Wheelbarrow or Sled?

[michaelryba]

About 18" of snow on the ground & my easy access wood stash is gone. So it's 100 ft. trips to the woodshed. Last weekend I used a wheelbarrow--empty first time--and plowed a path to the house. After 5-6 trips with wood and a lot of slips and effort I was "good enough" for the week. More snow this weekend. I need more wood. So is it worth it for me to rig up some kind of sled to retrieve my wood? I do have a 3ft X 4ft plastic tray that can be emptied & put to work if necessary. Thoughts?

 

[sublime68charger]

I'd give the tray a try as a make shift sled.

If you have no way of making a nice path to the wood pile for the wheelbarrow to travel on your better off trying some thing else.

since you arleady have a something to try also. LOL

just my thoughts

sublime out.

 

[ohio woodburner]

put a rope on that tray and pull to town. thats how i get ninety percent of my rounds out of the woods and onto the lane

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I'd also try the tray.

One time I knew a man who used an old car hood. He hooked it behind his atv and even brought the wood to the house from the woods. He had to strap the wood down a bit and couldn't carry a big load but it worked for him. On the way out he usually gave the kids a ride on the hood and they had a ball. Point is, a lot of things work, especially for temporary use like what you need. Why spend dollars for just a temporary situation?

Rather than a wheelbarrow, we use a 2 wheeled cart and it works great.

 

[kenny chaos]

One time I knew a man who used an old car hood. He hooked it behind his atv and even brought the wood to the house from the woods. He had to strap the wood down a bit and couldn't carry a big load but it worked for him. On the way out he usually gave the kids a ride on the hood and they had a ball. Point is, a lot of things work, especially for temporary use like what you need. Why spend dollars for just a temporary situation?

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I used a car hood for years behind some horses for all kinds of chores and fun and found out there are two
kinds of people in the world; ones that appreciated the idea and ones that thought it was ridiculous.

 

[gyrfalcon]

About 18" of snow on the ground & my easy access wood stash is gone. So it's 100 ft. trips to the woodshed. Last weekend I used a wheelbarrow--empty first time--and plowed a path to the house. After 5-6 trips with wood and a lot of slips and effort I was "good enough" for the week. More snow this weekend. I need more wood. So is it worth it for me to rig up some kind of sled to retrieve my wood? I do have a 3ft X 4ft plastic tray that can be emptied & put to work if necessary. Thoughts?

Makes zero sense to plow/shovel a path for a wheelbarrow. Something that resembles a sled (without runners) on snow is far easier. I use a $15 kids' molded plastic sled, and my only problem is staying out of the way as it slides itself over the snow to my back door. I only wish I'd had snow cover all winter, it's so much easier.

 

[Got Wood]

Plastic sled works well - been doing it the past fews days myself.

 

[Tony H]

Those plastic kids sleds work great for sliding wood to it's destination

 

[LLigetfa]

What's wrong with simply carrying the wood in a sling? I do it every day. Mind you, I maintain the path to the shed with the snow thrower so I could use a wheelbarrow, wagon, or sled if I wanted but I enjoy the daily trips to the shed and back.

 

[Gunks]

I use a cheap plastic kid sled to haul wood over snow/ice covered ground. A lot easier than using the wheel barrow.

 

[Shari]

I got an Otter sled last year. Works great on snow and even on grass:

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Shari

 

[LLigetfa]

Do you own a snow scoop? Besides using it to clear the path, it can be pulled like a sled. Put wheels on it and use it year around.

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[joshlaugh]

I am in a similar situation. Lots of snow on the ground and too far to carry it by hand or sling. I am using my kid's plastic sled. It takes a little longer than a wheelbarrow but works. I am looking forward to all this snow melting for me to get easier access to my wood piles.

 

[ChillyGator]

Do you own a snow scoop? Besides using it to clear the path, it can be pulled like a sled. Put wheels on it and use it year around.

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I've got one...used very little.....make offer :lol:

 

[billb3]

By the time you've trudged back and forth a dozen times you should have a beaten down rut for the wheelbarrow wheel.

I'd shovel a path, myself, because trudging through 18 inches of snow repeatedly is so much fun.


Now, if I had a snowmachine or a trebuchet by the door ...

 

[lacewood]

A few weeks ago I had the same problem, I tried the wheelbarrow a few times and that was a pain, tried one of the kids sled and got sick of that real quick as well.....then realized the wheelbarrow fit almost perfectly on the sled, so got a couple bungees out of the garage to cinch it down to the sled and away I went, worked great if I do say so myself