Looking for a good hand barrow/cart for moving splits into the house

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mesuno

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I've found this style

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0017K651A/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A15WV9SMNRHDOM

Which seems pretty good for us - between the shed and the stove are two narrow gates, 6 steps down and two steps up and about 300m. Our wider wheelbarrow (an electric 4 wheeled beast) can't get into the house and has to take the massively longer way round to avoid the steps. Even going the longer way round in impassable in winter due to a steep slippery slope.

This type looks manuverable enough to get up and down steps and come right into the house.

Trouble is this particular make is only sold in America and with shipping to the UK comes in at a ridiculous price, even before it gets stopped at customs for import duty!

Anyone got any bright ideas? A different solution, or a way to knock up something similar?

Cheers

Mike
 
They sell those at the chinese import shops arround here for about forty bucks. You get what you pay for though.
 
I use a small (roughly 20" x 12" x 20" deep) rubbermaid container, it's home is near the fire. When time to refill, I carry it to the back porch, load it up with about 6-8 splits, and haul it back in the house using a 2 wheel hand truck kind of like this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavy-Duty-..._14?s=outdoors&ie=UTF8&qid=1328204004&sr=1-14

One benefit is that the wood, bark, and debris is all contained in the rubbermaid container - pretty clean operation.
 
The care you have pictured is the right idea but it needs bigger wheels for going up stairs and even just for rolling across the yard.
 
I just bought one of these:

http://www.harborfreight.com/firewood-cart-44599.html

I think the bike wheels are a much better idea than the Sack Truck with a bit on the front you posted.

The Distributor is One Stop Gardens, they may well sell them in the UK.

If you can bend a bit of pipe and buy a couple of cheap Chinese bike wheels it should not be that difficult to duplicate.
 
I just bought one of these:

http://www.harborfreight.com/firewood-cart-44599.html

I think the bike wheels are a much better idea than the Sack Truck with a bit on the front you posted.

The Distributor is One Stop Gardens, they may well sell them in the UK.

If you can bend a bit of pipe and buy a couple of cheap Chinese bike wheels it should not be that difficult to duplicate.
 
This is practically the same as one I own and use for hauling wood and many other things:
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200308229_200308229?cm_mmc=Google-pla-_-Grounds Maintenance-_-Wagons + Yard Carts-_-125430&ci_sku=125430&ci_gpa=pla&ci;_kw={keyword}

One thing that strikes me about the ones presented by Mesuno and Como is that with no lateral support of logs in a tall stack there might be a tendency for sideways spillage as the thing is bumped over rough terrain. One downside to what I bought is that it came with cheap Chinese tires (tubeless?) that did not last long. I have replaced both with better tires and inner tubes and all is well. I really beat on the thing and it has served me well.
 
I am sure they are all made in China.

With mine it is a trade off, I would like it to be a bit wider, but then it would not go through the door.

I have two stoves, so I stack the 18" on the bottom for the smaller stove and the 24" on the top for the larger.

I have not had any problem with slippage, when it is stacked weighs quite a bit and it all stays in place.

Mine has inner tubes. Solid tires could be better long term.
 
Tubs like these do work good as I have used them, and just pick u up a cheap 2 wheeler hand cart to move them around and they are stackable and they contain the mess for you.

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LLigetfa said:
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I've heard of it, but I & I bet many other people won't clik on a link if I have no idea where it goes. I know YOU have been here for years but there are many new people here that I don't recognize & I am leery of being re-directed to a site I do not want to be on.
Al
 
I have the Harbor Freight/Northern Tool style of cart and have used it for many years. But, the tubes bent shortly after I bought it, so I installed some angle iron braces for the tubes and that has worked well, easy to do. The big bicycle style wheels make easy rolling. And with a little care, there practically is no mess in filling the wood box.
 
lobsta1 said:
LLigetfa said:
You guys ever hear of tinyurl?
http://tinyurl.com/
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I've heard of it, but I & I bet many other people won't clik on a link if I have no idea where it goes. I know YOU have been here for years but there are many new people here that I don't recognize & I am leery of being re-directed to a site I do not want to be on.
Al
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The comment was not directed at you. The links DickRussell and Huntindog1 posted serve no useful purpose as they are and just trashed this thread, making it too wide.
 
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