Yeah, this one is a real mother to back up, with the second point of articulation. I can damn near do a slalom course with a trailer in reverse (like that Ohio Steel job), and it took me a little while to wrap my mind around backing up this wagon, but it is do-able with a little practice.
This wagon is purchased as a kit, and you assemble it. The mounting points for the cylinder are even there from the manufacturer, to add a cylinder of your own for the hydraulic dump. I used it as a non-dump wagon for a year, hauling wood, then added the hydraulics when I made another garden in my yard and had to move and spread 110 yards of garden mulch in two weekends last spring. That dump feature saved me an enormous amount of grief, and I look forward to using it every year, although I doubt I’ll ever top 60-70 yards of mulch in a single year, again.
I love this wagon, so I wouldn’t hesitate recommending it to anyone. Before this, I used to haul 1/4 cord at a time from my wood lot to my house, in one of those Ohio Steel poly tub utility trailers, and re-stack it in racks at the house. But with this wagon, I just haul a full cord up to the house and park it. The wagon IS my wood rack. That cuts the time down to move 1 cord of wood up to my house (every 3 weeks) from half a day to an hour.
It’s also great for hayrides in the woods and fields with the kids in October. My only challenge is that I only have one, as I want to use it for hayrides in October and moving mulch in March or April, but I want it for firewood from beginning of October thru at least end of April.
Went cart shopping yesterday and saw the 17' TSC cart for $199. The Polar like Dmitris was built a lot better and it was an easy decision to pay an extra hundred for the 18' Polar. I cut the doodad hitch off and put a ball tongue on it. I am going to park it next to my door and put a tarp over it for convenience this winter. Figured I best explain it since it looks a little funny that I got a dump cart for my dump Ranger lol
