So whilst lugging a single barrel to fill my cauldron so I can make bone glue to knock down my door so I can get back in my property, I got to thinking barrels could be rollable!
Instead of carrying them above the character's head, the sprite would roll them, and the speed would be similiar to a cart's movement mechanics, meaning that on grassland it's at a walk's pace, on pavement it's at a run pace, and on forest it's at a crawl pace, etc. In the same way carts are "Pull Cart", you could "Roll Barrel" or "Check Contents". Just thinking that it'd be a nice addition to wine/beer/water hoarders.