Last year for our trip to the beach I thought I had it figured out. The kids have one of those "off road" radio flyer wagons with the pneumatic tires. I took it to load all of our stuff in when we went to the beach. It was better in theory than practice. It still bit the big one. The tires sunk of course and the handle was so short that I ended up just lifting the front end off the ground and dragging it back and forth that way. It doesn't help that we carry 589 pounds of stuff with us but I'm not going to the beach without a cooler of beer.Anyone have any really good wagons they use on the beach that don't sink like a rock?

just looking online at the different wagons I can't believe the money they're asking for a simple wagon with wide tires. I'm wondering if I can't weld longer hubs onto our current wagon and make it a dually front and back and then put a longer handle on it? Seems to me that would go a long ways to keeping it on top of the sand.

My bro in law uses the cheap plastic wagon with a longer handle.. Those plastic wheels actually do well in the sand....

I am having a chuckle as we have taken the wooden wagon to our closest beach (1 1/2 hours away) that has a lot of dunes. My gosh by the time you get to the spot you like it is time to go home. Then we got smart...we took the green garden wagon. The tires look the same but it pulls so much easier. We need to have a rule...the kids can take only what they can carry.

loulou57 wrote:I am having a chuckle as we have taken the wooden wagon to our closest beach (1 1/2 hours away) that has a lot of dunes. My gosh by the time you get to the spot you like it is time to go home. Then we got smart...we took the green garden wagon. The tires look the same but it pulls so much easier. We need to have a rule...the kids can take only what they can carry.what makes the garden wagon pull easier? Is it the weight or type of wheels? It's funny because my wife and kids will spend zero time researching this. Can you guess why? haha I on the other hand will spend whatever time necessary to solve this little problem. haha

ford truck guy wrote:My bro in law uses the cheap plastic wagon with a longer handle.. Those plastic wheels actually do well in the sand....I'm just wondering if wheel design, weight, or handle length makes the most difference. Or if it's a combination of all. The problem I run into is I rule things out the hard way 1 year at a time. haha Not the way I like to do things. The stretch getting to where we want to go is the worst. It's uphill and very loose sand. It's tough enough to just walk in it much less drag 5000 pounds of sunken wagon behind you. I about stroked out last year and then noticed I wasn't even halfway yet. haha

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loulou57
Explorer
Jan 21, 2014
0rion wrote:
loulou57 wrote:
I am having a chuckle as we have taken the wooden wagon to our closest
beach (1 1/2 hours away) that has a lot of dunes. My gosh by the time you get to the spot you like it is time to go home.

Then we got smart...we took the green garden wagon. The tires look the same but it pulls so much easier. We need to have a rule...the kids can take only what they can carry.

what makes the garden wagon pull easier? Is it the weight or type of wheels? It's funny because my wife and kids will spend zero time researching this. Can you guess why? haha I on the other hand will spend whatever time necessary to solve this little problem. haha

The garden wagon is a green metal one. We got it at a garden centre. With it not being solid bottom any water just falls through. I can't remember the name but I am sure if you google you will find them, they are at a lot of places.
Bill___Kate
Explorer
Jan 21, 2014
The problem with four wheel wagons or carts is that they have four wheels. That means twice the rolling resistance as a two wheeled cart. A properly balanced cart with two balloon wheels is the way to go for soft sand. In addition, it is much easier to get up a curb or step than a four wheel cart ....

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