Anybody use one of these....?

[Circle B MN]

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As much as I try to avoid it, at times I find it necessary to move wood...by hand. I have had good luck with jackson products in the past, and am looking to purchase another. Just curious if any of you have used this style for firewood and how it worked for you. Thanks.

 

[freemind]

Looks like a goofy set up to me.

 

[Rudedog]

I use this that I bought from TSC. Mine might even be the bigger 12 cu. foot.

Groundwork® Mega Load Wheelbarrow, 10 cu. ft. - 1006400 | Tractor Supply Company

I abuse the heck out of it.

 

[Guido Salvage]

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I built one out of a junk wheelbarrow with a destroyed tray. Used some angle iron for a frame and old scrap plywood to cover it with. It has the advantage of being able to load all the wood flat which you can't always do with a tray.

If you want something like this I would check with your local Lowes or Home Depot and see if you could get a frame and build your own platform.

 

[genesis5521]

Rather than a wheel barrow, I borrowed my girlfriends garden wagon to haul rounds out of the woods and it worked great, even over rough, uneven terrain. Something like this:

48 in. Length x 24 in. Width Green Heavy Duty Jumbo Crate Wagon-CW4824 at The Home Depot

Don <><

 

[memory]

How is using one of these any different than using a wheelbarrow? I have never had to use either for firewood but I would think the wheelbarrow would hold more.

 

[Guido Salvage]

How is using one of these any different than using a wheelbarrow? I have never had to use either for firewood but I would think the wheelbarrow would hold more.

You can bring the platform back to the handle grips and make the rack on the front higher than you could load a wheelbarrow. When you start heaping on a wheelbarrow you tend to have to load the sides due to the tray which in turn leads to instability. With this design you can load the weight over the midline (and thus the tire).

 

[Mntn Man]

Just came home with one of these tonight.

Cabela's: Cabela's Super Mag Hauler Game Cart

Found it in the bargain cave for $59.49. Put it together when I got home and didn't find that it had any problems! I can't wait to get out and give it a try.

 

[Nosmo]

Two Front Wheels

If I were going to buy something to move my wood around - for instance from the woodshed up to the house . Looks like the most practical would be the ones shown which have two front wheels. These seem like they would be a lot more stable and less likely to tip over sideways.

Nosmo

 

[buzz sawyer]

Just came home with one of these tonight.

Cabela's: Cabela's Super Mag Hauler Game Cart

Found it in the bargain cave for $59.49. Put it together when I got home and didn't find that it had any problems! I can't wait to get out and give it a try.

Good idea - that design puts the weight on the wheels instead of the handle.

 

[mtfallsmikey]

Has the exact same frame as the new Jackson wheelbarrow I just bought

 

[LumberjkChamp]

I made my own such as Guido described above. I was sick of hauling wood with the tray style wheelbarrow. That was a couple of years ago and it has been the handiest rig for moving around small amounts of firewood. I also use it for other chores. For example, it will handle oversized items like washer/dryers, small chest freezers, fifty pound bags of animal feed, vegetable transplants in their trays out to the gardens, and many more tasks I have failed to mention. In fact, the only time I use my tray type wheelbarrow is when I'm hauling loose material, such as dirt or woodchips.

The flatbed sees the most use. My regular style wheelbarrow has a flat tire. I don't bother fixing it because I hardly need it. Heck, I don't even know where it is. But, my flatbed is sitting right outside the door.

 

[savageactor7]

An old fashioned wheel barrow is my fav tool for moving wood by hand.

I just don't see any advantage to the one pictured...no offense. With the open sides I'D have to think and place log/splits in there rather than my usual day-dreaming random toss. Pretty sure I've seen that angled open sided feature being used to move bricks though.

Avoid gimmicks and stick with a conventional one wheel barrow and you can use it for a thousand different jobs. I bought the largest capacity heavy duty construction model back in the early 70's and we still use it a couple times a week.

 

[Preston]

That's what I thought was a wheelbarrow for the longest. That what my grandma and uncles moved their wood on, but theirs had a steel spoke wheel. Wood stacked on real well. I don't know but they might a built it themselves. :msp_smile: This was back in the 40's and 50'. For moving wood from the stack to the house it can't be beat.

 

[Iska3]

My dad used one of those for many years. He put a 4x4 between the axel and the frame to have more height so the front didn’t hit the ground while moving. When I first saw it, I thought he lost his mind but he could carry a lot of wood with it. The rear legs have extended feet to they don’t tip like a wheelbarrow. We use to use those on the job to carry roofing shingles. They have their place for sure.

 

[Sandhill Crane]

Ditto Lumberjkchamp. Mine has two wheel, and I've even used a pipe clamp vertically on the back edge to stack against. Lots of uses; bails of straw, feed bags, etc. Pretty handy! They are brick wheelbarrows is what they really are.