The Brew Hauler straps work pretty well too...and you get a little higher lift on the carboy with the straps...a little better if have to go up and down stairs like we do..
Just make sure to also have hands on the bottom of the carboy as it is a lot of stress on the neck of the carboy with those handles, they are cheap but the hauler is a much safer way to go. the weight of the carboy with the wine in there has to be around 60lbs.
I ask Jim to lift the carboys on to the kitchen counter....It works every time...
Get yourself a JIM...
We have a handle on each carboy...but...one came with a warning as to NOT lift FULL carboys with the handles.....So Jim moves the carboys with the handles ....then grabs the underside of the carboy and the neck and lifts it onto the kitchen counter...
Anyone ever had issues with those carboy handles?????
Wonder why there is a warning on the package?????
I've posted a picture of these before. These crates are no longer used by the local bottled water company and I bought a half dozen of them. The drawback is that they fit 5 gallon glass carboys. They sure work great for not only carrying carboys but for protecting them as well.
Thanks for posting your photo again....
The crates that milk cartons come in work for the 6 gallon ones too....and...if your cramped for space you put another crate on top you can stack other stuff on top of it.
I am new to making wine but made alot of beer years ago and always used glass carboys. My winemaking kit came with a glass carboy. A winemaking friend of mine told me about the "BetterBottle" and I have two of them now. Even when full they are light and easy to handle. I love 'em. I have a bad back and I can carry one up a flight of stairs when it's fullwith no problem.I can't do that with the glass carboy.
You might give one a try.
By the way Okie - I'm in Tulsa also.Edited by: Griffster
Northern, my smooth unribbed 6-gallon carboys are too fat to fit these crates. The ribbed 5-gallon 'boys fit like a glove.
My barrel has gone through a conditioning process, with a few wines through it for different times and I now have a blackberry/burgundy/black cherry that's been in for two months. I'm about ready to rack it out of the barrel and immediately replace it with a Cellar Craft LE Red Mountain Syrah I now have in a secondary. I just received another barrel from the same source a couple of weeks ago but I haven't begun using it yet.