rubbermaid carts
I posted a thread earlier about facilitating firewood gathering/processing as one gets older. Following some your recommendations, I have ordered a Fiskars X27, a Woodchuck log lifter and I am now looking for a cart for hauling rounds back to the trailer. I'm primarily focusing on the Rubbermaid Big Wheel carts, but I also see these metal wagons that have pneumatic tires. The Rubbermaids come in large diameter spoked wheels or with wheel barrow wheels. The larger diameter wheels look like they would go over rocks and snags in the mountains better, but the wheel barrow wheels look like they'd be easier to replace/repair. What about those wagons? Anybody got any advice? Note: I do not have an ATV, so this would be a cart to be manually pushed/pulled. Thanks!
The boss bought like a few dozen of those tall bicycle wheel looking rubber maid carts for use in the broiler houses here. Even that light of duty-wheel fail. Ha! He is always kvetching that those dudes tear up his equipment..if you start with the wrong equipment and insist they use it, well..... I just shut up though, glad I don't have to work over that side of the farm too much..
They haul broiler feed for the chicks, first two weeks, then later used for collecting dead birds to get them outside where they get loaded into a bobcat bucket and taken to the compost sheds. Ain't a one of em, not a single one I have seen, lasted two flocks until all the wheels had flat tires and bent rims. Really, I ain't gonna but could post pics of them busted things. The plastic beds are great, Rubbermaid got that down, but the wheels are *ultimate suckitude*. They guys still use them like that, too, bent broken, flat tires, because it's no use, put new tubes and tires and wheels, one or two flocks later, more fail....and they are all too cheap to go buy something better for themselves, cut into their like junk food and lottery ticket budget, so they just cuss a lot and pull or push them busted things around loaded down.
Whatever you get, any brand make or model, start with the tires and wheels, something *really* suitable for heavy off road use, and work your way up from there. Spoked bicycle wheels sure ain't it.