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Big Slider moves heavy loads

November 18, 2008

The Big Slider helps move heavy loads without screwing up your back.

The first time I really screwed up my back I was carrying a sheet of plywood up a three-run staircase. I’d heard that putting a piece of plywood between my box spring and mattress would ease the aches I felt every morning from sleeping on a too-soft mattress. Since then I’ve spent many days in bed, waiting for one back spasm or another to cool down so I could walk pain free again. I know to lift with my knees, and I have a two-wheeled hand truck that I use when I move heavy stuff, but anytime a new product comes along that will keep me pain free, I try to check it out.

My hand truck doesn’t do very well on the lumpy lawn but my new Big Slider works great. It’s a heavy duty, five-foot long by two-foot wide strip of super slippery HPDE plastic with a handle on one end. I used it on Sunday to tow firewood from the edge of the woods to the front porch.  Dragging the wood on the Big Slider was an almost friction-free experience, and I was able to traverse the yard, then across the macadam driveway, then up a slope right to the steps with ease. I was amazed how easy it was to move the wood. Dirt brushed right off when I was finished. I can see using the tool to move the sleeper couch, the freezer in the basement, and just maybe I’ll use it as a sled and take the baby for a ride down the hill when the snow comes.

Posted by Jefferson Kolle | Categories: Hand Tools | Permalink
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Really hard But she is still trying and not sitting back, waiting for someone to help her out. So get some motivation from her.

Posted by: Hussey | November 18, 2008 at 09:26 AM

You can also bring wood up the stairs by threading the rope through the tail holes, then the hand hole. BigSlider curves around the load when you pull the rope, and the stairs carry at least 1/2 the weight! Pull over your Welcome mat to 'wipe its feet,' then BigSlider works great inside on carpet, tile, and wood -- right up to the fireplace.

Posted by: Jeri Masterson | December 3, 2008 at 12:27 PM

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