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(More customer reviews)I opened the box to find a cart that wasn't likely to carry much more than a "Town and Country" children's riding wagon.
I was hoping for something bigger. Oh well, I thought--this is probably all the garden wagon I can expect to get for under a hundred dollars.
But I'm liking it more and more now that it's assembled and in use.
As I unpacked it I realized the running gear--frame, wheels, tow bar--are very beefy. If the plastic tub ever splits or cracks to a point where I can't use it anymore, I'm sure I could build an even bigger tub out of plywood and reuse all the rest of the parts. In fact the wagon may be worth the purchase price just to get all those parts.
Assembly was a bit difficult. It wasn't that it was complicated. It's just that many of the bolts had very shallow heads and very shallow standard screwdriver slots to match. I couldn't seem to find a screwdriver that would stay securely in the slots while I tightened the nuts. I wound up using the edge of a bricklaying trowel to hold some of them.
Even with that little annoyance I had the cart together with tires inflated and ready to roll in under two hours.
I use a 6-foot ratcheting tie-down strap to expand the wagon's load capacity. I stack branches and sticks in lengthwise in the wagon tub and pile them as high as I can. Then I wrap the strap around sticks, tub, and all, and tighten it down--just enough to snug the load.
The wagon rides very well over our uneven property. And because of the long tow handle and steering front wheels it tracks extremely well behind our riding mower. It's like it's following on rails. It doesn't cut corners and run over things when making turns close to something.
The swing-away handles on the tow bar are a real nice addition for those times when you'd rather pull the cart around by hand instead of hooking it to a mower or yard tractor. The cart's dumping feature works very well also.
What I thought would be disappointing turned out to be something I'm very happy with. It may be a light duty wagon, but I'm certain I'll get a lot of use out of it.
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