Burrapeg
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Nice! Especially if it comes with that lovely creature pulling it.
DIY Pack Wheel for heavy gear
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Chris Schultz
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Or you could have adjustable handlebar heights?….
Burrapeg
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The handlebars on a bike normally are adjustable that way, so that is easy to do. And there are different, taller types of handlebars that can be swapped out, as long as the stem diameters match up.
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Like I said, Dad and his hunting buddies made a single bicycle wheel stretcher type for deer hunting. I've pushed a few tons of materials in single wheel wheelbarrows and some in two-wheel setups. For winter camping I had a heavy duty pulk that I pulled for hundreds of miles over the years. On lakes mostly but some rough and tumble portages too.
Deciding which wheel configuration seems to go with the terrain. I think that @Burrapeg said rough terrain and skinny trails is easier with a single, large diameter. If the trails and terrain is more tame smaller diameter and two wheels seems to be a good choice.
Beta versions of all of this can be fabbed with electrical conduit. Hammer and anvil and some quarter inch bolts will work if you don't weld.
Be sure to start the process with your CAD system though. Cardboard Aided Design along with laths and hot glue work well in my Skunk Works Facility.
Deciding which wheel configuration seems to go with the terrain. I think that @Burrapeg said rough terrain and skinny trails is easier with a single, large diameter. If the trails and terrain is more tame smaller diameter and two wheels seems to be a good choice.
Beta versions of all of this can be fabbed with electrical conduit. Hammer and anvil and some quarter inch bolts will work if you don't weld.
Be sure to start the process with your CAD system though. Cardboard Aided Design along with laths and hot glue work well in my Skunk Works Facility.
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I have 2 sizes of "Jet-Sleds"; use them for lawn grass/ leaves/ fire wood/ etc., etc.
P.S.: Tree Bing started his career w/ Jet-Sleds & a bicycle ! ! !
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I gave up on my single wheel borrow 20 years ago.
I used as much effort to keep it up-right as required to push it.
Instead I bought a 10 cu. ft. plastic tub wheel-borrow w/ 2 wheels !
I inserted wood spaces to move the axle down.
Installed small car tires (wider - for wet area, & stability; larger diameter - for divits, holes, branches, logs, etc.)
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My jet-sleds have a rope w/ a 1-1/2" PVC handle (2.5 feet long) so I can pull it from behind me.
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- Chardon, OH
The PVC handle is stable. The rope runs thru the pipe ! Handle never moves.
I've used a 2-wheel wheelbarrow before and didn't like it at all. In my experience, much worse than 1 wheel when going across a slope; you have to torque the handles enough to get it on the uphill wheel lest you dump your load. On reasonably level ground, 2 wheels might be great, but it's in short supply at my house.
evo
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Whoa, What about setting it up with "training wheels"? Something light and can act as a tripod when engaged, but set to where you can pick them up by tilting the big wheel?
evo
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Somewhere I have drawings of a Rail Sail bike after I found MANY miles of abandoned railroad tracks down in AZ.. The plan was to make a bike trailer that disassembled into two axles and 4 wheels. bike in the center, and each wheel would have a arm that would lock to the tracks with a skateboard wheel. The sail was suppose to be from a sail board. Sections of the tracks were torn up on either side of town, so this would break down into a normal bike and everything would ride as a trailer across town..
evo
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It's a total derail...
evo
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And "derailed" was a bad joke too...
Burrapeg
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Here is a youTube vid of one of the commercial hiking wheels, showing it on narrow trails, going between rocks, etc. An apparent advantage, albeit a minor one, of pushing one rather than pulling something, is seeing exactly where you are steering it in really confined places.
Burrapeg
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Here is another brand. This is the one that actually inspired me to build one of my own.
Burrapeg
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Agreed, no way I would pay that much for one. Too easy to make one yourself.
Walking a unicycle down a trail just looks goofy. Watching the vid, I'm thinking you might as well be walking a bicycle. Oh wait! If it was a bicycle, you could ride it. Or if you're a badass, you could do it this way
Personally, I like the tow-behind model, since it's hands free.
Personally, I like the tow-behind model, since it's hands free.
evo
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Oh I totally see the advantage. I’m just thinking of a wide(ish) yoke that folds down like a kickstand. With caster wheels.
I once had 4 over flowing pickup loads of bikes and bike parts, plus a bottomless dumpster of fire extinguishers and a forge/mig welder….
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