Shappell Large Heavy-Duty Multi-Purpose Utility Sled

I hardly ever write reviews but I feel compelled because this sled is awesome!! I bought this sled primarily to haul firewood length logs I’ve cut out in the woods behind my house during the winter. I haul the firewood out of the woods during the non-winter months using a Gorilla cart but, while the Gorilla cart is great, it isn’t the best for some terrain because the land is a combination of hills, swampy-mud and rocks. When I bought this sled to haul standing-dead trees I had cut in winter, I couldn’t believe how easy it was to haul the wood! It slides easily on as little as 1/64 of an inch of snow barely covering the leaves. If the leaves are completely covered with snow, it is even easier. It really reduces the effort needed to haul the wood. I can easily traverse the swampy-mud that are frozen in winter, the rocks, small bushes, downed tree limbs, etc…

Beyond the wood hauling capabilities, we have used it for sledding. I am so disgusted with buying the cheap plastic snow sleds for $10 – $15 only to have it shatter into 20 different pieces the first day you use it to go sledding on a cold day. The cheap and thin plastic on cheap sleds shatters too easily. Buying those cheap sleds is just like throwing my money away. THIS SLED, on the other hand, is EXTREMELY HEAVY-DUTY! I went sledding with my 2 sons in this sled and even went over jumps that someone had built where we were sledding. So, 1 adult and 2 kids in this sled at the same time going over a jump that was about 1 foot tall, catching air and landing was nothing for this sled. I imagine that this sled it will easily last a lifetime. Highly recommended!!

I bought this sled to move material when doing tree removals/pruning, and it saves a huge amount of effort in my non mechanized operation. It can be filled with a few hundred pounds of wood, and still slide pretty well on grass as long as there isn’t a lot of up hill to traverse. It slides *very well* on pavement, but that of course is hard on the bottom. Ya gotta do what you gotta do. The labor savings is worth the wear, so just consider it expendable in those conditions. Nothing lasts forever. Add cleats to the sides, and you can haul a decent stack of branches by lashing them down, and letting the excess length trail off the back. It also works well for transporting rakings to the trailer.

I used it the other day on my personal property to move wood from the front yard to the back. I would’ve used a wheelbarrow, but with all the rain we’ve had, that would’ve cut deep grooves in the soft ground. Using the JetSled, it doesn’t look like anyone passed after I was finished. Highly recommended, and you’ll find uses you didn’t know you had when it’s sitting there available.

I used two of these, side by side, under my truck camper deck. Makes a perfect, inexpensive & durable way to make good use of this space & keeps you from fishing around at the front of the bed for stuff. On a short bed pickup, leaves enough room between the tailgate to perfectly fit several milk crates for even more organization.