On 1/6/11 10:02 PM, towabin wrote:
responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...an-440259-.htm
towabin wrote:

Walter E. wrote:




Our city provides large garbage cans, about 4' tall and 30"
square. Full,
they can weigh up to 200 pounds, especially if we fill them with heavy
ice
plant. Our home is located at the bottom of a fairly steep driveway
(50' in
length). We have three of these black cans for household garbage and
landscape debris.

I am getting on in years (80 YO) and find it hard to roll these monster
cans
up to the curb for pickup by the garbage truck. I have tried tying them
(one
at a time) to the hook for my trunk lid inside my trunk.

The problem is, the cans meander something awful when I pull them up
the
hill with my car, to the point where I am afraid they might tip over
sideways. I have used heavy rope and also bungee cords. Same problem.

Any better suggestion, anyone? Thank you.

Walter , there is an easier way to move trash bins over long and steep
driveways, check it my website, it is a simple bracket to tow wheeled
bins.It is called TOW-A-BIN.

I believe two pieces of nylon rope such as clothesline would work. You
can prevent wandering by trying a rope to each end of the handle. The
distance between each end of the handle and the trunk hook should be
less than two feet. I'd cut my ropes four feet long to have plenty of
room for knots. (I like to wet the thumb and forefinger of a leather
glove, hold the end of a synthetic rope over a flame, and roll the
melted end between the thumb and forefinger of the glove to prevent
unraveling.)

Clove hitches might work around the handle, but I'd use constrictor or
miller's knots to make sure they didn't slide along the handle. A
miller's knot is like a clove hitch, but you add an overhand knot where
the two lines pass under the crossover turn.