Whats the best hand cart to get?

I bought one of the $60 Logcaddyswood/carts on Amazon last year, worked fine, but only lasted one year. The axel bent, a wheel just came apart (bearings inside separated from wheel...), and all the pipes have come loose (I have about 10 bolts in it holding it together....).

This is the one I have/had: http://www.hayneedle.com/product/la...&source=channel_intelligence_amazon_hayneedle

So I need a better, stronger hand cart that will last a few years! I use it to take rounds our of the woods, and splits from my shed to the door of house in winter.

Any good suggestions? Links.... ? Thanks in advance....

 

I found one of these big wheel lawn carts on the local Craigslist for $75:

Works great, even in snow.

 

I know it's not technically a hand cart but this is what I use. I use it to haul firewood out of my house or moving large amounts of wood from splitting to stacking area. Only issue I have had was a flat tire and i decided to replace it with a solid tire instead and will do the same to the others when/if they go flat.

http://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Carts...8&qid=1399997872&sr=8-1&keywords=gorilla+cart

 

I've had one of these for many years. There are some similar Rubbermaid carts...this one has the large wheels. I have beat the crap out of this thing hauling big rounds in the woods, over down branches, or heaped up with heavy splits. It's tough and very maneuverable. Mine is brown, which matches firewood better...
http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-FG565461BLA-Big-Wheel-Cart/dp/B00361UIHK

 

I like that idea, never thought about a 4 legged cart.... thanks...

 

I use one of these for hauling everything
I take the sides off to strap down poles to get em out of the woods n cut em up on rack later

 

I really like mine as well...does well in the snow too.

 

I don't know if it is "The best", but I have been using a double wheeled wheel barrow like this:



It is strong and holds up to some really heavy loads of firewood, dirt, stone, mulch, etc. I have owned this one, pretty sure it is the same one, for over 10 years. I did have to do one repair job to it, after about 7 years, when the brackets that hold the axle on came a little loose. So I repaired it for a cost of about $10 and an hour of work. (The axle will not some loose again.) Under the loads that I put it under, I would recommend it to anyone for whatever wood or material work you want to move with it. The two wheel design and strength of the tub and frame is very impressive. When we bought it, over 10 years ago, I think we paid just under $100. It was worth every penny.

 

That looks like a good candidate for a MotoBarrow type conversion:

 

I like those , I like mine but , I wish I had got one of those instead

 

Sorry but whenever someone mentions ''handcart'' I almost automatically think of this....
One of the funniest movies ever made,the late,great Richard Pryor was one of the main screenwriters.Cleavon Little also RIP as Sheriff Bart had great chemistry with Gene Wilder "The Waco Kid" & others in the movie.So many comedy legends in this film,from the Director/Producer Mel Brooks,Harvey Korman & countless others,even Dom De Luise in the closing scenes.Plus Count Basie & his Orchestra playing in the desert early in the film.How cool is that? Definitely not a kids movie or is it exactly ''politically correct''....

 

Can you haul beans with a handcart?

 

I use one of these
This design has worked well for 100s of years.

 

Made this from an old wheelbarrow.

Hauls a good load and will go through a standard width door easily!

 

I like the wide wheelbase & the fold down platform on this HF hand truck. It is easy to roll larger rounds on to it in the woods & I can stack 3 tubs/totes of fire wood on it to haul inside & don't leave a mess behind with the wood in the tubs. I can then just dump the tubs into the wood bin. They are frequently on sale for $100.

 

Ended up ordering this one, the Gorrilla cart. Think that will work best for me. No lifting with the back, which is the problem with regular wheel barrels. They work fine, but you do have to lift a significant portion of the weight via the two handles. The gorilla cart you will not have to lift any of the weight, just pull it which you must do with any of them.

Thanks for all the replies....

 

Oliver1655,

Your setup makes me feel like an amateur.

 

Amazing! Brian, my parents and grandparents (of course) grew up in the greater Pittsburgh area (E. Pitt, Turtle Creek area). They both had the same style "block" on their PA houses. I have never seen that block anywhere else, except in PA. Whats the history/story behind that? Anything?


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