cart hauling methods?

[Guest]

I recently got and used a paddleboy cart due to advice here. I works well but is there an easier way to pull the cart other than reaching out with one hand and pulling? It gets difficult going up hills. Also, how about going down steep hills?
Thanks, Turtle

 

[latremorej]

In the past, I lashed two poles to the bow and then lashed the other end of said poles to the hip belt on my backpack. That worked on road type carry trails. If you are not on a road, you really need to use your hands to guide the boat around obstacles.

The only time I used this method was at the Lows Lake access road in an early spring trip before the DEC opened the gate

Jason

I seem to remember a few creative designs when looking at Google images of the Adirondack 90 a while back

 

[stripperguy]

How far are you going?? Do you have a short thwart to grab hold of? I've tugged over 5 miles in some very unfriendly (for the wheels) terrain. Keep the hull as balanced as possible and switch hands/hand position often. I switch between overhand and underhand, left, right. I have been try to grow a third arm (handy when working alone), but it's not going well.

Here's a look at my 39 lb Kite, with MDB's 24 lb Swift performing some sort of mating ritual. Inside are a couple paddles, PFD's and day trip sort of snacks, for a total load of around 70 lbs.
Nearly effortless for 1.3 miles to Third Lake in the Essex Chain. Remember, you can used to just about anything. Or maybe I should say a person can train for nearly anything.
Needless to say, or maybe not, most of your gear should be in your backpack.

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[riverstrider]

I use a different cart (the Instep canoe cart with 16 inch bicycle wheels) so your experience may not be the same, but for nearly all terrain except going up the steepest of hills, I find it easier, with better control, to push and/or follow along as the case may be from the rear of the boat. This allows me to easily keep my eyes on both my path ahead and the wheels at the same time if I need to guide them around obstacles. This is also far easier when going down steep hills. And in July, on those Maine forest roads, all the deerflies and horse flies are looking for me at the front of the boat as I walk along to the rear.

-rs

 

[yellowcanoe]

I use a Swedish Cart when I use a cart. Being center mount I usually pull it by He front carry thwart. On the road to Allagash Lake which ends on a rather rocky carry trail we had two canoe s on it and all packs. The load was close to 150 lbs. on the rocky part we had to push and pull