My trusty old barrow is beginning to get holes in it. I have been out to
see some and they are really quite shallow, absolutely useless for
putting hedge cuttings or bulky light stuff.

Anyone care to recommend a version I should consider?
I'm not that tall but did think of a builder's barrow. Prefer a
steel/metal one rather than those dozy plastic ones.

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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My trusty old barrow is beginning to get holes in it. I have been out to
see some and they are really quite shallow, absolutely useless for putting
hedge cuttings or bulky light stuff.

Anyone care to recommend a version I should consider?
I'm not that tall but did think of a builder's barrow. Prefer a
steel/metal one rather than those dozy plastic ones.

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

We have one, a builder's barrow, made by the Walsall Wheelbarrow Company I
think it is. (Tooooooo wet to go and look now). Pneumatic tyre, long
handles, handles beautifully, quite deep, BUT and it is a huge BUT, the
metal was rusty when they made it and all they did was to give it a quick
spray of paint. Now VERY rusty with the rim of the barrow 'breaking off'

Mike


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Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive.

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Janet Tweedy wrote in
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My trusty old barrow is beginning to get holes in it. I have been out to
see some and they are really quite shallow, absolutely useless for
putting hedge cuttings or bulky light stuff.

Anyone care to recommend a version I should consider?
I'm not that tall but did think of a builder's barrow. Prefer a
steel/metal one rather than those dozy plastic ones.

Janet

Yes a builders barrow would be by far the best of anything I have ever
seen.
I have had one since the kids were young and they used to push eachother
around in it. So you don't have to be very tall.

A builders merchant(where propper builders get supplies from) would be by
far the best place. B&Q, Screwfix and the like would be very far from
ideal, they might look the same but thats where it ends.

Hope this helps.

Baz

In message , Janet Tweedy
writes
My trusty old barrow is beginning to get holes in it. I have been out
to see some and they are really quite shallow, absolutely useless for
putting hedge cuttings or bulky light stuff.

Anyone care to recommend a version I should consider?
I'm not that tall but did think of a builder's barrow. Prefer a
steel/metal one rather than those dozy plastic ones.

Janet

I don't bother with builders barrows any more.

They are fine as barrows, but the metal tray rusts around the rivets
connecting it to the frame. Probably not a problem for builders as they
have probably trashed them well before that happens, but in a garden
much more likely to happen eventually. I've had two now whose frames
were fine, but the tray had rusted away to much.

So I much prefer plastic (polypropylene normally and very tough and
hardwearing and lasts for years. If I was goign for steel I'd looked for
galvanised tray, rather than the normal painted builders barrow ones.
But really I think polypro makes a much better tray for general garden
use.

I bought a plastic one a year or 2 ago.

A Maingate Countryman Cruiser, 2nd one down:

http://www.maingate.co.uk/acatalog/County_Barrows.html


They also do a similar bigger one, the Countryman. There are also
bigger AGri/Equine ones and sturdier site barrows.

Frame is galvanised, wheel has decent bearing and inner tube, seems to
be nicely balanced. My only complaint is that whilst the main frame is
galvanised and rust free, I think the supporting struts for the front of
the tray must be painted silver as they have quite a bit of rust now I
notice. I will stick some paint on over the inter at some point.

I think I got mine from Greenfingers, but can't be su

http://www.greenfingers.com/supersto...=200348&pf_id=
LS4081D



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Chris French

In article , chris French
writes
I bought a plastic one a year or 2 ago.

A Maingate Countryman Cruiser, 2nd one down:

http://www.maingate.co.uk/acatalog/County_Barrows.html


Ell now you've gone and done it, I love the County Countryman - 130-165
ltr: looks as good as my friend's French made stable wheelbarrows she
uses for the horses.
I did have a plastic one once but it split at the front carrying council
paving slabs. I think 3 at once did for it ..........


Will bookmark page and consider though Thanks Chris.
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Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:06:00 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

My trusty old barrow is beginning to get holes in it. I have been out to
see some and they are really quite shallow, absolutely useless for
putting hedge cuttings or bulky light stuff.

Anyone care to recommend a version I should consider?
I'm not that tall but did think of a builder's barrow. Prefer a
steel/metal one rather than those dozy plastic ones.

Janet

The big chains like B&Q usually have wheelbarrows in boxes that you
have to assemble. Is there some "local" DIY place near you where they
have barrows actually on display? The place I got my current one from
about 15 years ago lent me a couple of breeze blocks and I could
actually test the wheelbarrows by pushing them around the car park
with something heavy in them. It's not just the strength and stability
of the barrow, it's things like how easy is it to tip, twist around
tight turns and so on which you can only make your mind up about after
some hands-on.

I find that builders' barrows are much better than the so-called
gardening type. Builder's wheels tend to have bigger pneumatics and
are more under the front of the hopper whereas garden ones often have
smaller wheels which are stuck out in front of the hopper. So any load
in a garden type like that would seem heavier than in a builders' type
and the bigger the wheel the easier it is to push over rough ground.

But I'd really suggest that you give some builders' a try out before
you buy one - you may just find a builders' one too big.

