[FatGaz]

I'm looking to buy a new wheelbarrow - but budget is tight so it needs to be relatively cheap if possible.

What sort of things should I be looking out for, and what should I avoid?

Have you recently bought an inexpensive wheelbarrow - and would you recommend it?

[WG.]

Something with the wheel WELL BACK.  Puts the weight on the wheel and not on the handles.

[wellingtons]

... buy one that can comfortably double as a chair for when the blasted mouse has nibbled the seat out of yours ... and from past experience, buy one that is stable enough for you to stand in to get you out of your plot if some * has locked the gate! ...  

[Mysteryjimbo]

If you ask me, if it makes it easier to move stuff on mass and works what else could you want?  I picked one of the cheap ones up from Wilko.  It does the job well enough.  My only complaint is the nut came of the wheel axle.  Found it and put it back on tighter and its not been a problem since.

[muntjac]

focus broad bin builders barrow from focus £20 werks a treat  and tghye come in green .with red handles . or red handles and green with a red wheel

[Gwiz]

focus broad bin builders barrow from focus £20 werks a treat  and tghye come in green .with red handles . or red handles and green with a red wheel

never buy a wheelbarrow at the garden centre
go to a builders merchants.
try " the builders centre " if you've got one near you, they sell real tough steel ones for about £30 that will last you a lifetime.

[muntjac]

these is tuff mate i sat 6 bags of ballast in one lol

[frazzy]

or try your local www.dontdumpthat.com  or http://uk.freecycle.org/ or car boots .

[ziggywigs]

I've got two builders barrows and they last for years even though it tend to leave em out in all weathers.....cost about £26 each.

[noshed]

Yeah builders' ones. Get fat tyres too - easier over uneven ground

[Mrs.Veg]

focus broad bin builders barrow from focus £20 werks a treat  and tghye come in green .with red handles . or red handles and green with a red wheel

never buy a wheelbarrow at the garden centre
go to a builders merchants.
try " the builders centre " if you've got one near you, they sell real tough steel ones for about £30 that will last you a lifetime.

I totally agree with the boys on this one, builder's barrow for sure, them garden ones are flimsy rubbish.

[WG.]

Yup, gotta builder's barrow but we are a two-barrow household.  The other is a Haemmerlin which I also really like.

[lucywil]

we got ours from wickes, i think it was £25 and it does the job fine

[Jeanieblue]

I've got a tub on wheels - quite easy to manage, but a tad embarrassing to be pushing down our street !!!    Jean

[Aunt Sally]

Yup we use builders barrows with pump up tire.  Had a ball barrow once, it was OK but not as good as the builders barrow fpr heavy work  :!: