Wood Caddy

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Nobody complains now when they have to go out and move wood from the wood pile to the wood racks! This mover definitely has reduced the trips out back. My sons have even pulled it through the house and sit it next to the fireplace. The design makes it obscure and I have several days worth of wood sitting right there. We have put the canvas carrier away! I agree that the wheels seem a bit wobbly but so far we haven't had any trouble with them; they glide easily over the terrain. I also bought 2 of the large wood racks with finials and they are very attractive on each side of my front steps. We are all very happy with the purchase. My "MENSA" son analyzed the design of all the carriers and told me to buy this one. He has not found any faults with the design.

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The cart is great for those who cannot carry heavy loads of wood. If the wheels were two inches wider it would go over anything and be more like a wagon in moveablity. I bought one for my dad then bought one for me. It works great on a smooth surphase.

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My husband and I received this as a Christmas present. It came to us assembled so that was a plus! My husband was very skeptical about using this for the first time because it did not appear very sturdy, but it was awesome! We are getting up there in age and were very surprised to find this product made it much easier to load wood from our wood pile to bring into our house for our wood stove. It is very easy to go up stairs with a full load, and we are making less trips out to the wood pile. We are really enjoying this product.

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Just purchased. Put together in about 20 minutes with socket wrench and pliers. Frame seems solid to me however wheels are a bit wobbly and I question if the pin holding them on will stand the test of time. In 1 trip to the woodpile I brought in (with much less exertion) what typically would have taken me 4 trips with handheld log carrier up two separate sets of steps (about 10 in total)...no problem. I have very standard/uniform sized pieces of wood that are roughly the same length, which fit perfectly. Others could have issues with longer pieces. If I had more confidence in the wheels I'd be fully pleased.

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The tubular wheel spacers were about 3/32" too long which prevented the cotter retaining pins from being installed...had to shorten to assemble.

Catalogue showed 200# load rating. Mfgs. instruction sheet showed not to exceed 150#

Airless tires are great!

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I'm not a weakling, but I had a hard time pulling this cart up my back stairs. I could not fill the cart with as much wood as it says you can. I ended up carry the wood by the armful. Much easier and faster. This is a fine product to move wood from one area to another but not for stairs as advertised.

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I fill the indoor wood storage area by wheeling in 4 or 5 full cart loads once per week. For each of two stoves, this is be single best thing we could have selected other than the wood stoves themselves!

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This product would be far more useful with some sort of wire mess between metal frame so the wood doesn't fall out. Also, the screw holes were not all pre-drilled.

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I love this! I have a bad back and can still get the cart up the stairs to my front porch. It was a bit hard to assemble, but I appreciate that it was to ensure the stability of the cart - besides my tools left something to be desired...

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Our whole family loves this rolling wood caddy!! We used to use a wood bag to haul logs from our detached garage into our house, but it was difficult and took many trips. It hurt my lower back, made my husband cranky, and our 2 teenage boys would moan and groan when asked to do this task. Now bringing in wood is a pleasure. The caddy rolls easily over ice and snow, up granite steps, and into our house. And we only need to make 2-3 trips to bring in a LOT of wood. This was a great purchase for my husband and me as we are aging, and we know our teenagers will not always be around to help out!

I did have a friend assemble it for us and he seemed to have no problem with it.

The only "con" I can think of is that the caddy is rather large and needs a good-sized space in our garage to store it.

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This has to be the worst product that I have ever purchased. On the second trip hauling wood the brace that connects the handle to the base split in half making this product nothing more than a very expensive yard ornament. This company should be absolutely ashamed of itself for marketing such pure junk.

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We have a wheelchair ramp on the back porch, so this product is excellent for easily bringing a large amount of wood to the fireplace in one load. It is balanced well when loaded and easy to move and handle. The nuts and bolts have to be tightened occasionally, but overall, this had made the chore of moving firewood easy. Simple to assemble.

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I bring firewood from our barn to our back porch. I wanted to be able to lift the wood to the porch, up the steps, so I wouldn't have to unload it twice. While the cart works well and seems quite sturdy, I did decide to put part of the wood in a rubber maid tub on top of part of the wood, take it off before pulling the whole cart up my two steps, then putting the box of wood back on the cart after getting it up the steps. Other than that, I love it. I like the filled tires, it maneuvers well, and hauls a decent amount of wood.

