Duncan Heenan wrote:
"JohnOGroats" wrote in message
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The price of wheelbarrows varies enormously but Argos/Index was
selling a 60 litre barrow for £20 and homebase/B&Q were selling a 80
litre flatpack barrow for £15 (OK it was flatpack).

Can anyone confirm if it was B&Q or Homebase? Have you seen a better
offer. Up here in Caithness it will have to be from one of the big
stores next trip to Inverness.


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JohnOGroats

I can't answer that, but personally I've always bought and used
builders barrows from Builders Merchants. They're a bit more
expensive, but much more robust, and so last longer and can be used
for all sorts of work, including really heavy stuff.

I have to agree. The last time I bought a cheapo self assembly jobby from
B&Q it lasted a whole 6 months. The handles came loose and wobbled no matter
how many times I tightened the nuts, the body rusted and bent and it sits
in the garden now waitng to be filled with compost. For a wheelbarrow it
makes a useful planter.
I no longer use wheelbarrows in any case thanks to my back problem. I
simply find lifting and pushing too difficult, added to which as a short
person If I wanted the barrow legs to clear the ground I had to lift, then
bend my arms too. I now have a garden barrow. Not cheap at around £80 but
boy is it useful. no pushing, you get loads on it. Fantastic and worth every
penny IMHO.

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