to around 600 lb (two 300 lb loads were mentioned as realistic), and the quality impressed throughout. It is rated as a great-quality little cart that works exactly as intended, even if the hitch arrangement is a bit of a workaround rather than a factory solution.

How the Setup Performs Under Load

With about 60 lb of trash bags plus the cart’s own roughly 50 lb weight, the scooter towed the load about a quarter mile to the trash cans without complaint. The route included a slight uphill stretch, and the motor finished only a little warm, nothing concerning.

An experiment with a small 12x5 trailer and 50 to 70 lb of hitch weight also moved on very slight downhill terrain, though it needed a push to get going uphill. That is beyond anything the scooter was designed for, so treat it as a curiosity rather than a use case.

Things to Consider Before Copying This Setup

After the quarter-mile loaded run, the battery still showed four out of five bars, which is expected given the short distance. The main caveats: the setup has limited stability, especially with tongue-heavy loads like the trailer test, and steep hills are not its strength. The rear basket can also get in the way of hitching. For trash runs, bricks, and general yard cargo, though, it tows phenomenally well.

Conclusion

For around $500 total, the GoTrax scooter and Gorilla Cart make a genuinely useful hauling combo for property chores. The scooter brings surprising capacity and range for the price, and the Gorilla Cart’s flip-around handle turns it into a capable little trailer. If you want cheap mobility for moving trash, bricks, or gear around your land, this setup delivers far beyond what the price suggests.