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[sjc <indexer AT fairpoint.net>]

Not Lynn, but I too use a tote sled for just about anything in the 
winter---take it to the car (don't park by house but out by the road I 
have a parking pad) to bring feed down, or whatever.  Bring wood up in 
it, give goats a ride when I have goats (they can't resist, even if you 
already have a full load in it), anything I need to haul when it's slick 
or snowy.  Also use it in the summer when I'm working in the woods, as 
it rides over floor duff better than anything with wheels, and I think 
it less damaging (wheel ruts a PITA).

And, like Lynn, I see they've gone up by leaps and bounds.....all those 
oil products used?  No clue.  I have a huge fiberglass one that's now 
too big for me to manuever, the bed is 26X72".  That sucker can really 
haul some goods, but I can no longer pull it when it's full.  It had 
nylon runners that now need replacing.  The others are smaller and both 
still in use, one for wood mostly, and the other I use for house-to-car 
and for hauling water for chickens and whatnot.  Those 2 are snowmobile 
tote sleds, similar to but larger than the one shown at 
http://www.indianhill.com/winter.php  If you wanted something like that, 
would have to order it online I guess, likely not too much call for a 
snowmobile tote down there....

I also use a garden cart in the summer, but not so often as the wheels 
are placed so that using it on hills is a real pain.  I've been known to 
water the grass and use a sled over it instead, often easier for me.  
The laundry usually goes to the line in a wooden kid's type pullwagon 
but with balloon tires, and I use that wagon a lot in the summer but it 
isn't much more hill-friendly than the cart.

SJ, where it's 9º right now and brilliantly sunny