This Lehman’s poplar carrying yoke is the traditional homestead hauling tool for moving water buckets, milk jugs, feed pails, or anything else that comes in pairs and gets heavy fast. The shoulder yoke sits across the neck and shoulders, distributing weight across the user’s strongest carrying muscles instead of forcing arms to bear loads at hand-low position — preventing the muscle strain that destroys backs over a lifetime of carrying.
Handmade in the USA by an Amish craftsman from 2-1/2-inch thick smooth-sanded poplar, the yoke measures 43-1/2 inches long and weighs 6-1/2 pounds on its own (light enough to carry comfortably empty, heavy enough to keep the load stable under shifting bucket weights). 30-inch lengths of ultra-strong 1/4-inch Manila hemp rope hang from each end, and 3-1/2 inch solid iron hooks — forged by a local blacksmith — clip onto bucket bails to support the load.
For households with backyard livestock that need water buckets carried multiple times a day, off-grid families hauling water from a well or spring, or homesteaders managing milk buckets between barn and house, this is the tool generations relied on before plumbing made hauling unnecessary. Beautiful enough to hang on a wall as Americana between uses. Lehman’s catalog selection for serious homestead households.
