Beavertail Sport Sled

A picture is worth a thousand words. I really struggled with which size to buy and there were no reviews explaining how much duck gear fits in a particular size. I went with the small sled which should give everyone at least a starting point.In the attached picture the sled is loaded with: 15 mallard decoys in a bag, a marsh stool (under the decoys on the bottom of the sled), and small/med blind bagThe small size is exactly what I was looking for and actually quite roomy. I'll be using the sled to walk into shallow marshes and am transporting my gear in a small car. I have not tried to fit the sled in the car yet but it looks like it will fit. Like others I opted for a better quality rope, the braided nylon that it comes with is pretty poor quality. Some spare long line rope works well.The sled looks durable enough. Time will tell - I'll post if something goes wrong.

I bought this sled 2 years ago and since then I have put it through the the ringer. I originally got it pull wood into the house. For this task it was perfect. I then found many other uses for this little guy. Ended up moving dirt, rock, sand and other assorted items. Recently it has been used as a snow sled. I have the small sled and it can hold a husky man and a his pregnant wife just fine. I did end up beefing up the front with some oak and eye bolts so I could load it up without tearing out the rope holes. I have had two adults and another adult in a different sled tied off to this sled and pulled all that with a four wheeler up a hill and there was no cracking or flexing. This thing is the bees knees.I included a picture of my alterations and the bottom to see what two years of abuse will do.

The first use of this sled was to aid workers in Houston and it survived the trip. I reinforced the pull and the rope as I sensed this was a week point in the construction. I attached some wooden handles on each side to aid in lifting. The sled may not have needed these changes but I felt better after I made these few alterations. I use it around my home when I prune my plants and trees. Much of this is on a incline in the front of my home and my wheel barrow can not be used successfully and the sled will not tip over and it holds more than the wheel barrow. This can not be treated like a wheel barrow as it is plastic and could easily be punctured by throwing heave sharp materials into it. I put my grandson who weighs about a100lbs and find that may be the limit on grass as to how much I would be willing to drag around with it. I see lots of good uses for this item in the future, I chose this size as it could be drug thru door ways in the cleaning out of homes in Houston but in the yard I believe I would have preferred the one larger than this one.

I've really loaded this thing down on jobs,tree removal company,pulls nice but I suggest modifying the rope it comes with so when you do put a load in it , it's not digging into your hand as much oh, and maybe in the future, mold in some hand holes on both sides to help with two people when picking it up to load or dump.

This sled is worth every penny. Took it hunting last year and hauled out a cow elk by myself with ease. Small size fits quarters perfectly and dragging over logs, rocks and mud (whether snow covered or not) was easy. Small size also fits perfectly in a Burly bike trailer so you can save the bottom when going down closed roads for vehicles, but open to bikes. Minimal wear, just some deep scratches from some rocks, but sled is not compromised. Figure I'll get at least 5-6 more years out of it and already bought another for my brother.

Moved about 40 yards of mulch with this -- worked great, towed it behind my John Deer LX272 tractor. Seems durable -- dragged it across black top road, river rocks, mulch, grass, cement -- worked great. This is a good deal and it shipped ridiculously quick for such a big sled. Highly reccomend, since all the local stores don't stock these anyways and this took like 2 days with PRIME, crazy good !

The price was a bit more than I wanted to pay, but this is an excellent quality sled that I expect will last for a long time. I use it to move multiple bags of groceries from the car up to the house rather than making several trips (it will slide up two stairs right onto the front porch) as well as heavy bags of water softener salt around to the back door into the basement. Be kind to your back and get one of these to move heavy items around outside the house.

Best price very durable but the rope will need to be upgraded no biggie.