Wheelbarrow Tips

[RES]

Here are some tips when using your wheel barrow. I use mine all the time for moving firewood.
o Make sure the wheelbarrow is pointed towards your destination before you load it up. It is easier to turn when it is empty
o A wheelbarrow with one wheel can be loaded by tipping it down on the ground and rolling the log into the wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow then can be brought back up by placing one foot on one of the stands and either grapping the tub or the log to bring it upright. You be supprised how large a log or rock you can get into a wheelbarrow using this method.
o When trying to get a wheelbarrow heavily loaded up a large slope, tie a rope to the front axel and have a helper pull along. (I thank Treeco for this suggestion)

 

[ray benson]

Good tip Res. All my wood gets moved with a wheelbarrow from the front to the back yard. Also grease the axle every year and keep the tire at max rated pressure.

 

[pacman]

I use my wheel barrow to hold logs when im splitting them so I dont have to keep bending over to pick a log up . I set the wheel barrow on the opposite side that I am splitting my log and if I get a big log I let the split half fall back into the wheel barrow to be split next . I load the wheel barrow up with logs and it holds them , helps out alot .

 

[iowawoodcutter]

pacman, I split all my wood by hand and use and old tire nailed to the top of a large elm stump. If you load up wood tight vertically in the tire, then they will all stay in place while you split the whole bunch. Then toss them in the pile. Saves a ton of bending over and is much safer. ie, get the wood to the right height, tire will stop some misplace blows, etc.

C

 

[pacman]

What I left out was that I use a log splitter to split the logs. Sorry I left that part out . Thanks for the advise.

 

[pacman]

This is what I was referring to about using my wheel barrow....

The first pic splitter in the horizontal position . Then I roll the log on the right over to the splitter .

I set the log in there on its side to show how I split logs some time. I do it this way because it just rolls on there more easily. Oh yeah if you cut wet logs and dont think you will be splitting for a few week leave them on the ground like it is a long log is laying on the ground , because if you dont you will have to pry it off the ground ( im speaking from experience ).

I quartered the log up so I could pick it up more easily but still leaving the quarters on the ground. After I get a 3-4 logs quartered up I start splitting them and using the wheel barrow as my table so it can hold all the the split pieces and some of the bigger ones I need to split a few times so I dont have to keep bending over so much.

After I fill the wheel barrow I throw the split wood in my dump ( yeah I need an elevator saw on about 30 miles away but the guy hasnt got back with me on it yet).

The pic with me holding the ax...some times I get strings I need to hack off with very little effort.

 

[pacman]

more pics.....

 

[arlen]

I use a two wheel wheel barrel it is nice and steady I sit in a chair by my splitter. Pull the round out of my tractor bucket place it on the splitter push the half of the split on the splitter table. when the rounds are small enough I push them over the table into the wheel barrel. than I dump them into a large pile. After I am through splitting I use the wheel barrel to go to the pile fill with wood and park next to my bundler where I bundle the wood. David

 

[dolmen]

Great pics there pacman, what size is the body on your truck?

Cheers

 

[pacman]

Im not really sure on the body but I think it is about 16 feet long maybe 7 ft wide. It was a grain truck. Its old but it runs good. It took me two days to fill it where it is in the pick and I still can put more on it.

 

[jrclen]

Great pictures Pacman.