Who uses a game cart?
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Buglemaster
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- Aug 25, 2017
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I have two that I\'ve made. One is the traditional 2 wheel model & the other is a single wheel. Have only used the 2 wheel cart to pack meat, but the single wheel will eventually get used. We have packed in a spike camp on it & it worked terrific with close to 100#s of gear loaded. I will add that a decent trail or old closed roadbed is pretty much required to make either work & not kill yourself in the process. Dragging either through heavy timber would be your worst nightmare !
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I didn\'t look to see what these cost, but looks pretty easy to make. Check out the link!
I didn\'t look to see what these cost, but looks pretty easy to make. Check out the link!
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This one looks good also. Hmmmm! Might just be a good winter welding project.
This one looks good also. Hmmmm! Might just be a good winter welding project.
cohunter14
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Interesting...those mono wheel versions look like you could take them anywhere.
Anonymous
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I\'ve used them for years. Built one out of plywood, electrical tubing and wheelbarrow tires, which I used for bear hunting(baiting) and for one elk hunt. It finally fell apart in 2008 but lasted 15 years. I then bought one of Cabelas carts. Have used it to haul out a few elk and deer. Also use it to pack elk camp 1.3 miles back and forth. Last year a friend used a one-wheel cart w/hand brake to help me pack my elk out...worked like a champ except that it puts a lot of strain on you hands.
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Bill,
I am pondering about the bike wheel, but isn\'t a lower center of gravity better?
I am open to suggestions
I do know that of all the times I have used my game cart, I haven\'t had the need for brakes.
What is your thought about having (or not having) brakes?
I think you might get by without brakes. You need something you can pull rather than push. I think something like a 20\" bicycle wheel would provide a low enough center of gravity and still be big enough to pull well over logs and rocks. Something similar to the second video where they were speaking German, might be worth patterning after. But beef it up enough to handle 150 -200 #s
Brad, we built a couple of one wheel game carts out of spare aluminum from an old camper frame, and utilize a bicycle tire. I ordered solid tires so that you don\'t have to worry about having a flat. The bicycle tires help a lot in pulling the cart over downed trees, logs and large rocks. The larger tire diameter helps get the cart over obstacles. We usually have one guy operating the cart and the other at the wheel to help lift it over large obstacles. The single wheel carts work great on game and hiking trails.
We used a two wheel Cabela\'s game cart and it was a good cart, it just was a bear to use when you were using a game trail. One wheel would be on the trail and the other tire would be off of the trail running into brush, rocks, logs etc. and that really wore a person out - especially if we were on a side hill.
I would like to put some hand brakes on our carts, as going up or down hill it would be nice to stop the cart with the hand brake rather than trying to slow it down or hold it when stopped with your arms/body.
If we hike into a wilderness area, we will stash the carts off trail somewhere at the boundary.
We used a two wheel Cabela\'s game cart and it was a good cart, it just was a bear to use when you were using a game trail. One wheel would be on the trail and the other tire would be off of the trail running into brush, rocks, logs etc. and that really wore a person out - especially if we were on a side hill.
I would like to put some hand brakes on our carts, as going up or down hill it would be nice to stop the cart with the hand brake rather than trying to slow it down or hold it when stopped with your arms/body.
If we hike into a wilderness area, we will stash the carts off trail somewhere at the boundary.
Billy Goat
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anybody got experience with a \"Neet Cart\"?
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they\'re pretty pricey, but having 2 wheels ought to help with stability, I\'d think.
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they\'re pretty pricey, but having 2 wheels ought to help with stability, I\'d think.
I built one kind of like it and it will haul some weight. I used bike tires with a lot of spokes. The cart works well but is a little struggle to keep stable or balanced. It is like a wheel barrel. It wants to fall to the side. Works great on one track trails. I used a game cart the first time on a one track and it kept tipping till it finally folded up one of the wheels. In my opinion that cart is good for the one track trails and a game cart works better if the trail is wide enough.
I just built a simple one this year and it was a real back saver. I bought a trashed $3 bmx bike from a thrift store and found an old beat up Razor scooter for the platform. With a little extra hardware and paint I ended up with a 14# cart that turned a painful 2+ trip day into an easy one trip day. Total cost was way less than $50. Totally worth it. I call it a BMX (Beast Meat eXtractor) 
Looks a lot like a redneck version of the Packwheel but I actually got my inspiration from this.
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