How about a Travois attatched to a waist belt.
Oops, missed that.Hmmm.. see post #4
"Dragging anything is a no-go. I have rough ground to cross, old peat diggings. So have to get up and down 2ft banks."
Oddly, the women carried peats in a creel, men carried them in a sack. (All the way home, which could be quite a way; my bank is 5km from my house)For anyone else curious about how it was done back in the day.
The Lost Craft of Woven Creel Making — Darach Social Croft
Creel ( cliabh in Gaelic) is a general term covering several forms of Scottish (and Irish) baskets. For many centuries these woven baskets were used to carry peat, seaweed, earth, fish and even babies and young children over distances. Similar baskets were used elsewhere in Scotland, such as ‘ kisdarachcroft.com
Peat creels made from willow.
If you get stuck (or your made one isn't working) I can send measurements from my 70's Karrimor external frame pack(s). I have a couple- different size bags.Spring last year I stuffed up one shoulder and still have a major rotator cuff injury. Can't lift left arm above shoulder height.
In May, it is peat cutting season. I reckon I can cut the peat ok, the problem is in transporting the dried peat up to the road.
Normally I fill sacks (about 20-30kg depending on sack size), throw them on my shoulders and carry them the 500m to the road. The first part of the route is over peat bog, so I can't use a barrow.
Shoulder injury means I can't do this. Can't get a sack up onto shoulders and hold it there with both hands.
So I was thinking of making a frame backpack onto which I could strap a sack. No need to lift it up onto shoulders as I can put it on the edge of the peat bank and slide my arms in.
Anyone have or know of plans for such a frame backpack?
That’s not me. It’s just a photo I found on the internet.Never tried a tump line, although, as a spectacles wearer, they fill me with fear.
Would still need a frame to attach the sack to (you don't look very happy in that picture!)