Wheelbarrow woes

Hey all,
I just wanted to put this out incase you are looking for a decent Wheelbarrow, "reasonably" priced and good quality.
As most of us hoarders we use something to move our wood from point A to B.
My yard is not very big so we depend on wheelbarrows. And as most, we "beat the life out of them"! This past year after my knee surgery I found I can't balance a single wheel one very good any more, my knee just quits! and I drop the dam load . So I've been hunting for "dual wheel" ones. Well,… "most" have poly tubs and "VERY" few have steel tubs, Poly just doesn't hold up in the cold and cracks. Anyway, after extensive search I found ACE Hardware makes about the "best" metal tub dual wheel out there, "for the $$$" Jescraft makes a super one but at $200.00+ dollars and with another $50.00 shipping… Our Canadian Hoarder family have the "Erie" brand, up there, they rock! but you can't get them in the states.
Anyway, for $89.00 and shipped free to your closest Ace hardware where you pick it up, or another small charge to the door, they are well worth the $$$. I don't know why but metal tubs are going by the wayside with the excepting of commercial masonry ones and they are "PRICEY".
I had the thing together in less than an hour, "with Beer brakes" and you only need a 1/2" socket and boxed end for the whole thing.
For the homeowner, you can hardly kill these.

 

6cbft. Thats all the bigger I need. I also forgot to mention in the above that the handles are metal also so no rot or breaking.

 

I've broke a couple already myself, the single wheel ones. They just don't seem to hold up and "I think" the sun/solar destroys them also. You can't beat these for the $$.

 

Unless you go to contractor grade and pay the $$$$ I'm not sure they make an 8cuft with a steel tub. At least I haven't found one not saying there not out there. I beat the web for a couple days, I just couldn't see spending $200+ bucks for a Jescraft even though they are "VERY" nice. The nice thing about these is ACE has plenty of parts and will stand behind it. The 6cuft works for me and I'm also not 40 any more so lifting it with a load of Oak is just about my limit any more.

 

You mean to tell me that nobody makes a decent poly tub 'barrow? My little 10P cart for my lawn tractor has suffered plenty of abuse and has held up great. They don't make wheel barrow tubs from something similar?

 

None that hold up well that I have found. The poly one I had last year/winter, the side split out of it and thats when I got the single wheel/metal one from Lowes, "which" works well with the "no flat tire". The wheel barrow poly tubs don't seem to be as "flexible" as some of the plastic carts.

 

WeldrDave, do you have any thoughts to share about the "bicycle wheeled garden carts" for farwood?

 

I never owned one but they are supposed to be strong. But the only thing that turns me away from them "here" on the coast is the wheels/spokes rusting quick and freezing up, Stuff will rust over night here in the salt air.

 

True, I grew up a 1/4 mile from Long Island Sound- know all about that salt air...
If you could source the plastic 20" BMX rims u'd have it made in the shade... That is, if you wanted to fab up something to begin with.

 

I just purchased this one at lowes a couple weeks ago. $ 89 bucks metal everything, and has never go flat tires ($40 bucks right there) It had good reviews, so I picked it up. WeldrDave -that one you got looks like a decent unit!

 

Dang! That's purty sweet, WS

 

That would work!!! For the money, this is easy… And if I get 4 or 5 years out of it I'll be quite happy. I had a metal tub single wheel years back that lasted almost 10 years till the bottom fell/rusted out.

 

If you look in the back ground in the one picture, I have the exact one. It works well, but I'm have a Heck of a time keeping my self balanced anymore.