Hate your wheelbarrow taking up space?

[IronWing]

:thumbsup: on the chick in the pics!

That's no chick, that's Julie Andrews!

 

[Ksyder]

That's no chick, that's Julie Andrews!

1st link!!! Who is Julie Andrews?

 

[BoberFett]

Probably too expensive for most on the anti-side of this thread though. Fucking paupers.

Maybe you can use it to haul around your Diesel Jeans.

 

[IronWing]

1st link!!! Who is Julie Andrews?

Mary Poppins?

Dang, young people get younger every year.

 

[Ksyder]

^^^ lol, I wish I got younger every year. Its not an age thing (early 30's), I'm just not a movie person.

 

[Ksyder]

Probably too expensive for most on the anti-side of this thread though. Fucking paupers.

No, its just that you can do all that stuff (and more) with one regular heavy duty steel wheelbarrow.

Me personally, I did brick and stone work, landscaping and commercial playgrounds for over 10 years and I can say that masons, carpenters, and landscapers use wheelbarrows to mix concrete and mortar all the time. It's just how its done. Sure, you can use a mixer or have truck pull up with a load of concrete but many times you just mix bags of concrete/mortar as needed in a wheelbarrow. It is the cheapest and least hassle way to do it and it gives you the best control over your mix in terms of wet/dry and that is important when you are setting posts or using mortar for brick and stone.

I can see the value of having something like what is in the OP for doing basic yard tasks but for me it would be redundant to have as I would need a real wheelbarrow for moving topsoil, dirt, gravel, sand, mulch, concrete, etc. If you want to build a deck you are going to need a wheelbarrow to mix the concrete so you can set the posts. It would be kind of silly to buy or rent a mixer to mix 20 80lb bags of concrete or whatever.

 

[Born2bwire]

Probably too expensive for most on the anti-side of this thread though. Fucking paupers.

You act like that there is a pro-side. Again, I could buy a burlap sack to do all that.

 

[Sluggo]

link to these REAL garage forums?

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68010

The thing ain't setting the forums on fire there either.

 

[CLite]

Folding options:

Up to 300lbs
http://www.amazon.com/Allsop-29242-W...dp/B000CSOMAE/

Up to 150lbs, 3 cu ft capacity
http://www.amazon.com/Allsop-28162-W...dp/B0002KIECO/


Wish I knew about these before just re-wheeling mine....

And this is what happens when a company puts a young engineer on a project that has no concept of the real world.

In order of /facepalm worthiness
1) Need to bend down every time
2) The very front wheel which makes the weight unbalanced and increases the vertical load on the handles
3) The exponentially decreasing capacity as the thing is picked up from the ground

It's like these guys were trying to make the worst wheelbarrow in existence.

 

[AlienCraft]

Different is not Better.

 

[lxskllr]

Different is not Better.

 

[alkemyst]

And this is what happens when a company puts a young engineer on a project that has no concept of the real world.

In order of /facepalm worthiness
1) Need to bend down every time
2) The very front wheel which makes the weight unbalanced and increases the vertical load on the handles
3) The exponentially decreasing capacity as the thing is picked up from the ground

It's like these guys were trying to make the worst wheelbarrow in existence.

Actually for digging up things, being low is an advantage.

The thing is like a lever.

Like I said you guys should just forget about working outside, most of you are still living at home.

On that other post, it's all noobs putting it down.

Never said it was a replacement for all types of wheel barrows, however; for most duties (lawn work) this would probably work better and take up less space.

 

[BoberFett]

It's funny, any time alkemyst makes a douchebag of himself he immediately jumps to his standby retorts:

• You can't afford it
• You still live at home
• You can't get women

I'm thinking he must have a lot of experience being a loser to be so familiar with its symptoms.

 

[Mike Gayner]

It's funny, any time alkemyst makes a douchebag of himself he immediately jumps to his standby retorts:

• You can't afford it
• You still live at home
• You can't get women

I'm thinking he must have a lot of experience being a loser to be so familiar with its symptoms.

Don't be too hard on him, he's just insecure.

 

[alkemyst]

Don't be too hard on him, he's just insecure.

naw dawg. You guys want answers, I deliver.

I can tell the insecurity other have by their attempt at an *e-flex* response.

 

[BoberFett]

Don't be too hard on him, he's just insecure.

I think you're right. In addition, to combat his feelings of inadequacy he has built himself up in his own mind to such a degree that he has even fooled himself into believing that it is his duty to bring his greatness to the world. This is why he spends his time on these forums with people he claims are all impoverished teenagers living at home with no girlfriends. Why else would he attempt to introduce a home and garden product to people that he himself claims have no home? He has built a delusion where he is a messiah of sorts, bringing the Church of Alkemyst to the needy people of the world.

It must be very depressing to be him.

 

[jmagg]

A nearly useless design.

 

[alkemyst]

I think you're right. In addition, to combat his feelings of inadequacy he has built himself up in his own mind to such a degree that he has even fooled himself into believing that it is his duty to bring his greatness to the world. This is why he spends his time on these forums with people he claims are all impoverished teenagers living at home with no girlfriends. Why else would he attempt to introduce a home and garden product to people that he himself claims have no home? He has built a delusion where he is a messiah of sorts, bringing the Church of Alkemyst to the needy people of the world.

It must be very depressing to be him.

You two trying to hookup?

 

[BoberFett]

You two trying to hookup?

Oops, I forgot that one. He used it on GodlessAstronomer and I as well.

• You can't afford it
• You still live at home
• You can't get women
• You are trying to have sex with another person on the forum

So predictable.

 

[alkemyst]

yet true.

 

[BoberFett]

yet true.

Please stop trying to have sex with me. No means no.

 

[0roo0roo]

body disposal...looks convenient

 

[alkemyst]

Please stop trying to have sex with me. No means no.

You're too busy with the other dudes...plus your mom doesn't like me.

 

[CLite]

Actually for digging up things, being low is an advantage.

The thing is like a lever.

Like I said you guys should just forget about working outside, most of you are still living at home.

Ok I guess for a post hole digger this *might* be useful because those are annoying to get at wheelbarrow height. However a regular shovel is far superior for bringing dirt up to wheelbarrow height than trying to lift this abortion of a design from ground height when it's loaded with dirt.

It acts as a lever in the sense that is completely fails as a design. Traditional wheel barrows have the wheel slightly forward of the C.G. so you might only need to pick up 5-10% of the weight from a bit lower than hip lvl. The way this crap thing is designed you would likely need to pick up 40% or so of the weight.........from ground level.........

I really doubt you've ever done any manual labor outside if you are suggesting this is superior when digging things up. If I was digging up a mix of dirt and rocks I would want to move them with a traditional wheelbarrow. If I was digging up a large stump I would want to move it with a traditional wheelbarrow. If I was digging up potted plants them maybe I would move them with this shit, but I would rather move a lot of potted plants efficiently hence using a traditional wheelbarrow.

 

[jmagg]

A nearly useless design.

Downgraded to a 100% useless design.