How to Make a PVC Log Carrier That’ll Make Transporting Firewood a Cinch!

log carrier

This is one of those tools that you can use in everyday life as well as in a survival situation; it is great to keep one or two around a camp or in a bug-out shelter.

You can buy the same type of tool (usually they are made of woven cordage,) but they are comparatively very expensive.

What You Need:

MATERIALS

2 feet of PVC
12 feet of rope

TOOLS

Saw
Drill
Scissors
Tape Measure

OPTIONAL ITEMS

Sandpaper to smooth sharp PVC edges.

Lighter to melt end of vinyl rope (if appropriate)

Cutting and Drilling.

The PVC pipe I used is schedule 40 – I believe it was 1.25 inches diameter.
The rope I used was some excess I had laying around the garage.

CUTTING

Cut two pieces of PVC pipe one foot long.
Cut two pieces of rope six feet long.
That was easy.

DRILLING

Both of the pipes are drilled the same.
Each pipe will have two holes located two inches from each end.
The holes on a given pipe only go through one wall – not all the way though the other side.

Install the rope into the PVC.

The rope is held inside each pipe by a single knot. You can do one of the knots before feeding the rope into the first pipe. If you get it out of order – you will know – and you can just re-tie it. (I admit I got it wrong myself). Ultimately, when your done with the knots, you pull the rope taught and it will look like a double-ended trapeze.

Load some wood.

To use the carrier, simply lay it flat with the ropes parallel and extended.
Then stack some logs on it. In my example, I only have a few loaded.
In practice, I would probably include more logs.

You may notice that the ropes are probably a little too wide for optimum use.
I have them approximately 10″ apart here. You might try them say 8 inches apart.
This would require drilling additional or different holes which are closer together.
Whatever you do, make them centered on your pipe sections.

This type of tool is very useful in an everyday situation where you have to haul in firewood, but in a survival situation, it will save you a lot of backache and sore shoulders.

It also cuts down on hauling (provided you can load enough wood) firewood because you can more easily carry more wood with each load.

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