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Winch-Towed Sled Brings Wood To The House
“My home-built firewood sled makes hauling firewood up to the house as simple as pressing a button,” says Don Bogardus, Sloansville, N.Y.
  The sled carries a load of firewood between a wood shed and his house, a distance of about 70 ft. and all of it uphill.
  The firewood sled rides on a pair of 5-ft. long metal skids made by welding old snowmobile runners together, back to back. The runners support a 2-ft. wide, U-shaped metal frame made from 3/4-in. dia. pipe. It holds about 1/3 cord of wood.
  “I couldn’t be happier with it,” says Bogardus. “Originally, I mounted a hand-cranked winch on front of the sled and ran the cable up to the house. That way I could hand crank the winch and ‘walk’ the sled up to the back of our house. Later, I installed the electric winch on a ledge in the basement and ran the cable down to the sled. I keep the hand-cranked winch on the sled as a backup in case our power ever goes off.
  “I bought the 110-volt electric hoist from Harbor Freight for $98.”
  The runners are turned up at both ends so the sled can go back downhill without having to be turned around. The cable runs through a small pulley at the bottom of the frame, which keeps the center of gravity low so the sled won’t tip over.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Bogardus, 3375 Hwy. Rt. 20, Sloansville, N.Y. 12160 (ph 518 868-9309; dondwelder@gmail.com).


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2012 - Volume #36, Issue #3