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I bought a new wheelbarrow

I was really excited about this until all you naysayers came along. Talk about your buzz kill.
I think you guys are just jelly cause you don't have a cool wheelbarrow to push around in the hot sun while breathing small engine exhaust.
I might have to have this thread moved to the garage where hydraulics and tracked vehicles are given the respect they deserve. You girley men can stay here and talk about your air conditioning and power steering and where's the best place to get a pedicure.
 
I was picturing this:
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That would be great...but SOMEONE still needs to load it. If you have a tractor for loading...why do you need a wheelbarrow?
 
So I actually used this thing yesterday, I'm fairly impressed. Loaded it with all of the decomposed granite that would fit, it didn't blink. It also didn't tear up my lawn as I ran it around the yard.
It's an interesting mix of parts and ideas. It's 100% Chinese, and the engine is Briggs & Stratton, that they claim is american made. Overall the build seems stout enough to last, but the cable operated turn controls (like bicycle brakes) feel crunchy.
I'll see how long it takes my crew to kill it.
 
The all china would concern me, how is availability to parts? The up stairs feature Is awesome.
 
jmagg said:
The all china would concern me, how is availability to parts? The up stairs feature Is awesome.
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It appears parts are readily available. Most of the high wear items could be replaced with off the shelf goods of better quality. The transmission appears to be used in several different machines from at least two manufacturers.
It was definitely a coin toss purchase, if I get a 200 hours of use out of it I'm even. Everything after that is in the plus column.
 
Update.

It died yesterday. The drive gears on the tracks are cast iron with a bolt that goes through the axle. The entire casting shattered. Only had 780 pounds of concrete in it at the time. The gear should be made out of steel, iron is to brittle.
Now we get to see if their warranty is any good.
 
Be sure and tell them that the horn never worked either 🙄

What was that, like less than 1/5 yd. ?
Down here we have always leaned toward rental (ride-on or walk behind) powered "Georgia buggies" for moving small amounts of concrete, if a regular wheelbarrow was impractical.
And 2" pumpers for a truck or 2. More than that = bigger pumper.
Always more cost efficient for us, being in Cali, your costs must be a lot different.
 
On the upside, it didnt break full climbing stairs which could crush you cause other damage that youre responsible to fix.
 
Micrornd said:
Be sure and tell them that the horn never worked either 🙄

What was that, like less than 1/5 yd. ?
Down here we have always leaned toward rental (ride-on or walk behind) powered "Georgia buggies" for moving small amounts of concrete, if a regular wheelbarrow was impractical.
And 2" pumpers for a truck or 2. More than that = bigger pumper.
Always more cost efficient for us, being in Cali, your costs must be a lot different.
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The concrete was bagged mix for a small patch, 13 60 pound bags in it when it died.
In the areas where I work, a pump is almost always required, as we often have to go up stairs or through narrow side yards. I picked up the wheelbarrow for one particular project that requires hauling gravel up a flight of stairs. Humping 6 yards of rock in 5 gallon buckets up a flight of stairs is no fun. It's also just plain handy to have around. I'm old enough that a job that I used to view as a workout I just can't do anymore. I have a knee that's pretty much shot, and now my right shoulder is causing me grief. I now try to put all the wear on a tool, and not my body. Wish I'd have cracked that code 40 years back.
 
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