Let's see those DIY game carts

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eidsvolling
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Let's see those DIY game carts

#1 Post by eidsvolling »

Let's see your DIY game cart. Here's mine.

Components:
Two 20" bike wheels I snatched from the dumpster at the local landfill site several years ago.
Two sections of an aluminum extending ladder that I scrapped when it showed signs of fatigue on one of the hangers.
A scrapped pool skimmer handle, cut into two pieces.
A scrapped plastic-clad heavy-duty curtain rod, cut to length.
A scrapped lawnmower handle.
A piece of round steel bar, cut to length, inserted through a scrapped piece of aluminum tube and then the curtain rod. The bar is attached to the bike wheel axles with J-B Weld packed into the tube and around the bar (no, I'm not kidding!), with the curtain rod shimmed in the ladder section with some masonry nails.
Some paint that I actually had to pay for.
Duct tape wrapped around the handle joints to reduce creaking noise.

Total cost of materials: Under $20.
Total weight ... wait for it ... 24 lbs.

Because the weight of a properly balanced load is over the axle, there is MINIMAL force required to lift the handle and move the cart. The load in this case was a ladder stand - I lifted the handle with a single finger. :D

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#2 Post by Captainkirk »

Nice!
Me, I cheated. I just bought one.
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#3 Post by Carpdaddy »

Too cool! It even appears that you can put the park break on, stand it up, and hunt from it! :lol: :lol: Joking about that; but you did good and that's no joke.

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Very nice build!! I ended up needing one at the moment...so I bought mine too. I mostly quarter and pack out now days
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#5 Post by eidsvolling »

Carpdaddy wrote:Too cool! It even appears that you can put the park break on, stand it up, and hunt from it! :lol: :lol: Joking about that; but you did good and that's no joke.
Thanks.

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#6 Post by eidsvolling »

Shadowhntr wrote:Very nice build!! I ended up needing one at the moment...so I bought mine too. I mostly quarter and pack out now days
Thanks. I've got one of these as well: http://www.eberlestock.com/store/x2-pack I wouldn't want to haul the constituent parts of an elk out with it, but deer quarters or boned-out meat are feasible.

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#7 Post by Mohawk »

Very nice build! My game cart is Shadow. :D

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#8 Post by Captainkirk »

Mohawk wrote:Very nice build! My game cart is Shadow. :D
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Either you pay him well, or you've got some real dirt on him! :?
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#9 Post by Longtrad »

looks like a fine piece of a handiwork

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#10 Post by Shadowhntr »

Captainkirk wrote:
Mohawk wrote:Very nice build! My game cart is Shadow. :D
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Either you pay him well, or you've got some real dirt on him! :?
.....or both????
The element of surprise can never be replaced by persistence.

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