Which side goes up?

Q: "Received it and I'm ready to use the bigslider, however I'm wondering which side (the shiny or the dull side) is supposed to be facing up to put your boxes on? On the picture it looks like the label is supposed to be facing you -- that would be the shiny side up. However, that means you can see the screws in the handle, which I thought perhaps would mean it should be flipped. Which side is up -- shiny or dull??? Thank You!" -- JH, Delaware

A: Both sides of the white HDPE Professional model are equally slick, so don't worry about which side to use. Even after being scratched on driveway concrete for over 2 years, the original prototype still works great. (Mine looks like the one in the photo above.)

For YardPal the gray recycled HDPE is slightly less slick on the label side, so the label side goes "up" while pulling.

Above is a photo of another customer who's been pulling his loads through rocks and mud. You can see it's all scratched up. He keeps BigSlider in the pickup because it still works great! FYI - His is the third story about moving limbs and logs after hurricane Rita in the August 2008 archive.