I have a cart and I lug it everywhere 
Anyway, since last posting, I found out there’s a mansion south of the town where my base it. I looted most of it already, and the books made me really happy. Spent the next two days reading them, with brief interruptions to loot the northern part of the northern town (I killed the Z soldier that scared me off earlier) and to sleep.
Still no hammer and no welder. However I realized that the text on vehicle screen was out of date for some parts and that I could install them just fine with a screwdriver.
It’s now day 43, spring, afternoon.