Do you own a wheelbarrow?

[Sawyer Rob]

I think there's at least 3 of them around here, but no one uses them. lol

SR

 

[Deere Dude]

One of the handiest tools my wife has.

Were you being sarcastic or does really have one or " want "one ? Either way it made me laugh.

She (WE) actually has two single wheeled ones that she uses quite often. I push it around when we mix cement though.

One we got from her dad 40 years ago and another one we got ten years later. She hauls mulch, firewood splits as I split and throw it in the wheelbarrow, garden stuff and whenever I am not around with the tractor.

 

[ruffdog]

I have had a good quality plastic tub one wheeler for about 27 years. I used it to mix concrete, haul dirt and sod, compost, rocks, water, mulch etc.....
I tried a friends 2 wheeler but didn't like it for side hills. If the ground is uneven, the load is shifted side to side. The wife even used it to haul clothes baskets to the line...then I bought her a cart.

 

[CalG]

Two

One with a "flat bed and head board" for moving fuel wood. the other has a plastic tray that serves for mixing small batches of mortar or concrete and hauling garden related materials.

 

[4570Man]

I have several but they pretty well only get used when I mix concrete.

 

[Gcorron]

I had been talking about buying a small tractor for over a year because I ruptured 3 disks in my back (and they discovered more evil damage) and just could not dig out from the snow with a shovel anymore.
I took a picture into work the day after the little BX followed me home to show the guys. One guy I had worked with several places looked at me quite seriously and said "Hey George, Can I have it?". I looked at him like he's crazy and said "No Steve, You cannot have my new tractor". Oh, says he, I know I can't have your tractor, I want your wheelbarrow, you'll never use that thing again!!!! Got a good laugh all around. However:

I still use the wheelbarrow, especially in the winter. I'll load it up with firewood and take it near the basement steps. About all I want to move in a day and I normally would not start the tractor for that small a task. The one remaining is an all metal old Army one and I've had it at least 20 years.

George

 

[hslogger]

the number here is six. I remember growing up the Ames blue contractor wheelbarrows back in the sixties. Stout. big handles and heavy thick steel tray. When I bought my first wheelbarrow that is what I bought. I kept the handles oiled with linseed and turpentine mixture. I've gone through a couple tires and finally put a puncture proof one on it. I went through the original tray and a replacement because of the manure I used it for.

I found a discarded big poly tray and mounted that and it has lasted and lasted. We're talking over forty years total. I keep the handles right and the bearings greased, too. In addition I have five others, my dad's AMES of the same era and four other wanna bee home owner wheelbarrows that are all old USA made. Some have lifetime tires and some don't.

You would be surprised at the urbanites who shipcan a wheelbarrow because of a flat or broken brace or handle. I have picked em up and bred them to make good ones out of them. Around my place they are real handy especially if I can put a work party together of youngun's now and then. If you are going to haul manure with one day in and day out. get a poly tray. Otherwise go steel. Git a good one with bigger tire and wheel, big heavier handles and it will always be up to the task.

 

[TomSeller]

I have one. I should use it more often for exercise instead of the FEL loader. I have the single wheel solid tire (no air).

 

[bdog]

Lots of folks saying they only use them for concrete. I use my loader bucket to transport it and I have a cheapie Harbor freight mixer I bought 7 years ago. We have mixed over 25 pallets of 80lb bags with that little jewel. We poured 38 bags today on some fencing and hope to do about 50 tomorrow. I hate concrete.

 

[dragoneggs]

bdog, somehow you have managed a charmed life! No wheelbarrels? Wow. Either you hired others, used paint buckets (I doubt it) or graduated to a tractor with an FEL and bucket before your time. In any case, you must be doing something right!

 

[daugen]

I have none, always used carts, due to arthritis can't pick one up anymore anyway.
but...
I have a very close landscaper friend who beat cancer but it left him weaker and he has to pace himself. We are all in our 60's so
not like it's not normal for him to slow down anyway. He does a lot of garden mulching with wood chips in PA and has used a traditional one wheel or two
wheel wheelbarrow ever since I've known him. Last year I got him a rechargeable electric wheelbarrow for his mulching duties, and he really likes it.
Lots of companies make variations, his is one of the least expensive.

Good for lightweight material, perfect for mulch, though he said it doesn't dump as easily as a regular
wheelbarrow, though much easier on him. The latter being a primary consideration for conserving strength.
Now we may all be hale and hearty but if you are an ardent gardener and not mixing concrete or hauling large stones around, having an electric wheelbarrow
might be the perfect tool. Of course, so would a BX Kubota...but the wheelbarrow is a tad more affordable.
There are some very cool power wheelbarrows/dump carts out there if one's pockets are deep.

 

[Thomas]

Have heavy duty one well worth every penny.:thumbsup:
They also make comfortable chair,tip handles towards/on ground than set down but be careful you may doze off.

 

[smstonypoint]

the number here is six.

Looks like you are the leader in the clubhouse.

Steve

 

[DJ54]

I have 3. One with a steel wheel for bringing firewood into the shop. One with a single HD rubber tire for general stuff. And #3 is a 2-wheeler I use in the horse barn, and use to haul mulch in the garden. #3 I've used enough I have replaced the wheel bearings, and replaced the tires with load range C trailer tires & tubes. I'd like to see everything in one pile I've hauled on that one... In fact, I'm not sure you could get it all in one pile...

 

[riptides]

I have one heavy-duty, 2 wheeler. Have had it for about 15 years. Actually bought a RTV to replace it. I was moving a lot of horse crap around. I use it occasionally now, when I don't want to start the machinery up for a job. Usually small clippings and mulch work. It still has a place on the "farm".

 

[Wagtail]

I'll see your one-wheel barrows and two-wheel barrows and raise you with my...

Three-wheel barrow!!! Two wheels at the back and a pivoting front wheel.

I use it practically every day around my property.

Therefore, in the most respectful and mature manner, I say "NEENER NEENER NEEEEEEENER!"

 

[riptides]

I'll see your one-wheel barrows and two-wheel barrows and raise you with my...

Three-wheel barrow!!! Two wheels at the back and a pivoting front wheel.

I use it practically every day around my property.

Therefore, in the most respectful and mature manner, I say "NEENER NEENER NEEEEEEENER!"

Show off! I say pics or it ain't real. LOL!

 

[daugen]

Only in Tasmania would someone get so excited about their wheelbarrow....

so when does a wheelbarrow turn into a cart? on the 4th wheel? Or if you technically never have to lift it up, would a three wheeler qualify as a cart?

otherwise I think Wagtail is in the lead for most wheels per barrow.

 

[smstonypoint]

I'll see your one-wheel barrows and two-wheel barrows and raise you with my...

Three-wheel barrow!!! Two wheels at the back and a pivoting front wheel.

I use it practically every day around my property.

Therefore, in the most respectful and mature manner, I say "NEENER NEENER NEEEEEEENER!"

Harumph!

You think that's a wheelbarrow? Now this is a wheelbarrow!

Steve

 

[k0ua]

I have 0. I haven't had one in decades. Not since I bought a tractor with a FEL.