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Is it a no?

I have two that were on grass livery away from home but are now in as the ground is getting wrecked.
I’m in a little barn by myself away from the actual livery yard that owns the site and as the horses are not stabled usually there is no muck heap close by.
It’s a fair walk up to the muck heap that is used to empty the yards trailer (I assume, never actually seen it but the track up Is getting pretty tractor tyre gauged!)
I currently only have a little barrow there as I’ve only needed to poo pick.
Mucking out two on straw Is quite a few trips and taking me a fair time extra, I’m also not doing the best job to try and minimise trips to the heap!
I’ve seen a two wheel barrow locally for sale, not the huge expensive green ones but the big type everyone has.
Would they be a nightmare to wheel up through mud and over rough ground?
I suspect best sticking with a small one wheel and lots of steps!
 
stick to the normal one.

I have a double wheeled 160L (not the biggest but very large) and we have sand tracks to the fields. I thought it would be easier with two wheels but it's so much harder.

If you do use it, you can only half fill it (so it doesn't sink too much with the extra weight) and then there's no advantage to a normal wheelbarrow.

I borrow a normal one to go to my fields and only use my big one around the yard.
 
It's a definite no.
Hammelin single wheel barrows are the best to manoeuvre over tricky ground I have found.
Would it be possible to semi deep litter until Spring to minimise the amount of muck?

I'm using a woodshavings base with straw topping for mine and have cut the amount in the wheelbarrow by half.
Skip out droppings daily, then at the weekends when I have more time, remove any areas that look like they need it.
 
I've got a big two wheeled barrow that never gets used. I hate the way it wobbles over ruts! My normal barrow is 110l I think and that's a good size. I don't bed on straw for this reason, but when I did I made sure to load the barrow evenly so I could get more on.
 
My friend next door has a huge 2 wheeler and it only goes well on very dry ground, you cannot push it through mud at all it just gets stuck it weighs a ton full up as well.

I find what helps is those tyres that don't puncture they are harder and go through mud easier.
 
I have had 2 wheeled ones for years and would never go back to one wheel but mine have always been around 120l so very easy to move around.
The knack for me over rough ground or currently snow and ice is to pretend you are a pony, get into the shafts and pull. So much easier.
 
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I have a big 2 wheeled barrow that I LOVED for mucking out when I was on a concrete yard but now I can't use it in the fields unless they are bone dry! Hubby doesn't struggle like I do but he is made of different stuff to normal people (ultra runner/24hr mountain biker/general lover of pain and physical exertion)
I have been using it to barrow hay and water a short distance during this bad weather as it saves me the trips but generally I use my trusty, rusty small, single wheeled one for everything else.
 
poiuytrewq said:
Is it a no?

I have two that were on grass livery away from home but are now in as the ground is getting wrecked.
I’m in a little barn by myself away from the actual livery yard that owns the site and as the horses are not stabled usually there is no muck heap close by.
It’s a fair walk up to the muck heap that is used to empty the yards trailer (I assume, never actually seen it but the track up Is getting pretty tractor tyre gauged!)
I currently only have a little barrow there as I’ve only needed to poo pick.
Mucking out two on straw Is quite a few trips and taking me a fair time extra, I’m also not doing the best job to try and minimise trips to the heap!
I’ve seen a two wheel barrow locally for sale, not the huge expensive green ones but the big type everyone has.
Would they be a nightmare to wheel up through mud and over rough ground?
I suspect best sticking with a small one wheel and lots of steps!
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Two wheeler for this job? - absolutely NOT! You will exhaust yourself, better with a high off ground, lightweight garden barrow, pneumatic tyre well pressured, and plenty of trips.
Can you deep litter until all this snow’s gone, then get the tractor bucket to empty your stables into? That’s my approach....
 
Can you use a muck sack rather than a wheel barrow? Massive big square of hesion or the like, throw muck into middle, tie corners up and throw over your shoulder and walk it to the muck heap?
 
