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wheelbarrows

spaceboy
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Can anyone recommend a wheelbarrow?

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  • unrecordings
    unrecordings Posts: 2,017 Forumite
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    The galvanised ones they sell at Wickes are quite nice - think they're Chillington, vaguely remember they're something like £29.99
    Sturdy, nice bouncy tire, eventually the wheel squeaks which sets off the elderly black lab two doors up :-)

    Why am I in this handcart and where are we going ?
  • unrecordings
    unrecordings Posts: 2,017 Forumite
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    My mistake - actually £46 (but as Wickes helpfully points out - only 46p a litre)

    http://www.wickes.co.uk/Chillington-County-Galvanised-Wheelbarrow-120L/p/167429

    Why am I in this handcart and where are we going ?
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Look at freecycle.....
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • ManAtHome
    ManAtHome Posts: 8,512 Forumite
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    Sure they had some in Aldi for around £25 last Tuesday, but looks like once you're a couple of days past their "special events", computer says "I dunno guv"...
  • Davesnave
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    Haemmerlin barrows are wide and nicely balanced, but not any more robust than others. I bought my wife one in pink plastic for her birthday, but they come in other materials.

    My Chillington is narrower and not so well balanced, but it's been going since the World Cup before last. B&Q sold thousands in England colours, but when England were eliminated, the price plummeted to £16.50. I wish I'd bought three! :(

    Just about all the tyres they fit to barrows are rubbish, so I replace with a trailer tyre as soon as the first puncture happens. Some people like the puncture-proof tyres, but our builder has one on his and it's much harder to push.

    Good job you didn't ask about something complex, like shovels, or I'd have been here all day! :rotfl:
  • Gers
    Gers Posts: 12,893 Forumite
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    I have nothing much to offer about makes, styles or quality, however I was taught that the 'correct' way to use a wheelbarrow is to push it when it's full and to pull it when it's empty.

    Apparently it saves time to turn yourself round rather than turn the wheelbarrow round! :rotfl::rotfl:
  • andrewf75
    andrewf75 Posts: 10,424 Forumite
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    I got one from here recently and its a really good quality British made one.

    http://www.garden4less.co.uk/bullbarrow-picador-orange-garden-wheelbarrow.asp
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    I got mine (a galvanised silver one with pneumatic wheel) from homebase. It was £40 but didn't want to go too expensive as it's only for my allotment. It's withstanding abuse from the kids so seems to be decent enough.
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • If you are going to be tipping a lot of stuff out make sure it has a bar round the wheel for this some don't as I found out with my very first very cheap one but generally any standard builders one does me as it does not get that much use in our small garden.
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