Travois
A timeless and efficient way to drag loads over long distances. Take care to remember there are some places a Travois can't travel. Can be collapsed for convenient carrying, when empty.
Tools Renewable
Travois (pronounced Trav-wah) are a crafted vehicle for item transportation and storage in The Long Dark. They can be loaded with large amounts of items, then manually dragged to move them. It was introduced in Part 4 "Buried Echoes" update for Tales from the Far Territory.
Travois is a Tools item in The Long Dark. It weighs 1 kg. It can be equipped.
Within the Tools group its 1 kg is among the lighter of the 67 entries here (#17).
It is renewable, so it can be re-obtained rather than only scavenged once.
Verdict: Overall Travois is a Tools item.