Wheelbarrows???

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It is time to upgrade my trusty orange 90ltr B&Q workhorse plastic barrow. She has given me around 10 years of mostly daily faithful service but it is time for a change as she, like myself, is looking a tad jaded! I'd like something with a bigger capacity, maybe 120ltr but want to stick to single wheel - preferably a solid one as I can't be doing with punctures - but that can be changed if it doesnt come as standard. And plastic again, for lighter weight.

Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
 
Coblover63 said:
It is time to upgrade my trusty orange 90ltr B&Q workhorse plastic barrow. She has given me around 10 years of mostly daily faithful service but it is time for a change as she, like myself, is looking a tad jaded! I'd like something with a bigger capacity, maybe 120ltr but want to stick to single wheel - preferably a solid one as I can't be doing with punctures - but that can be changed if it doesnt come as standard. And plastic again, for lighter weight.

Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
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love these have 3 of them at moment http://www.haemmerlin.co.uk/products/vibrante/go/
 
Just to throw something else into the mix - I have one of these. 125L tipper wheelbarrow with wheels that turn and a squidgy cushioned handle :) I can't do wheelbarrows due to shoulder pain but these are fab!

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They are also great to use to teach someone how to reverse park a trailer ;)
 
Like Toby-Zaphod, I too have a Haemmerlin one and love it (I know loving a wheelbarrow is sad). It also had a pneumatic wheel which was fine for a couple for years but when it got a huge puncture in it (I've never seen a hole so big even on a car tyre!) I ordered a puncture proof foam one (about £25) and it's fab. My wheelbarrow is a 90L one but I think they do make bigger ones. It's very light, easy to wash out and comes in some lovely colours!

ETA - it seems you can buy it straight off with the puncture free tyre now and in 110L. Only 2 colours though! http://www.haemmerlin.co.uk/products/vibrante/pickup/
 
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Oh, I forgot to say, to make the wheelbarrow last so much longer get an old bicycle tyre, cut off into a couple of 25cm pieces & fix them onto the legs where they contact the floor with some cable ties. This will ensure that the tubular legs don't get worn into holes. Replace the tyre pieces when they wear through. In theory your wheelbarrow should last you years! ;)
 
We recently decided to get a new wheelbarrow and after a lot, and I mean a lot, of research, we bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/County-Countryman-Wheelbarrow-130-135-ltrs/dp/B008ELH578

however, we ordered it from a local shop and only paid £85. Yes, a lot for what is basically going to be used for moving ***** most of the time, but it enables my daughter to muck out two messy stables in one go, carries two or if I'm feeling strong three bales of straw or hay with ease and imho seems to be sturdy and well made. During the very wet weather we needed to poo-pick the fields as we were moving yards. I dreaded it but this particular wheelbarrow coped very well in the deep mud. It also has the option of solid or pneumatic tyres.
 
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