Need a wheel barrow..

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Lardman

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Need a wheel barrow..
« on: April 21, 2010, 21:09 »
Anyone recommend something sensibly priced. Its terraced here so It wont get a lot of use but I need move 3-4 tonnes of soil and the truggs keep splitting.



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Baz

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Re: Need a wheel barrow..
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2010, 22:22 »
Go to your local building supplies merchant and get a "builders" barrow for about 20 quid
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andy135

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Re: Need a wheel barrow..
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2010, 20:13 »
Baz. I think you'll find they are more like 30-40 quid these days.  :)

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Lardman

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Re: Need a wheel barrow..
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2010, 20:58 »
I happened to be in Been and Queued yesterday and took a look at their offerings. They were already rusty  :ohmy: and made from pressed steel that was only just thicker than tin foil. I was also in Wickes Friday and they didn't have anything at all, I'll try a BM but as Andy says they're going to be more like 30-40 and no doubt they'll try and slap on a chunk of M.C.T.

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madcat

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Re: Need a wheel barrow..
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2010, 11:00 »
Got one a couple of weeks ago from Jewsons - £39.  I've borrowed its older and more battered cousin from our builders so I know it takes a lot of hammer.  And turns on a sixpence. 

Travis Perkins had them too ... but their on line site was so hopeless, I gave up before I found out what size or how much they were.  Countywide also had barrows when I called in, but they were smaller, posher and £10 more expensive.  The Wickes ones looked like they would crumple and rust under anything heavier than half a bag of compost.  Bah humbug!   >:(
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Mosslane

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Re: Need a wheel barrow..
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2010, 13:48 »
We bought ours from B&Q 2 years ago. It has an orange plastic body with a galvanised frame and it has had some serious serious use since then and is still great. Was about £35 but it has been worth every penny. Had a couple of punctures but mainly due to all the hawthorn thorns from the jungle we had to cut down.
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