Cheers
Jake
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Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

www.rivendell.org.uk

"Jake" Nospam@invalid wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:06:00 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

My trusty old barrow is beginning to get holes in it. I have been out to
see some and they are really quite shallow, absolutely useless for
putting hedge cuttings or bulky light stuff.

Anyone care to recommend a version I should consider?
I'm not that tall but did think of a builder's barrow. Prefer a
steel/metal one rather than those dozy plastic ones.

Janet

The big chains like B&Q usually have wheelbarrows in boxes that you
have to assemble. Is there some "local" DIY place near you where they
have barrows actually on display? The place I got my current one from
about 15 years ago lent me a couple of breeze blocks and I could
actually test the wheelbarrows by pushing them around the car park
with something heavy in them. It's not just the strength and stability
of the barrow, it's things like how easy is it to tip, twist around
tight turns and so on which you can only make your mind up about after
some hands-on.

I find that builders' barrows are much better than the so-called
gardening type. Builder's wheels tend to have bigger pneumatics and
are more under the front of the hopper whereas garden ones often have
smaller wheels which are stuck out in front of the hopper. So any load
in a garden type like that would seem heavier than in a builders' type
and the bigger the wheel the easier it is to push over rough ground.

But I'd really suggest that you give some builders' a try out before
you buy one - you may just find a builders' one too big.

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

www.rivendell.org.uk


but take note of my posting reference the Walsall Wheelbarrow :-((

Mike


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Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive.

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In article , Jake
writes
But I'd really suggest that you give some builders' a try out before
you buy one - you may just find a builders' one too big.



No, tried and liked builder's barrows, the weight seems more balanced
somehow. But they can be shallower than the gardening ones
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:41:39 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Jake
writes
But I'd really suggest that you give some builders' a try out before
you buy one - you may just find a builders' one too big.



No, tried and liked builder's barrows, the weight seems more balanced
somehow. But they can be shallower than the gardening ones

All that effort at double-entendre wasted

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

www.rivendell.org.uk

In article , Jake
writes
All that effort at double-entendre wasted

Cheers
Jake


Oh sorry Jake !
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Jake
writes
But I'd really suggest that you give some builders' a try out before
you buy one - you may just find a builders' one too big.



No, tried and liked builder's barrows, the weight seems more balanced
somehow. But they can be shallower than the gardening ones
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet, our builder's wheelbarrow is superb with relation to the wheel, where
it is ....... under the load, and the long handles which means that with the
wheel position, you are not struggling to life the load :-)) The load is on
the wheel.

BUT, the damn things is rusting away and look how small our ""gardens""
are........................ small as you have been reminded :-))

Mike


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Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive.

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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Jake
writes
But I'd really suggest that you give some builders' a try out before
you buy one - you may just find a builders' one too big.



No, tried and liked builder's barrows, the weight seems more balanced
somehow. But they can be shallower than the gardening ones
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet, our builder's wheelbarrow is superb with relation to the wheel,
where it is ....... under the load, and the long handles which means that
with the wheel position, you are not struggling to life the load :-)) The
load is on the wheel.



lift lift lift damn it, not life !!!!

Mike


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....................................

Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive.

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In message , Janet Tweedy
writes
In article , Jake
writes
But I'd really suggest that you give some builders' a try out before
you buy one - you may just find a builders' one too big.



No, tried and liked builder's barrows, the weight seems more balanced
somehow. But they can be shallower than the gardening ones

Yup, my old builders one had a noticeably shallower tray than my current
one. Probably better for barrowing/tipping dense building materials like
concrete

If I was going to get a metal tray one I think I'd look for one with a
welded on tray - the holes for the fixing screws seem to be a weak point
- mine rusted there and the tray eventually detached.

Hamelin also make some good barrows:

http://www.haemmerlin.ltd.uk/


--
Chris French

On Sep 6, 9:09*pm, chris French
wrote:
In message , Janet Tweedy
writes

In article , Jake
writes
But I'd really suggest that you give some builders' a try out before
you buy one - you may just find a builders' one too big.

No, tried and liked builder's barrows, the weight seems more balanced
somehow. But they can be shallower than the gardening ones

Yup, my old builders one had a noticeably shallower tray than my current
one. Probably better for barrowing/tipping dense building materials like
concrete

If I was going to get a metal tray one I think I'd look for one with a
welded on tray - the holes for the fixing screws seem to be a weak point
- mine rusted there and the tray eventually detached.

Hamelin also make some good barrows:

http://www.haemmerlin.ltd.uk/

--
Chris French

Try searching Google Images easy to see the different types and just
click on the picture of what looks good to you.
Such as
http://www.greenfingers.com/supersto...&pf_id=LS6252D

Like most folks who have replied I much prefer the Builders Barrow for serious work - all to do with the balance, length of handles and the wheel.

I agree some can suffer with poor finish and rust quickly ( builders often skip them after a job to save cleaning cement off) We used to be able to buy replacement bodies but nobody seems to do them now. However there are some available with galvanised bodies which should last many times longer than painted steel. Our local supplier has them for around £45 instead of £35 for the standard - bargain in my books.

If you have the standard painted steel it's worth washing out after shifting muck - I find this corrodes very quickly