Being a gadget guy I wanted to try one of these slings for moving wood from the shed to the house. Pros: Can actually haul more in one trip. For me it could be beneficial for it to be bigger to haul even more. Once loaded, it does ease the strain on the back. If moving wood to the house, it eliminates making a mess while crossing the floor. The included flashlight definately helps in the dark. Strap is adjustable. Cons: A bit of a pain for an older guy to get up after loading from the bottom of the pile. Kind of spendy. The sleeve is difficult to slide to the elbow when wearing a bulky coat. Pieces have to be loaded and unloaded one at a time unless you set the whole loaded sling down. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
There’s a hanging curve ball in the cons. I will miss my big canvas wood bag when it’s beyond repair. It’s been to the cobbler once to get stitched up, but the bottom corners are disintegrating. Didn’t The Wood Wolverine get one?
Our plan for keeping a week of wood in the garage failed pretty quick, (flu coming though here and husbands foot and wrist acting up etc. ), they are bringing it in by the arm load now from across the driveway. I'm tempted to get both of them a sling, especially for kiddo, she's a little squirt and armloads are small. Shoulder sling for sure, but she'd need something differen't than the arm. Reloader, you're welcome to put this in the reviews thread if you'd like.
When the kiddos were home it was their job to keep the porch full. Harbor freight has wagons, the add says they’re up to $160 now, probably find a coupon or sale to get it way cheaper. Still in use over 20 years now. Two or three on the porch lasted just over a week. They’ll hold a lot of split wood. Spendy now days but keeps everyone safer and less apt for injury slipping or falling with arms loads. They double duty in the off season too. Owl
You know! I have (had) a similar wagon, a huge snow drift year before last smushed/bent it. That will work well, thank you very much!
My wife got me one on eBay right after The Wood Wolverine showed his. The one con I have is the bulky coat sleeve as mentioned and also my heavy coat has a hood that gets in the way. Overall it is pretty acceptable.
Thanks again! I just bought one from Home Depot, very similar. What caught my eye was your wagon is 24" wide, our splits are ~16", quicker to toss splits in in the wind and cold in a wider wagon then placing each one in separately in a narrower wagon. And if we get the worst drifts and mud storm like that one year I'll remember to move it
For the price we paid, my complaints are zero. Mine’s always used indoors so no need for a coat or hood to get in the way. Easily carries 6-8 splits from my basement well area to the wood furnace room. I have yet to find a fault. It fits me great and works perfect in my application.
I just told my husband I bought a new wagon. "for antelope?" No honey, it's for firewood, but it will def haul an antelope next time you get one
If the snow gets deep, a cheap pair of skis from goodwill fastened to the wheels works really well. Your young lady will like this much more than packing wood an arm load at a time. Owl
Thanks for the advice, not usually deep snow here except when a few inches at a time end up in deep drifts with bare ground right next to it from the winds . In that case she can drag the 4' plastic sled over the drifts and across the dirt. Very mild winter here this year, but we have 4" + on the ground right now and winds the next few days.
I have owned one for two years and love it. Comes in very handy at times. The quality was good and I have purchased other products from this company. I believe all there products are produced in the USA .
When I was a kid we would pull firewood to the house on a plastic toboggan type sled. You can load quite a bit on it and still pull pretty easily.
I just got myself a wood ox sling after striking out in the Christmas present department. I had been using a homemade wood cradle I fashioned out of a burlap coffee bag and some strips of oak with rope handles the wood ox sling is superior in every way. I can easily tote in 6-10 splits at a time in from the garage breezeway. I to sometimes have a hooded coat on. The hood is easily managed by simply pulling the hood up before putting the sling on. Getting the coat sleeve into the sling is easily accomplished by grabbing the cuff with your fingers and kind of twisting your wrist back and forth a bit. Two thumbs up from this hoarder and I wish I had got one sooner
