HY-C SLCAD Shelter Log Caddy Firewood Mover - 150 lbs. Capacity, All-Steel Frame, Easy-Tilt Design

UPDATE: I have now owned these two caddies, and I changed my review from 2 stars (read below for why I had done that originally) to 4 stars.After using these for two winters now, I can say that they will hold up well. Aside from rust on the chromed nuts and bolts, these have held up like a beast. We have an outdoor wood stove, and we have a 2,100 square ft. house, which means we are filling up the caddy at least twice daily with wood. These are sturdy. There are heavy duty, and I see nothing cheap in these.Before purchasing, I would recommend reading my original review below.My original review:I gave this 2 stars even though this caddy is great. Why only give it 2 stars when I love it? KEEP READING. I bought one back in the late summer (2015). This caddy's use was going to be to carry firewood to our Hardy outdoor woodburner. The first one I bought had one of the bars mis-threaded, so that the bolt could not be inserted without being cross-threaded. I sent that caddy back, and got a replacement, this is now caddy #2. It actually went together fine, after some pushing on the parts, and a little hammering. I really liked this product, it's very heavy duty, and can haul an entire load of wood for the outdoor furnace. (the furnace is filled for about 12 hours of burning until we fill it again) About 6 months later I decided to buy another one to use to bring firewood into the house for the fireplace. I bought caddy #3, and this one was missing the 2 bars. The seller stated these bars are unavailable separately, so they sent me caddy #4 as a replacement. Caddy #4 arrived a week later, it missing the wheels. So, using #3 and #4 I was able to piece together one caddy. Like one other reviewer said, the jigwork on these need improving. I wasn't able to put one bolt in because the holes are miscut, so that they don't match up. Luckily there's another bolt on that side, so I am not too worried.I'm not even mad that the wheels in #4 were totally flat, I expected that after all the other trouble I've had. I have a pump in the garage. Just keep that in mind if you buy this.Pros:Heavy DutyHolds a lot of wood (15-25 pieces, depending on size)Durable (after 6+ months sitting outside, shows only very minor rust, and the rest shows no wear at all)Easy to Use (I find it works best if you pull it while full)Cons:I had to buy 4 caddies to get 2 good caddiesShoddy machining workFrustrating to assemble

Ok, first and foremost, allow me to say that this seems like a good sturdy rack now that it's assembled. My beef is with the shoddy jigwork that led to a fairly difficult assembly.But first, the good! Tubing is far heavier than I expected, and the welds actually look quite good. I'm accustomed to lousy Chinese jig-welds, but these don't look half bad. I'm a fabricator, so I'm critical of such things. However, I fall into the camp of "I COULD build something like this, but probably won't." This was a Christmas gift for my father from my mother, I just facilitated purchase and assembly.Once assembled, it seems nicely sturdy and should be up to task. But, to the assembly...First of all, if you don't already own a Dremel tool (You aught to have one ANYWAY...) you're going to need one. Again, this may just be the unit I received, I don't see other reviews complaining of it, but my example had HUGE metal burrs on the ends of the tubes, and large burrs on the inside of the drilled holes. It would be impossible to assemble the frame without first removing those burrs. Also, once the excess metal was removed, the bolt holes didn't line up well at all. Bolts had to be threaded thru holes that would be plenty large enough for them to drop through if alignment had been right. Also, the alignment was such that it required two people for final assembly, one to pull the pieces into alignment and the other to insert the bolts. I almost resorted to re-drilling the holes, but finally got it together.Finally, the tires. Pneumatic tires, but with tubes. Mine were completely flat when unpacked. Not unusual, but I hope the were inflated at least once at the factory to seat the tubes. However, inflating them was impossible, since one of the schrader valves was busted in half. Probably from installation with some sort of power tool.I have the special tool to remove schrader valves. I had spare schrader valves. But everyone isn't me.So, my installation procedure involved, a Dremel to actually finish the fabrication process, a rubber hammer to knock the thing together, and apart, and together, and apart, and then had to repair the tire valve just to air the tires up.HOWEVER. Like I said, once finally assembled, it seems like a good unit, and sturdily built. I don't expect flawless fit and finish for a $60 firewood cart, but I expect a hell of a lot better than THIS. 16 year old scatterbrained vocational students can do better finish fabrication than this.