Single wheel game carts

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BIGJOHNT

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Does anyone know where to find a single wheel game cart. I think years ago a company sold plans for one ? They use a single motocycle wheel with drum a brake .
The ones I see for sale these days are two wheeled ,they don't work well out west with single track or game trails.
We usual just pack out our elk on our backs or with horses. This would just be another option . Hopefully it wouldn't be a pain to get it on the mountain ?
 
>Ran across this the other day
>in a EBJ Magazine
>
>http://dixonrollerpack.com/

hmmmm....kinda cool, since a game cart isn't allowed in wilderness I'm gonna guess the nazi's won't like that either.


great post/pic, thanks for sharing

JB
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Some of my greatest entertainment during hunting season, has been watching guys push, pull, tug, tip over and cuss at game carts.........ESPECIALLY single wheeled ones.

I actually ran into a guy in New Mexico, with a full out, camo rickshaw.....He had a huge buck in it, and all his gear.

The dummy was harnessed into the thing and passed us at about 20 mph. Going down hill, he wasn't hitting the ground but about every 30'.

I never laughed so hard in my life!

Some other hunters told us later, that he had stampeded a pack string and then turned his whole outfit upside down in a creek.

I would have traded my rifle, on the spot, for a movie camera. Easily would have made the $100,000, worlds funniest videos.

I have to admit though, he was makin' good time, the part we saw.
 
+1 to that nickman. i ran into a guy in the uinta's with a home made job, he was in about 5 miles with a rim that was folded in half! i was backpacking, so i had no way to help the guy, lord he was pissed!
 
I hav a one wheel and a two wheel game carts an I like the one wheel better. Would not think of hunting in the mountains without it.I wish I could remmber the manufacturer,no name on the cart.Made from aircraft alluminum and has a 20 inch bicycle wheel. Light and easy to carry or pull to where I hunt and have taken half of a deboned elk out in one trip with ease.I don't think they are made anymore at least I don't ever see them.
 
I have used one once, a 2-man, 1-wheel cart. I guess their usefulness depends on the cart design, where you are and how you are built.

But... I'll tell you that when we arrived at the elk with the empty cart, I was more sore and exhausted than I was the night before when I arrived back at camp with 80 pounds of elk on my back.
 
Years ago my buddy shot a cow towards dark. We brought a fat tired wheel barrow up the next morning. The elk wasn't too far off a closed logging road. We threw a rope around the front to use as a harness and the other guy pushed. We 1/4'd it up and threw everything in it. We were probably a mile from the truck and it worked great.
 
I have a old single wheel carrier you can have if my dad hasn't already gotten rid of it. I think they work pretty good at least its better than dragging. We bought a two wheel one a few years back and the single is a lot easier to get around bushes and rocks.
 
LAST EDITED ON Jul-14-09 AT 03:43AM (MST)[p]I really enjoy my single wheel cart.

It has a 24 inch mnt. bike wheel and has a hand break.

It is a little tricky to load it with one guy but over the years I have learned a trick or two for that.

My bud is going to weld us up another one here this summer.

Robb
 
We used to have a game cart single motorcycle wheel.... found it was much easier to use pack frames and bone out the meat. So I sold the cart.
 
Since this turned into story time I will share.
This almost cost me my marriage.
Took the wife to a fairly close, super secrete spot of mine on her first elk hunt, she was not hunting. Within the first 30 min of shoot light we had Elk all over us. I even had to wave a spike off that came to within less than 10' of us. Well a nice 5x6 show himself and, "boom", dead elk. We quartered the elk and went back to the truck. My buddy the night before suggested we take his game cart, two wheeler. Said it would work great for that area. So we grabbed it and headed in. On the way we jumped a nice Whitetail buck and, "boom", shot him also. Went over and gutted him out and left him for later. Well we loaded 2 quarters onto the cart and only made it about 200yds, huffing and puffing.My wife cussing the cart the whole time, picture a little blond, innocent looking lady, screaming profanities at the cart! I finally dumped the elk out and took the cart back to the truck empty and grabbed my pack frame, I left the wife there to rest. Got on the phone and called for reinforcements. Any how we got the elk out on our backs and my buddy and I drug the deer out while our wives rested at the truck. To this day my wife reminds me of that day. She told me she just about left me out in the woods and when I made it home the divorce papers would be waiting.

From that day on all my kills have came out on either my back, horse, or if possible a quad.
 
