What wheelbarrow for bulky/light stuff??

[Bill]

Our trailer barrow has died of rust. It was very very rarely attached to the back of the mower so the tow arm was mostly a hazard for my shins... It was quite big but fairly low so I'd added a frame round out of pallets so I could pile it higher. It was 100x80cm and about 80cm high with the frame. All told 4x the volume of our normal wheelbarrow.

Any suggestions for a replacement??

[guitarcarfanatic]

I’ve got the 120l version of this - https://www.drapertools.com/product/52628/heavy-du...

I think about £120 from Robert Dyas. Worth its weight in gold - currently rebuilding stone walls and the ability to load 400kg of stone and move it around with relative ease is quite amazing. Ours is coming up to 5 years old, left outside all year round…some signs of rust etc, but nothing that’s made it stop working or break.

Takes about 2-3 times what I can get in our wheelbarrow.,

[Bill]

I was thinking of this sort of thing, at 300l

[moorx]

OH has one of these:

https://mcveighparker.com/fixed-body-wheelbarrow?g...

But he managed to get a second-hand one. He fitted a towing arm to it himself.

Maybe try searching for 'equine barrow' as that's what this one was advertised as?

Edited by moorx on Saturday 21st February 22:32

[PhilboSE]

guitarcarfanatic said:

I ve got the 120l version of this - https://www.drapertools.com/product/52628/heavy-du...

I think about £120 from Robert Dyas. Worth its weight in gold - currently rebuilding stone walls and the ability to load 400kg of stone and move it around with relative ease is quite amazing. Ours is coming up to 5 years old, left outside all year round some signs of rust etc, but nothing that s made it stop working or break.

Takes about 2-3 times what I can get in our wheelbarrow.,

I don’t know what you’ve got but I can guarantee it’s not what you linked to if you can put 400kg in it.

I’ve used 2 of those to destruction with loads of about 80kg at a time. The wheels break around the axle shafts bearings, and the metal frame also gives up. I’ve got a frankenbarrow atm from buying spare parts for them, but they just aren’t heavy duty cycle. They are very useful things for moving stuff around, but definitely not 400kg in that product.

[LooneyTunes]

moorx said:

OH has one of these:

https://mcveighparker.com/fixed-body-wheelbarrow?g...

But he managed to get a second-hand one. He fitted a towing arm to it himself.

Maybe try searching for 'equine barrow' as that's what this one was advertised as?

Edited by moorx on Saturday 21st February 22:32

250l barrows are popular with equestrian, I think we might even have a 400l one along these lines: https://watertanksmidlands.co.uk/products/twb400-j...

Two wheel ones are easier to load but not as easy to move over rough ground as a single. The large capacity ones aren’t cheap but save a massive amount of time when it comes to shifting horse stuff and dealing with a large garden.

There seems to be less variation in product quality with the large ones vs traditional builders barrows (where the focus, especially those aimed at diy, is on price).

[The Mad Monk]

What about one of these - or similar?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheelbarrow-Galvanised-Pn...