During the pandemic, I cobbled together a practice pad carrier, and used it to help with my lockdown boredom. I didn’t know that I’d gotten Long Covid at the time, and I ended up only being able to use it for a few months before becoming too ill to walk in a straight line.
I ended up selling the carrier with a marching drum, and the scrap wood for the platform eventually ended up being broken down and used for other projects.
But I missed having it. So when someone listed a pad platform for sale in Marketplace, I kept an eye on it. A year later, he still hadn’t sold it, and was now offering it for free. I arranged to pick it up from him on my way to the Hillsboro drum corps show, then scored a cheap carrier that I adapted. Now that I’m recovering from the worst of the LC symptoms, I’m ready to get back to chopping and walking at the same time as part of my physical therapy.
It’s not the most comfortable carrier, but for a total cost of ten bucks for both it’s more than adequate.
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