Regarding the weight: its just a wrong name chosen by the devs. i think it should spell "encumbrance". You can find the following statement from the devs in the modding section: weight: The weight of an item as seen in-game, it should be a sum of weight + size of the item. So this makes more sense. (Especially for things like stacks of wood and planks weight-wise), and even in case of pencils and nails. Ever tried to transport 100 pencils or nails with your bare hands? not too easy.....but if you put them all in a box its quite easy. Its not so much the weight of those things but the..."un-handyness"... Regarding the wheelbarrow: exactly my thoughts. completely useless piece of junk. weighs 12 if its empty and equipped, 40 empty not equipped. i would understand it, if it had a weight reduction of 100% like the pack-doggies, but the 50% makes it useless