One Wheel Deer cart Pix

bucklover · Jan 26, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Jan-26-12 AT 04:28PM (MST)[p]Here's the promised pictures of the one wheeled deer cart. The cart is 6 feet long by 24" wide. The forks from handle to the axle are approximately 35" long. The internal basket is 1/4" box iron. The handles are 1" box iron. The outside braces between the handles are 3/4" box iron. The Wheel and tire are 26" heavy duty spokes ordered from "Northern" catalog. The tube is solid rubber. No air. I owe Wybighorn a big thank you for helping me post up the pictures.

Salmon · Jan 26, 2012

Looks good! What weight do you think it can handle?

bucklover · Jan 26, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Jan-26-12 AT 10:05PM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Jan-26-12 AT 10:01?PM (MST)

It can handle as much weight as you can handle. We've had half elk and some small bulls gutted out, but still whole.(two points, etc.) Put a guy on each corner, and you can walk a bunch of weight up out of steep holes. If you quarter and bone, a whole elk is possible with two guys. As I stated somewhere else, we like to hunt up long canyons with a trail running down the bottom. Load this thing up and strap the meat down tight with a ratchet strap, and the weight provides the forward momentum. You can walk out without hardly even stopping for a break. There is no lifting, unless you have to roll it over a log. Just walk and balance. I need to put another bicycle brake on it to help hold it back on steep spots. We usually just zig zag back and forth down steep places. Getting deer out is a nothing for two guys, and one guy can run it like a wheelbarrow if you're hauling antelope. Once you've tried it, there's no going back to dragging or packing, unless you're just packing meat out of really nasty spots to get it to the cart.

PleaseDear · Jan 26, 2012

Very nice.

A little bigger than mine but I love my single wheel cart.

Good job.

Robb

bucklover · Jan 26, 2012

One other comment. This cart is great in thick heavy sage brush. The tall wheel keeps the cart up high enough that its easy to navigate through those nasty places where it's impossible to drag a critter through. When we make it back to the truck the height of the cart almost perfectly lines up with the height of the tale gate, so it's easy just to slide the load from the cart to the truck.

TOPGUN · Jan 27, 2012

A hunting buddy that doesn't hunt out west with us any more made one for us very similar to that a number of years ago and he used a motorcycle tire along with brakes for downhill going. We used it on a few hunts, but then my best buddy that I still hunt with and I began boning stuff out and backpacking it out.

wybighorn · Jan 27, 2012

I'm in the process of getting one built now. Bucklover has been kind enough to allow me to use it a few times. I can tell you, it's worth hauling it around in the back of a truck. My dad shot a buck in a deep draw this year and it was a long hike back to the truck! We boned the deer out so we could pack him out in one trip but, it was a long, heavy, uncomfortable hike. Lesson learned! When mine is built I will be taking it on every hunt I go on from now on.

westelkman · Feb 8, 2012

That thing is a tank!

Why not build one with 2 wheels so it only takes one man to control it? While your at it, why not build it so center of gravity is lower to control it easier and not so top heavy. And use aluminum tube...

bucklover · Feb 8, 2012

Two wheelers will not work on a side hill. They want to tip over. If one wheel hits a rock or a log, it jerks you around and is very difficult to roll in a straight line. The high center of balance on this cart is specifically designed that way, so the tall wheel can roll through high brush. The larger wheel also makes it much easier to roll over rocks and logs. If the load is placed properly and securely strapped down it is not difficult to balance. As for the weight, it really doesn't feel heavy when it is just rolling along. I built it with solid material so there would be no question about if it can carry a lot of weight. As I stated earlier, we have actually carried out a whole young bull elk on this cart. Now days, we quarter and bone, so bringing a whole elk out in one trip isn't that difficult. Everyone that has used it with me can't believe how easy it makes the work. Even guys that are used to using horses are impressed. I have two friends right now that are making exact copies of this cart because they like it so well. Personally, I fought with myself about posting these pictures. I like it when other hunters don't have a cart. Many hunters just don't want to get very far from their trucks because its too much work to drag a critter out. If I'm hunting up hill at all, the only work involved is keeping up with the cart as we walk not stop, back to the road.

Gator · Feb 9, 2012

Good looking cart,where did you find a solid bike tire.

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bucklover · Feb 9, 2012

You ask, "Where did I find a solid bike tire?" This is where the story gets a little weird. I ordered the wheel/tire from Northern Catalog. It came with a air filled tube. Living in an area that has prickly pear, I wanted to try to find a solid rubber tube. I went to the local Walmart and looked in the bicycle tube section of the store. Every tube was in a box. There was only one tube in the store that was a solid rubber tube, and it was hanging, loose, on a hook, in front of the tubes in boxes. It was the exact size I was looking for. I took it to the check out stand to buy it, and after checking their inventory, they asked me where I found it. I told them it was just hanging loose by the other tubes. They had nothing like it in their inventory and had no idea where it came from or what to even charge me. They ended up selling it to me for $5.00. So, I can't really tell you where to find one, but I know they make them out there somewhere.

Gator · Feb 11, 2012

LOL somethings are just meant to be.

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stinky · Feb 13, 2012

You can get solid rubber "tubes" at a hardware store (like True Value) or used to be Walmart and Kmart...or try a bike shop, they are quite common.
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Wetzel · May 13, 2012

I've hauled out many an animal with bucklover and his deercart. Its as smooth as warm butter. The height is perfect, it clears most sage brush and we know we have it right when you feel like the other guy is doing all the work and he feels the same way.