Well that’s saved me some money then! Thank you!
No I can’t pack with straw, it was a lovely immaculate grass track until just now! Totally frozen this morning which helped. I am kind of semi deep littering. I'ts not a permanent arrangement sadly and I'm just a bit worried about getting too much in them and not being able to use the tractor- I'm trying to be inconspicuous and not cause any one any hassle as its really been a life saver. At the moment i remove poo and a bit of wet twice a day. This is kind of manageable.
I've been told the livery in the field between my barn, my field and my muck heap is leaving today so could actually just do a straight line up from barn to muck heap and avoid the tractor track as there is gateways and no mud in the fields- I didn't like to do it with someone else's horses grazing in case bits of manky straw fell off, but could if it stays empty a while.

Steerpike said:
Can you use a muck sack rather than a wheel barrow? Massive big square of hesion or the like, throw muck into middle, tie corners up and throw over your shoulder and walk it to the muck heap?
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I don't think i could no 🤣 Maybe I'm a bit feeble but I do get really achy shoulders and back and carrying dry hay over my shoulder in a builders bad makes me sore after a time.
 
poiuytrewq said:
Well that’s saved me some money then! Thank you!
No I can’t pack with straw, it was a lovely immaculate grass track until just now! Totally frozen this morning which helped. I am kind of semi deep littering. I'ts not a permanent arrangement sadly and I'm just a bit worried about getting too much in them and not being able to use the tractor- I'm trying to be inconspicuous and not cause any one any hassle as its really been a life saver. At the moment i remove poo and a bit of wet twice a day. This is kind of manageable.
I've been told the livery in the field between my barn, my field and my muck heap is leaving today so could actually just do a straight line up from barn to muck heap and avoid the tractor track as there is gateways and no mud in the fields- I didn't like to do it with someone else's horses grazing in case bits of manky straw fell off, but could if it stays empty a while.


I don't think i could no 🤣 Maybe I'm a bit feeble but I do get really achy shoulders and back and carrying dry hay over my shoulder in a builders bad makes me sore after a time.
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Should be thawing from Monday anyway, so not too long to struggle.
There doesn’t seem much more snow forecast, just consistent freeze of all this already here, revised tonight to -12, and ‘feeling like’ -16🥶.
Burly Sec D able to walk on the snow crust today, suddenly gave way, gave him an almighty shock, and gave us a laugh as he cut down to pony size! What an expression, decided to have a good roll while he was down....
 
Exasperated said:
Should be thawing from Monday anyway, so not too long to struggle.
There doesn’t seem much more snow forecast, just consistent freeze of all this already here, revised tonight to -12, and ‘feeling like’ -16🥶.
Burly Sec D able to walk on the snow crust today, suddenly gave way, gave him an almighty shock, and gave us a laugh as he cut down to pony size! What an expression, decided to have a good roll while he was down....
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Ah bless him 😂

We don’t have snow, it’s easy when frozen but difficult once thawed as then it’s mud to push through.
 
I thought I'd see a comedy photo of someone face planting or something when I ready the title of you thread OP - I'm a little disappointed to be honest!! 🤣

I'd stick to your single wheeled barrow. My dad used to be a demon at loading a barrow to get as much in as possible. He'd put a even fork full in each corner and then one in the middle and then repeat. He could barely see over the top when he was done (we was only 5ft 3!) but he never dropped any on route.
 
I find for moving loads distances over mud this is good. No carrying unlike barrow and 4 wide tyres to spread load in mud. Think mine has wider tyres. Seems robust. Mine was secondhand. I got it for moving mud mats. Use it for taking hay down to back field. Would do manure with builders bag / wood lining.
 
Fieldlife said:
I find for moving loads distances over mud this is good. No carrying unlike barrow and 4 wide tyres to spread load in mud. Think mine has wider tyres. Seems robust. Mine was secondhand. I got it for moving mud mats. Use it for taking hay down to back field. Would do manure with builders bag / wood lining.
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