I like my Gorilla cart. Right now I am not doing any hauling, so it's being used to temporarily store some loose straw.I live in northern Minnesota. I signed up for chipdrop.com a number of years ago, but nobody in my area was participating at that time. So, I had to look elsewhere and that is when I finally found out that our local county landfill had free woodchips. It is a 20-minute drive, each way, on the other side of town, to the landfill and it only takes me about 20 minutes to load up my 4X8 foot utility trailer with wood chips.
One advantage I have with the small trailer is that I can move it anywhere on my property where I wanted to use the wood chips. So, I really can't complain about anything.
It's great that you can get chipdrop to dump their load right at your coop door. From what I understand, many people get their woodchips dumped wherever is convenient for the truck drive, which I can understand.
If you are a certain age or physical condition, and if you have to move large quantities of woodchips, I recommend getting a 4-wheeled Gorilla cart instead of a wheelbarrow...
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They come in various sizes. I recommend a person buy a 4-wheeled cart with the convertible handle that goes from manual hand pulling to converting to tow behind a riding mower with a hitch. I find it easy to use the manual mode for loads 2X-3X the weight I could safely move with a wheelbarrow, but for really heavy loads or long distances, I just use my riding mower to move the material.
My "Gorilla" cart is actually made by a different company and was sold at Menards a few years ago. Getting an "off-brand" cart on sale saved me about $80.00 at the time. But Menards does not sell those off-brand carts anymore. Having said that, I think the genuine Gorilla carts are worth the money. They are just safer to use and can move a lot more weight with much less effort.
FWIW, I thought maybe I could get a lot of free pallets at the local landfill as well. Turns out, they don't give any away. They bury them as soon as they get them. What a waste!
Here I used it to top off a raised bed garden with composted leaves and clippings.
I like how it dumps!
