Wagon for ashes or kiddos?

In an effort to meet our commitment this winter to heating more with wood and less with propane, I've been searching for ways to make the job less strenuous.  One aspect of the task that's not very pleasant is carrying out the ashes.  In the past, I used a pair of metal buckets and heaved them out once a week to our dump site at the far end of the garden.  I thought that maybe some sort of wagon to carry these buckets would sure be easier on the shoulders and back.

From our sale of bakery equipment, we had one remaining baker's rack with some nice casters beneath it.   It seemed to be begging for a new lease on life.  With a little ingenuity, I fashioned it, along with the handle from an old lawn mower, into a nice little wagon that could carry a couple of pails of ashes.

However, in the meantime, the kids thought it would be more fun as a kid's wagon!  So we gave it a good trying-out today.

It  seems to function pretty well, although it's a little snug for four.  Listen-in on the conversation here:

When the "crowd" thinned a bit, Edmund took a turn by himself.

Until...

Maybe I can convince our little red hen to carry firewood?

These are fun days.