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Heavy-duty 4-wheel wagon?

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Jon_E, Apr 6, 2016.

  1. Star Gazer

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    I just added it to my wish list on Amazon for a future purchase. I love the new construction.
     
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    Thanks for the advice, guys. I looked up all of the carts and wagons you listed, and while some aren't appropriate, I'm going to take a closer look at a couple of the Gorilla or similar carts. I don't want or need something that can be towed - I have a tractor for larger stuff, with forks for pallets. I did notice that the Gorilla carts all have something in common - some pretty bad online reviews. Mostly tire and wheel bearing issues.

    My workplace has an old used DR power wagon. We haven't used it in years. It's a nice concept but seems like a huge waste to run a gasoline engine just to cart around your stuff.
     
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    Oh man, I'd be all over that. Very high resale value if it doesn't work out, but I could put one of those to good use. My tractor ruts up the yard (R1's) and a trailer either needs a tow vehicle or person. With the power wagons, you could drink a beer while moving whatever, that's a win!

    A member here, don't think they post anymore, converted a snowblower drivetrain with the wagon to make their low cost version of the DR powerwagon.
     
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    Why do I think that was BrianK ?
     
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    I have had this buggy a couple years , it lives outside, I use it a lot for everything ,wood, leaves , sticks , bark , trash , bricks, hauling anything around and all my wood gets up to the house in it , much better than a wheel barrow IMO , It's from Tractor Supply 1000 lb weight capacity $100 bucks, 24 x 48" but there is no way it would hold that much ,I put a rubber mat in it , I have taken the sides off to move long poles , works great , I don't think the tires and tubes on any of the carts, buggies ,wagons are worth a crap , I put slime in em replaced tubes ,still crap, one by one I'm replacing the tires with no flat tires , got 2 on now , 16 bucks apiece with coupon at HF , Black rims in last pic.
    What's the best cart ? don't know , this is just what I have

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    Wide stance 16" tires :thumbs:
    I looked at the bigger ones but they wouldn't fit through back door , in dead of winter I roll it right in the house and unload .
     
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    Figured I would take some pics for this thread of the gorilla cart in action, cant recommend this cart enough.
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    Definitely have gotten my moneys worth out of this bad boy
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    How long have you had that, any problem with the tires yet?
     
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    That, and is there a unit to add brakes? I need to devise something that will lock it on a slope.
     
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    A y shaped log as a wheel chock?
     
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    Maybe 2 years. Had one tire go flat and instead of changing the tibe I replaced with a foam filled tire. Then just this week i had a cotter pin rust out or break on the linkage but that was a quick 2 minute repair.

    This sits outside sometimes vovered but mainly not and has held up amazingly.
     
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