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My Christmas prezzy has arrived -- yay!   ;D
Yep, my long-awaited wheelbarrow... well, WheelEasy, to be correct, is here.

This wonderful beast will carry 350lb and you can load it by dragging/ shovelling stuff in at ground level rather than having to lift it first. Great not only for compost, woodchips etc, but also for bee things.  :)

Oooh, I am so happy (and no one here really understands)!

Really like your one wheeler !!! how compact is it when not in use?

might ask the Easter Bunny for one !!! But how expensive??? ??? ???

Umm, I don't think you could describe it as compact, exactly.
It's 5 foot 10 inches, from nose to tail.

But it makes a nice narrow bundle, once you've collapsed the handles in toward one another (as easy as "one, two; job done!") 
And it'll go in the car, which is more than a standard barrow of that capacity would!

I know Allsop make a smaller "Lite" version but I've not actually seen it myself.

If you want to have a better look at the big WheelEasy, it's is on sale at the moment from the lovely people at Two Wests and Elliott, at £69.95 (with delivery at a v reasonable £5.)

http://www.twowests.co.uk/TwoWestsSite/product/TOWEYC.htm


I just want to run down to the allotments and start lumping things around in it.

Trouble is, I'd need a boat to get to my plot!  ::)

Just took Small Triff for a race up and down the road.
So I can say for sure that the barrow will handle 4 stone 8 lb in comfort  ;D

They're also available through Amazon at £49.95.  Not sure what postage is though.

Would a (very) heavy wooden box about 20 inches square fit inside? If so, it might be just what I need for moving bee boxes.

Hi Robert,

Hope this answers your question  ;D
No brood boxes or heavy supers available at this time of year of course, but here's a National super for reference. Easy-peasy.



The bees are the principal reason that I wanted this one, rather than a conventional barrow. You can slide hive boxes into place and lift them so gently -- kinder to the bees and the beekeeper's back.    :)

 

Quote from: Yellow Petals on January 12, 2007, 18:21:08
They're also available through Amazon at £49.95.  Not sure what postage is though.

Just had a look on Amazon, YP, and that's the little brother of the one I've got  ;)
(which I don't think would be quite roomy enough for bee boxes, though I could be mistaken.)


Here are both together to compare:

http://www.allsopgarden.com/garden/wheeleasy

Quote from: triffid on January 12, 2007, 20:25:16
Hi Robert,

Hope this answers your question  ;D
No brood boxes or heavy supers available at this time of year of course, but here's a National super for reference. Easy-peasy.

It looks ideal, and cheaper than a lot of the dedicated hive barrows I've seen. I assume it'll carry a 12x14 broodbox full of bees and brood without any risk of breaking. As I'm sure you realise, shifting those things is no joke at all!

I don't think the weight even of a full deep brood box is going to cause it a problem...     Allsops rate it for loads of up to 350lb    ;D

The only thing I'd want to do is to be careful of loading sharp things in carelessly. Though the material looks incredibly strong, I must say.