Peter Rideout
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This is not fine woodworking, but a very satisfying job to have done over the past couple of days.
We heat the old farmhouse almost entirely with wood, about six cords most winters and the wood gets heavier every year. The job of moving it from the throwing in side to the piling side with an old wheelbarrow has been the most tiresome aspect. This unit is like an old "freight wagon", but just 16" wide. I made it 6 feet long and my uprights are 4 feet, so it should move a quarter of a cord with no extra lifting of wheelbarrow handles. I shimmed the fixed middle set of wheels down a half inch so it pivots easily around it's mid point.
There's a load on the dump trailer under a tarp, but I'm out of gas tonight. Almost looking forward to moving some wood tomorrow evening!