With aluminum and passion, New Braunfels-based Pakmule aims to build a better cargo carrier
Kansas Sartin is the founder of Pakmule, a manufacturer of cargo carriers that can be attached to the backs of vehicles.NEW BRAUNFELS — Next time you throw an empty beer can into the recycling bin, it could be on its way to carrying someone’s camping equipment on the back of an SUV as part of a Pakmule cargo carrier.
Sartin had been interested in welding since his time as a student at Texas State University, where he studied environmental resource management, and had made carriers for himself and friends. So, in 2016 he filed the paperwork to create Pakmule. The next year, he got the business going. In 2019, he left behind his career as an executive in the construction industry to devote himself to it full-time.
His hitch-mounted cargo carriers are pricier than many — the basic model goes for $945 — but built to last, he said. The carriers are manufactured at an independent fabrication shop outside of Wichita Falls, northwest of Dallas. Sartin said he hoped to eventually do the manufacturing in-house and has talked with the city of New Braunfels about the possibility of opening a shop.
It’s kind of a one-and-done, buy-once-cry-once kind of product. Certainly in the way that we fabricate it, it’s a lifetime product. The design is such that it makes it easy to use, easy to load your gear. You know, on Friday at the end of the day when you’re exhausted from the workweek and you’re wanting to get out of town? When you’re like, “I’m just so tired, maybe I’ll just stay home today and I’ll watch Netflix, and I’ll sleep in tomorrow.
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