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Title: wheelbarrows
Post by: Sparkly on February 18, 2009, 20:59:01

Can anyone recommend a good wheelbarrow? Don't want to spend a fortune.

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: telboy on February 18, 2009, 21:11:02

Sparkly,
B&Q did a plastic jobbie which I bought for a customer when I did gardening work a couple of years ago - it was brilliant, about £30. A blow up tyre rather than the cheap solid/waste of space makes on offer.
Good luck.

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: 70fingers on February 18, 2009, 23:46:08

I got mine from Travis Perkins and is still going after 7 years of heavy work ie mixing mortar up in it. Its bigger than your normal garden barrow but I quiet like that :)

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: redimp on February 19, 2009, 00:05:42

I've had one of these years:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Builders-Tools/Wheelbarrow/invt/500300
and I cannot fault it at all.

Edit:
made by this lot:
http://www.chillingtonbarrows.co.uk/

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: tonybloke on February 19, 2009, 00:13:42

 I got one of these, it's a pukka barrow, well balanced, easy to push, even on soft ground. http://www.chillingtonbarrows.co.uk/listing.htm?code=9302

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: Eristic on February 19, 2009, 00:55:39

Quote

it's a pukka barrow, well balanced, easy to push,

Complete with 'Gaffer squeak'.

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: tonybloke on February 19, 2009, 01:18:59

Not mine, it gets a squirt of 3 in 1  occasionally,  makes for easier pushing! and you can sneak up on folk  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: lewic on February 19, 2009, 07:43:20

I bought one of these orange plastic ones from B&Q recently http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9219223&fh_view_size=6&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB&fh_search=wheelbarrow&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&ts=1235029336013&isSearch=true.

Its lighter than the metal ones, and won't rust. Happy with it so far.

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 19, 2009, 10:50:26

I got a metal one from B&Q several years ago when the old one was nicked. It's done me fine. The only thing to watch is the tyre. The original one had great thick walls, and hawrthorn spikes never penetrated it. I have hedges, and I found the new one got spiked all the time. The solution was a tube of green gunk from Halfords. You just squirt in into the tube, then pump it up. After a few months, it'll need pumping again, and after a coup,e of years, it loses some of its effectiveness. I still keep mine going on the original gunk though, it just needs pumping every couple of weeks.

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: caroline7758 on February 19, 2009, 16:45:41

Is there a proper name for the green gunk, Robert? I've got a wheelbarrow I never use because the tyre is flat.

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: tonybloke on February 19, 2009, 17:50:50

It's called 'slime' and usually available from a good bicicle shop,  ;)

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: Buster54 on February 19, 2009, 19:41:17

I got one of these B&Q Premier Wheelbarrow Galvanised Pan Black Frame
What a waste of money I've only moved about 4 ton of manure from a neighbouring allotment holder(400-500 metres there and back)and all the metal has split around the bolt heads that hold it onto the frame and the welded joints have rusted  >:(

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: telboy on February 19, 2009, 22:30:21

Well, would you believe it Buster?
A true Northern tight arse?
 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: Larkshall on February 19, 2009, 23:06:40

Quote from: Buster54 on February 19, 2009, 19:41:17

I got one of these B&Q Premier Wheelbarrow Galvanised Pan Black Frame
What a waste of money I've only moved about 4 ton of manure from a neighbouring allotment holder(400-500 metres there and back)and all the metal has split around the bolt heads that hold it onto the frame and the welded joints have rusted  >:(

You probably overloaded the barrow for the path it went over, given reasonably smooth paths the body should not have split. Rust? keep it brushed with a small amount of gear oil diluted with paraffin or white spirit and it will last a lifetime. That goes for all your tools as well.

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: jennym on February 20, 2009, 00:14:39

Quote from: Buster54 on February 19, 2009, 19:41:17

I got one of these B&Q Premier Wheelbarrow Galvanised Pan Black Frame
What a waste of money I've only moved about 4 ton of manure from a neighbouring allotment holder(400-500 metres there and back)and all the metal has split around the bolt heads that hold it onto the frame and the welded joints have rusted  >:(

Take it back to them and ask for your money back as it's not fit for purpose. I've taken spades back after a year where the shaft has broken and asked for money back and got it.

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 21, 2009, 18:08:15

You may just be unlucky; take it back and complain. Mine has been going for several years, has spent quite long periods full of water, and hasn't rusted at all. It may not be the same one, but never mind. Have a go at them!

Title: Re: wheelbarrows
Post by: Ant on February 21, 2009, 18:37:54

we looked at the B&Q orange plastic ones...

The warehouse echoed to the dulcet tones of yours truly saying a little too loudly

"£40 for a wheelbarrow.... bugger that"  ;D

One of the lottie neighbours has the B&Q metal one that has done exactly the same as Buster54s