I have tried both the single and dual wheeled carts and both are a pain. I even built a custom cart that I could load my backpack on and still carry the whole thing when the going got ruff. All of them have their issues. I have come up with a new idea based on adult size kick scooters. Search on Google for Adult Kick Scooters.

Here is a link to one site:
http://www.bikedock.com/posit/shop/index.php?category=17&group=39&manf=&format=1

Once you get the idea of how these are built take an old BMX bicycle with 24 inch wheels and cut everything out of the middle and put in a platform. Make it sturdy enough to hold two elk quartes and yourself. Load up the elk and push when you must and ride when you can. You may want to consider dual wheels in the back to help support the weight.

I plan on building one of these my self. Just looking for the right doner bicycle to get started.
 
I HAVE HAD A PAC ORSE SINGLE WHEEL/ DUAL BRAKES CART FOR 25 YEARS......ITS SAVED MY BUTT A DOZEN TIMES. HAD AS MUCH AS 500 POUNDS ON IT, NOW THEY ARE ILLEGAL IN WILDERNESS AREAS I AM TOLD.......GREAT TOOL TO HAVE............YD.
 
>
> I HAVE HAD A
>PAC ORSE SINGLE WHEEL/ DUAL
>BRAKES CART FOR 25 YEARS......ITS
>SAVED MY BUTT A DOZEN
>TIMES. HAD AS MUCH
>AS 500 POUNDS ON IT,
>NOW THEY ARE ILLEGAL IN
>WILDERNESS AREAS I AM TOLD.......GREAT
>TOOL TO HAVE............YD.
 
try neet kart out of kalispell mt they use two inline wheels works great on game trails have up to elk sized loads easely.
 
I have never used one and I know they wouldn't work everywhere. Some spots have so much down fall,but if you found a game trail it just seems like it might lighten the load.
Oh and brakes are a must, I can just picture that guy free wheelen down the mountain.
 
Is it true in Utah you can not use a game cart in wilderness area's ? I thought it was just motorized vehicle . When you startup most of the trais it shows the little signs that have the line threw four wheelers and they usualy say non motorized vehicles, Right ?
 
LAST EDITED ON Jul-17-09 AT 08:40AM (MST)[p]You cannot ride a mountain bike in the Wilderness Areas so it sort of makes sense that they wouldn't allow a game cart.
 
I guess the question is what is a wilderness area ? Tails that are mark no motorized vehicle . Must not be in a wilderness area, like trails around Fish lake ? Pine valley is a wilderness area and don't allow wheeled vechile ?
 
My brother and some friends of his hauled out 3 elk in one day with an in-line 2 wheeled cart. He said they were back a few miles and it worked great. It requires two people as there are handles front and back like on a stretcher.
 
I think,
NO wheels in a true Wilderness area like Uintas. No mountain bikes.
No motorized in lots of protected areas. can use bikes etc.
So, who knows with Wilderness study areas? Its a study not designated!!!

CANNON
 
STINKY......ITS THE WHEEL THATS THE PROBLEM......THE MOTOR IS OUT OF THE QUESTION......ALREADY GOT POPPED BY THE US FOREST SERVICE IN IDAHO...........YD.
 
I stand corrected...

PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN USES


(c) Except as specifically provided for in this Act, and subject to existing private rights, there shall be no commercial enterprise and no permanent road within any wilderness area designated by this Act and, except as necessary to meet minimum requirements for the administration of the area for the purpose of this Act (including measures required in emergencies involving the health and safety of persons within the area), there shall be no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation within any such area.
 
For the mountain hunter, game carts have a way to go before being ready for elk and mule deer hunters. However, the Hawk Crawler has come a lot closer to being handy in the mountains than any of the competition. The axles work well for rough uneven terrain. The weight sits on top of four wheels so all you have to do is push, or pull, the game cart along. Even with a load, the card moves easily along. Uphill pull can be a workout. Eventually, game cart manufacturers will figure out an electric, self-driven, four wheel design using a man size strong frame that's as tough as the mountains in which they will be used.
 
2 wheel carts are much better. Even under ideal circumstances 1 wheel is tough. I would go 2 wheels or nothing. This is from deer hauling in FLAT ohio down trails you can almost drive a car down.
 
Pretty old thread. I used the Pac 'Orse model mentioned above back when this thread was started with good results. Worked best on old closed roads.
The new Pack Wheel, e-powered single wheel cart is fantastic. Makes moving 200+ pounds like child's play with the battery doing much of the work. To each his own, but there have been many technological improvements over the years, and the Pack Wheel is definitely one of them.
Still illegal in wilderness areas, however, as is anything mechanized.

Bill
 

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