wheelbarrow parts / build your own

[sweetk30]

anyone know of a place you can buy parts / pieces / to build your own wheelbarrow ?

I like some specs on some and some on others . but cant find someone who has even 3/4 of what I want .

I like the yellow handles with full grips .

then I want a 2 wheel unit . and prefer foam filled tires so no flats .

and 6-8 yard size tub .

 

[rdn2blazer]

Cool thread . I've been wanting a wheelbarrow myself for a little while. Really never thought of all the different likes and dislikes about them, other then I wanted a 2 wheel one. I have no particular purpose, but they are always handy as heck when you need a large tub or vessel to hold fluid.

Now I'm going to have to think about this too. Great, ANOTHER project . I WILL build mine with material I already have, less parts I need and don't have. Wait... no,...No...NO! OH MY FREAKIN GOD NO!!! G** D*** it! . Thanks a freakin lot! Now I have a fully custom built wheelbarrow stuck in my head I'll have to build now. Thanks a f*****g lot a****le! J/K! I try, haha. But seriously, that would be a fun super easy project to put together on a budget, or as free as possible. I'm diggin it. Piece it together a little at a time with all the parts YOU want.

 

[sweetk30]

from reviews I have read true temper has huge problems with plastic tubs in the last year or so . people reporting huge brakes in the tub from cold weather storage in garage or shed .

 

[lectric80]

No sources, although I know parts are readily available for most of the stuff you are talking about, but I will point out that the two wheel units are very different and I don't personally care for them. My brothers and I bought a two wheel unit for my dad a few years ago for Father's Day and he has admitted he prefers his old single wheel. Having used the two wheel, it is more stable as far as tipping, but it doesn't seem to roll as easily when loaded, you tend to fight the resistance more. They also don't seem to put things in the right spot as easily as a single wheel, not real sure why. Just something to consider.


I may have to look into the foam wheels since we always seem to be getting flats on one of the wheelbarrows we have.

 

[-stew-]

A 6-8 YARD wheel barrow?!?!?! Round here we'd call that a dump truck...

 

[SouthernYank]

There are places that sell stuff but nothing like a kit from what I've seen. It's either handles at one place and dual wheel kit at another.

I agree with lectric80, the single wheel seems to work better for manuverability. Like when you have a load of dirt or whatever inside and you're dumping then you rock it back and forth on the single tire to aid in getting the last bit out........... lol. I don't think you could do that with dual wheels.

I do like the idea of foam to eliminate flats however when you run the wheelbarrow over something like a landscaping timber or similar the pneumatic tire would be better for that imo.

 

[SouthernYank]

A 6-8 YARD wheel barrow?!?!?! Round here we'd call that a dump truck...

Exactly what I was thinking. I'm pretty sure he meant cu ft.

 

[Deuling]

A 6-8 YARD wheel barrow?!?!?! Round here we'd call that a dump truck...

This is true.


I beleive my grandpa uses a system of one bucket full with the front bucket of the backhoe is a yard. I think his dump truck holds 10 of those


I like the older metal tub wheel barrows. And I prefer the 2 wheel. I'd hit up some yard sales to be honest. Make one out of a couple

 

[diesel4me]

A good wheelbarrow can be made from a 55 gallon metal drum,and two wheels and an rear axle off an old chain driven riding mower or hand truck...cut the barrel's side off so 2/3rds of it remains,and make the handles out of pipe in "A" frame fashion..leaving some of the "curve" helps keep liquids and dirt from spilling out as you wheel it around...some bed frame angle iron welded to the cut area makes it much sturdier and covers up the sharp edges..

I thought one a friend made that way was crude and goofy looking,till I used it one day --being skinnier,it fits easily through narrow places like between trees in the woods,or gates in fences,and I think it weighed less that a typical steel one does ..he rigged his up so it can be towed behind his riding mower too...it works great in the woods for gathering logs up for firewood..

I see those two wheeled ones on sale at all the stores around here for about 75 bucks..plastic bucket...cheap looking rims and tires that are like inner tubes with tread...look like you'd be lucky to get one season out of one before the tub busts up,or the tires and rims are junk..

 

[skunked]

Just pickup a Jackson, it will last you many years.

and I agree the 2 wheel units are more work than they're worth.

 

[BadDog]

Great, ANOTHER project . I WILL build mine with material I already have, less parts I need and don't have. Wait... no,...No...NO! OH MY FREAKIN GOD NO!!! G** D*** it! . Thanks a freakin lot!

My thoughts almost exactly. I found a heavy gage bucket, steel tube handles, and foam filled non-pneumatic tire on sale at Lowes 2 years ago, I think it was July 4th sale? Anyway, bought it and moved on with life. Been using it a lot the last week or so. No way I have time or energy to make something like that. Material would have cost about what I paid, not counting powder coating and a non-pneumatic tire that feels/rides like a pneumatic...

 

[bigjbear]

Personally, for me I want a deep steel body, wood handles, and a single solid wheel. I got most of that when I bought mine at an ACE hardware 20 years ago. Inside has been painted several times, the handles restained twice and rubbed with paste wax several more, but the only real change I made was switching to a solid tire about 10 years ago. It's missing a couple little chunks but hey, it's 10 years old. My pneumatic tire was replaced at least 3 times in those first 5 years.

The only time I wanted a 2 wheeler was when I was mixing concrete. It would have been far more stable.