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"Tim Guy" wrote in message ... Strange question I know. Id like a buy a Wheel Barrow for a gardeners birthday. Are there recognised makes as being the Ferrari of the Wheel Barrow world? Wouldn't think so, but I'd get a heavy duty builders barrow. Then it won't fall to bits on the odd occasion when it's used for moving concrete. Unless they're good at mending punctures, one with a sold tyre. DaveK. |
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"davek" wrote in message
... "Tim Guy" wrote in message ... Strange question I know. Id like a buy a Wheel Barrow for a gardeners birthday. Are there recognised makes as being the Ferrari of the Wheel Barrow world? Wouldn't think so, but I'd get a heavy duty builders barrow. Then it won't fall to bits on the odd occasion when it's used for moving concrete. Unless they're good at mending punctures, one with a sold tyre. DaveK. I've had a builders barrow for sometime and, unless they're driven over broken glass or barbed wire regularly, I'd go for a pneumatic as they run a little more softly and are therefore "a nicer drive". FWIW, I've never (touches wood rapidly) had a puncture and spare wheels are easy to come by anyway. Perhaps someone else can buy a bicycle repair kit (just in case) and a footpump as a secondary present. Mine likes a little extra air every couple of months. Paul DS. |
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I've had a builders barrow for sometime and, unless they're driven over broken glass or barbed wire regularly, I'd go for a pneumatic as they run a little more softly and are therefore "a nicer drive". FWIW, I've never (touches wood rapidly) had a puncture and spare wheels are easy to come by anyway. Perhaps someone else can buy a bicycle repair kit (just in case) and a footpump as a secondary present. Mine likes a little extra air every couple of months. Our builders barrow punctured just once at a very unhelpful moment, a thorn from the shredded hedge clippings my wife had helpfully spread along the path. I'm thinking of getting a tube of the prophylactic gloop that's designed to go into bike tires to deal with holes as they happen. We also have a solid wheeled garden barrow and the pneumatic tired barrow is much nicer to push. Henry |
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"Henry" wrote in message ...
I've had a builders barrow for sometime and, unless they're driven over broken glass or barbed wire regularly, I'd go for a pneumatic as they run a little more softly and are therefore "a nicer drive". FWIW, I've never (touches wood rapidly) had a puncture and spare wheels are easy to come by anyway. Perhaps someone else can buy a bicycle repair kit (just in case) and a footpump as a secondary present. Mine likes a little extra air every couple of months. Our builders barrow punctured just once at a very unhelpful moment, a thorn from the shredded hedge clippings my wife had helpfully spread along the path. I'm thinking of getting a tube of the prophylactic gloop that's designed to go into bike tires to deal with holes as they happen. We also have a solid wheeled garden barrow and the pneumatic tired barrow is much nicer to push. about 17 years ago (gulp!) when I was riding my old cycle to and from university I was plagued by a series of punctures (probably picked up from broken glass going through some of the less savoury parts of Manchester - Moss Side and Hulme). I got hold of something called Tuffie Tape (IIRC) - a very tough flexible tape that went between the tyre & the inner tube. Never suffered a puncture after that on that bike. Didn't need it once I'd upgraded to a mountain bike, but that's a different story. Anyway, don't know whether this stuff is still available, or whether it is possible to get it in the kind of width tat would be needed for a wheelbarrow tyre, but it may be worth looking for. -- Richard Sampson mail me at richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk |
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Anyway, don't know whether this stuff is still available, or whether it is
possible to get it in the kind of width tat would be needed for a wheelbarrow tyre, but it may be worth looking for. A relative used to have a bike shop and sold stuff called 'slime'. 'Orrible innit? Filled the inner tube with goo so it couldn't puncture. Also sold solid bike tyres (as seen on Tomorrows World), the inner core was like a soft honeycomb. He said they were lousy on a bike as they were so heavy. DaveK. |
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davek wrote:
Anyway, don't know whether this stuff is still available, or whether it is possible to get it in the kind of width tat would be needed for a wheelbarrow tyre, but it may be worth looking for. A relative used to have a bike shop and sold stuff called 'slime'. 'Orrible innit? Filled the inner tube with goo so it couldn't puncture. Also sold solid bike tyres (as seen on Tomorrows World), the inner core was like a soft honeycomb. He said they were lousy on a bike as they were so heavy. DaveK. The car-tire places will mend a puncture on a wheelbarrow, no problem. Keep the bits well greased, though, as it may be some years before you need to get the wheel off, and it's embarrassing to find the bearings are rusted in ("Guilty, m'lud!"). I don't know about makes, but if it's to be a special present, splash out on a heavily galvanised one from the builders' merchant. The much cheaper plain black-painted ones are OK if they live in a shed and are kept clean; but they're unlikely to become family heirlooms. -- Mike. |
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A relative used to have a bike shop and sold stuff called 'slime'. 'Orrible innit? Yep that's the stuff, iirc I saw some in Asda at a reasonable price. Filled the inner tube with goo so it couldn't puncture. Also sold solid bike tyres (as seen on Tomorrows World), the inner core was like a soft honeycomb. He said they were lousy on a bike as they were so heavy. Yeah I've seen them, I always wondered how bad they were to use on a bike, would be the ideal solution on a wheelbarrow where weight and comfort weren't such an issue, I would have thought. Henry |
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