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Old 17-03-2003, 12:20 PM
Dwight Sipler
 
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Default Another wheelbarrow question

Pat Keith wrote:

Why not repair her handle?




Probably not worth the effort. The wheelbarrow sounds like one of the
ones with a cheap tubular steel handle with several bends. If the
average homeowner tried to bend a piece of steel without the proper
tools it would probably kink and lose strength so that it wouldn't last
long. The existing handle is probably rusted through not only where it
folded, but in other spots, so it's no good just repairing the broken
section. The wheelbarrow (as with so many things today) is designed for
a finite life, which it has now exceeded. It's a lot less work to buy a
new one.

Things like that are only worth repairing if you place very little value
on your time.