Mark, you could just attach the wheel base panels ( The triangle and the shaft ) directly to the wood... Only 8 bolts there, plus the middle iron support brace. I am not getting why you need to sandwich the base panels between the wheels and the wood?

Thanks for the question Pedro. I hear what you are saying, and it may have been quicker to do it that way, but keep in mind you will need to have a bolt head protrude through and I wanted a smooth shoveling surface for days when we use it for mulch or sawdust. The metal also functions as a splash guard where water is most likely to splash up to when going across the creek.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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