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I use this cart to bring wood from my storage area to the house. Each load equals 5 loads per hand carried devices.

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Saves wear and tear on the back and shoulders. Rolls easily and is easy to manuver up a couple of stairs and through doorways.

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This wood caddy was supposed to be a Christmas gift for my husband, but we opened it over a month early and have used it daily since then. The balance is excellent - just tip it back and go. No heavy exertion required.

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I assembled it in about 20 minutes. It hauls bunch of wood. I have a tendency to overload things, it carried more than I can manage. I'll have to deal with my own weaknesses I guess.

Most wood should be about 16 inches in length. There is plenty of room for that. Put short pieces on top between longer ones so they don't fall out. Longer pieces can go on above the wheels and stick out the sides.

It beats the heck out of a log carrier bag!

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Caddy works great to haul firewood. Makes it easy to move firewood from Pile to Fireplace. Works well if wood pieces are not too wide, for me less than 20". It is much easier than other totes or carrying an arm load. Easy to pull up a step to get it in the house.

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Assembly was a problem due to one axel shaft spacer being too long and had to be filed off with a grinder. The entire item is much stronger than I thought it would be, very pleased with it.

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We use this to bring wood from the woodstack outside, up the shallow porch steps into the house. My wife usually does it easily. The large, bicycle-type tires do the trick!

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Like I tried to say in the pros. column the large-solid tires cut right through snow, and also back up steps real easy. What more could you want?

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We use it to load wood so we only need to make one trip. Saves a lot of time and work

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It definitely has made transporting wood to the door quicker and less painful however the large wheel design has not held up due to the weight of the wood. Both wheels are wobbly and bent. I should have went with the small wheel design.

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Our wood cady is used to haul less than the max weight of split firewood from barn to house. It has to go up an incline and that seems to put stress on cart. It is weak at bolt holes on lower part of handle. Wheels wobble. And handle could be a couple inches longer for comfort and ease. The design over-all is a great but does need improvement.

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this was bigger than we thought, hard to fit in small spots, a little clunky for getting in and out of the house

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It took us less than 40 mins to assemble this wood carrier. The only tools we needed were two 10 mm wrenches. We have a narrow stairway to our wood room, but this carrier fit just fine. It carriered long pieces of wood just fine, but really short pieces tended to shift and fall. I think we will just have to learn how ro load this crrier so that we can get the best use. It will take trial and error but we are very pleased with the results.

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Wood is a primary source of heat for us. Had a smaller iron cart with small wheels. This one looked bigger and described as strong. Very disappointed when pulling the third load up the step and the wood fell back into the yard.
Far from heavy duty.

Service and delivery comments:

Prompt delivery.
Good condition on arrival.

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We have a fireplace on the second floor. This cart is great to carry large amount of logs up the steps. We like the clean design of it as well.

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Reading the other reviews, it's hard to believe I received the same product. Perhaps mine was part of a different batch from a new manufacturer.

The one I received does not work. The angle in the frame between the axle and the handle is unreinforced flat metal bent to angle. When the cart is loaded, that angle bends easily again making it impossible to lift the loaded end of the cart. I reinforced the angle by triangulating it with galvanized hanger strap. The cart is now usable but with difficulty. I have to push down hard on the handle to lift the load even when I load mostly toward the handle. The axle needs to be closer to the load and/or the angle in the frame more acute in order to balance the load properly.

If that doesn't scare you off, there were other problems as well. The axle was welded to the frame off center. To mount the second wheel, I had to trim 3/16 of an inch off one wheel spacer with a hack saw. That worked, but left an unpainted end that would eventually rust. The paint cover was also incomplete on the other pieces, most notable both ends of the axle which were already rusting out of the box. Finally, the foam handle grip arrived with a piece torn out about an inch across.

I love the concept of this cart and wish it worked; but I am disassembling mine and sending it back.

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We store our wood under the deck, and have to bring it across the lawn and up two steps, to get it to the indoor storage area. This cart is great, easy to stack wood, easy to pull, and with the big wheels, easy to pull up the steps when it is loaded. I'm really pleased with it. It's what I needed.