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Title: wheelbarrow
Post by: pgkevet on November 07, 2016, 01:10:27 pm
My wheelbarrow finally rusted through beyond any welding or repair. Wife bought me a new one as a birthday prezzie...but I'm worried about using it:- It came wrapped in bubblewrap with 'fragile' tape all over it  ::)
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: Marches Farmer on November 07, 2016, 01:47:37 pm
Was it airlifted in and dropped from a helicopter ....?
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: bazzais on November 07, 2016, 02:45:51 pm
The bubble wrap is to stop the stones bouncing out as your filling it ;)
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: Fleecewife on November 07, 2016, 05:20:19 pm
It depends  ;D . Metal ones - yes should be tough but if it's one of the fashionable brightly coloured poly-something ones they do break, especially if you chuck a spade in in anger, or your grandson puts a hot flame gun in........ :dunce:
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: stufe35 on November 07, 2016, 05:41:17 pm
My other half bought me a new sweeping brush for my birthday.  I told her off for splashing out like that...all the old one needed was a new head and a new shaft and it would have been fine.



(update 20/11/2016.....good to see some of you are paying attention  :excited:)
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: pharnorth on November 07, 2016, 05:45:10 pm
The plastic ones are very fragile when it comes to transporting hot coals.
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: Marches Farmer on November 20, 2016, 10:59:30 am
I splurged this year and bought three.  Green for Clean - hay and feed.  Blue for Poo - specifically pig muck.  BL ack for BaaLambs - for mucking out the mothering up pens, to save having to wash down the pig muck wheelbarrow every time.  Oh, the extravagance of it all!
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: Fleecewife on November 20, 2016, 11:58:37 am
My mantra is: you can never have too many wheelbarrows  :thumbsup:   I have to defend my lovely purple 'clean' one or it gets nicked for mucking out............
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: pharnorth on November 20, 2016, 12:03:13 pm
I am pleased to say I rejuvenated my pile of old wheelbarrows this week by treating them to some new wheels. I find they work so much better without shredded flat tyres.
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: harmony on November 20, 2016, 12:26:52 pm
My wheelbarrow finally rusted through beyond any welding or repair. Wife bought me a new one as a birthday prezzie...but I'm worried about using it:- It came wrapped in bubblewrap with 'fragile' tape all over it  ::)


Clearly you are only expected to look at it not use it  :relief:


You had better get your wife one for Xmas that she can use!
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: stufe35 on November 20, 2016, 07:48:04 pm
A while back after being frustrated over knowing where wheel barrows are at any point in time, I came up with the idea of colour coding them. 

Its just so much better , you now always know where which wheelbarrow is and its easy to send the kids for say 'the green wheel barrow'

A few tins of cheap survey spray paint was all it took.

Heres our fleet !
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: Rupert the bear on November 20, 2016, 09:03:15 pm
along with the Scottish national bucket collection we have a fleet of wheelbarrows 2 and single wheel , none are metal , the best one we had was orange, made by fort in Holland still with us after 21 years, the metalwork is rusting though and its on its second wheel, its direct replacement is a Belle branded one (still orange) made by the same people but just a bit smaller but just as thick plastic for the tub , The 2 wheeled one gets very little use as when its full its very heavy and difficult to move about .
So its 2x Green for feeds and hay 1x Large 2 wheeler for poo picking , 1x orange (new) for the steading mucking out and gardening, 1x orange (old) for general light use and 1x pink for my use (dont ask).
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: Fleecewife on November 20, 2016, 10:32:17 pm
I really dislike those wheelbarrows with the handles very far apart - much more difficult and heavy to use.
 My lovely yellow one will balance a bale of hay so well that it hardly weighs anything to push  :farmer: .  Unfortunately that's the one my grandson dumped the hot flame gun in AND threw the spade in, so unfortunately it's a bit the worse for wear now  :(
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: Lesley Silvester on November 20, 2016, 11:16:28 pm
My other half bought me a new sweeping brush for my birthday.  I told her off for splashing out like that...all the old one needed was a new head and a new shaft and it would have been fine.



(update 20/11/2016.....good to see some of you are paying attention  :excited: )


 :roflanim:
Title: Re: wheelbarrow
Post by: Garmoran on December 03, 2016, 08:53:32 pm
I splurged this year and bought three.  Green for Clean - hay and feed.  Blue for Poo - specifically pig muck.  BL ack for BaaLambs - for mucking out the mothering up pens, to save having to wash down the pig muck wheelbarrow every time.  Oh, the extravagance of it all!

Which one do you use for concrete?