I was browsing "Garden Carts" - as an alternative to lugging firewood
from the bottom of the garden to the house with a wheelbarrow (I always
fill it to the brim, & then struggle to keep it from toppling).
When looking at one cart, the description informed me that it has
"360° Rotating Wheels".
I was browsing "Garden Carts" - as an alternative to lugging firewood
from the bottom of the garden to the house with a wheelbarrow (I always
fill it to the brim, & then struggle to keep it from toppling).
When looking at one cart, the description informed me that it has
"360° Rotating Wheels".
Phew! That's a relief.
(or should I hope for more than a single rotation?).
P.S. Any advice on the use of such a cart[1] in a garden that slopes
and has plenty uneven ground?
On 15/03/2025 21:26, Sam Plusnet wrote:
I was browsing "Garden Carts" - as an alternative to lugging firewood
from the bottom of the garden to the house with a wheelbarrow (I
always fill it to the brim, & then struggle to keep it from toppling).
When looking at one cart, the description informed me that it has
"360° Rotating Wheels".
Phew! That's a relief.
(or should I hope for more than a single rotation?).
P.S. Any advice on the use of such a cart[1] in a garden that slopes
and has plenty uneven ground?
If you get the type with sack truck size wheels, then it would be ok on
rough ground so long as it is not so sloped that the angle makes the
logs fall off!
I have a folding "festival/camping" style cart - the wheels on that are
a bit smaller (say 50 or 6" diameter and about 3.5" wide), and even that
is fine across the garden etc and seems happy enough to bump up and down kerbs.
On 15/03/2025 22:25, John Rumm wrote:
On 15/03/2025 21:26, Sam Plusnet wrote:
I was browsing "Garden Carts" - as an alternative to lugging firewood
from the bottom of the garden to the house with a wheelbarrow (I
always fill it to the brim, & then struggle to keep it from toppling).
When looking at one cart, the description informed me that it has
"360° Rotating Wheels".
Phew! That's a relief.
(or should I hope for more than a single rotation?).
P.S. Any advice on the use of such a cart[1] in a garden that slopes
and has plenty uneven ground?
If you get the type with sack truck size wheels, then it would be ok
on rough ground so long as it is not so sloped that the angle makes
the logs fall off!
Good point. Most of the models I've been looking at have 10 inch
wheels, so maybe a little larger than my sack truck (8 inch?).
I have a folding "festival/camping" style cart - the wheels on that
are a bit smaller (say 50 or 6" diameter and about 3.5" wide), and
even that is fine across the garden etc and seems happy enough to bump
up and down kerbs.
I looked at the folding carts - since that type would be easier to store
in an (already overflowing) shed - but I'm not at all sure they could
stand up to repeated loads of split firewood dragged over rough ground.
On 15/03/2025 22:25, John Rumm wrote:
On 15/03/2025 21:26, Sam Plusnet wrote:
I was browsing "Garden Carts" - as an alternative to lugging firewood
from the bottom of the garden to the house with a wheelbarrow (I
always fill it to the brim, & then struggle to keep it from toppling).
When looking at one cart, the description informed me that it has
"360° Rotating Wheels".
Phew! That's a relief.
(or should I hope for more than a single rotation?).
P.S. Any advice on the use of such a cart[1] in a garden that slopes
and has plenty uneven ground?
If you get the type with sack truck size wheels, then it would be ok on
rough ground so long as it is not so sloped that the angle makes the
logs fall off!
Good point. Most of the models I've been looking at have 10 inch
wheels, so maybe a little larger than my sack truck (8 inch?).
I have a folding "festival/camping" style cart - the wheels on that are
a bit smaller (say 50 or 6" diameter and about 3.5" wide), and even that
is fine across the garden etc and seems happy enough to bump up and down
kerbs.
I looked at the folding carts - since that type would be easier to store
in an (already overflowing) shed - but I'm not at all sure they could
stand up to repeated loads of split firewood dragged over rough ground.
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
On 15/03/2025 22:25, John Rumm wrote:
On 15/03/2025 21:26, Sam Plusnet wrote:
I was browsing "Garden Carts" - as an alternative to lugging firewood
from the bottom of the garden to the house with a wheelbarrow (I
always fill it to the brim, & then struggle to keep it from toppling). >>>>
When looking at one cart, the description informed me that it has
"360° Rotating Wheels".
Phew! That's a relief.
(or should I hope for more than a single rotation?).
P.S. Any advice on the use of such a cart[1] in a garden that slopes >>>> and has plenty uneven ground?
If you get the type with sack truck size wheels, then it would be ok on
rough ground so long as it is not so sloped that the angle makes the
logs fall off!
Good point. Most of the models I've been looking at have 10 inch
wheels, so maybe a little larger than my sack truck (8 inch?).
I have a folding "festival/camping" style cart - the wheels on that are
a bit smaller (say 50 or 6" diameter and about 3.5" wide), and even that >>> is fine across the garden etc and seems happy enough to bump up and down >>> kerbs.
I looked at the folding carts - since that type would be easier to store
in an (already overflowing) shed - but I'm not at all sure they could
stand up to repeated loads of split firewood dragged over rough ground.
Have you considered rebuilding your wood stores closer to the back door?
;-)
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