BassBoysLLP wrote:mainebowhunter wrote:Hawthorne wrote:mainebowhunter wrote:Last year in KS...we had no sled. We we found an old salt bag...or whatever it was. Look like it would hold 400-600# of something with handles. You guys have seen them if you worked on a farm. Has black handles at the top and a tie at the bottom to loosen to let the material out.
We cut the top of it out, stuffed the deer inside it. Made awesome way to drag the deer out. Slid easy on the brush. Kept the deer hide from pulling hair out of the cape. Great handles for dragging. Especially for 2 guys. Not sure it would work dragging a deer out of a swamp...lol.
Here in Maine, we use Jet sleds.
depending on how durable the material is , looks like a great idea.
VERY durable. Couple years ago we used them on the water. Best friend is a commercial diver. Had problems on the ocean floor with float hitting on the rocks at low tide. I ran the crane on the barge while they filled this bags with rocks and I hoisted the bags up with the crane and set them on the deck.
Those bags can hold way more than that. Standard weight capacity is around 2200 lbs or 1 metric ton
I ordered one full of gravel a few years ago. They're tough for sure. They're typically used for cubic meter loads here. It's a little more than a cubic yard. Gravel weighs about 1750 kg/m, or 3850 lbs according to a website I found. I think they're strong enough to pull deer out.