Do you own a wheelbarrow?

[Wagtail]

An excellent point that is sure to set off a lively debate. Let us hope that the discussion remains civil and does not degenerate into the juvenile name-calling and personal insults that characterize too many of the posts in the (Un)Friendly Politics Forum.

From the "progressive" Dictionary.com we have this definition of wheelbarrow:


From the conservative oxforddictionaries.com we have this definition for wheelbarrow:

and this for cart:


I can't find a definition for wheelsbarrow.

My initial take is that "progressives" would call Wagtail's device a wheelbarrow, while conservatives would call it a cart.

Steve

In both definitions presented, I would argue that the word is a combination (a slurring, if you will) of the words 'wheel' and 'barrow'.

'Barrow' is the root: [Oxford Concise] "a two-wheeled handcart used especially by street vendors... ORIGIN: OE bearwe 'stretcher, bier', of Gmc origin; rel. to bear (ie: carry).

Your presented, 'conservative', on-line Oxford definition notes a single wheel configuration at the front.

Therefore I present to you that my 'bearing vehicle' is the true and logical definition of the modern term "wheelbarrow", to wit:

'Wheel' (single - 1) + 'Barrow' (double wheels - 2) = 3 wheels.

 

[dragoneggs]

In both definitions presented, I would argue that the word is a combination (a slurring, if you will) of the words 'wheel' and 'barrow'.

'Barrow' is the root: [Oxford Concise] "a two-wheeled handcart used especially by street vendors... ORIGIN: OE bearwe 'stretcher, bier', of Gmc origin; rel. to bear (ie: carry).

Your presented, 'conservative', on-line Oxford definition notes a single wheel configuration at the front.

Therefore I present to you that my 'bearing vehicle' is the true and logical definition of the modern term "wheelbarrow", to wit:

'Wheel' (single - 1) + 'Barrow' (double wheels - 2) = 3 wheels.

Very good! I personally will yield then to the fine gentleman down under.

 

[Wagtail]

What keeps that thing from rolling away? Here in the Ozarks, it would be at the bottom of one of our ravines. We don't have any flat ground.

DISCIPLINE.
(and a bit of prayer)

((annnnd the worst I have to contend with is a gentle 2 degree down slope))

 

[Steave]

Used mine first time in a long time.
I try to avoid such silly things.

Yep this is one primitive tool, almost up there with the stone ax. (axe) ?

 

[Gary Fowler]

View attachment 515224Yes, the FEL I appreciate, but my wheelbarrow is used almost daily. It, too, is on a second set of handles and some hardware repair and another paint job I did invest in a solid rubber tire since the Osage Orange thorns were a disaster for a pneumatic tire.
How about my iron wheeled one that was used to move coal from the alley to the coal bin. It's being refurbished. Anybody got one that's about 100 years old? Anybody ever push one along a plank laying on mud? Old Irishmen know about those things.

You are surely a glutton for punishment-a wheelbarrow to haul and a garden fork for digging. By the time I got that many potatoes dug by hand, I wouldn't be able to even lift the barrow. You have my vote for the hardiest "oldballs" on the net.

BTW: I have the same wheelbarrow that I bought in 1970 when I got my first home. I have previously used it to haul dirt, concrete, fertilizer etc. It hasn't been used in 10 years at all. It is permanently parked up against the wall at one end of my tractor shed. I don't use anything manual anymore if I can do it with a powered piece of equipment.

 

[coherent]

I have a couple wheel barrels, but as the wife and I started getting older, found they aren't the easiest or most stable things to move once a little weight is in them. A couple years ago we bought one of those "wagons" with the black poly tub that dumps. Wife loves it for yard and garden work. Now the old wheel barrels are used for flower pots for decoration.

 

[Wakey]

Yes, I have a poor man's loader (wheelbarrow) with 2 aftermarket solid rubber tires. Pricey but worth every penny.

Something else I have is a dump wagon. Seriously though, I use the heck out of this thing. I don't have a side by side or golf cart so this fills the void haha

 

[smstonypoint]

In both definitions presented, I would argue that the word is a combination (a slurring, if you will) of the words 'wheel' and 'barrow'.

'Barrow' is the root: [Oxford Concise] "a two-wheeled handcart used especially by street vendors... ORIGIN: OE bearwe 'stretcher, bier', of Gmc origin; rel. to bear (ie: carry).

Your presented, 'conservative', on-line Oxford definition notes a single wheel configuration at the front.

Therefore I present to you that my 'bearing vehicle' is the true and logical definition of the modern term "wheelbarrow", to wit:

'Wheel' (single - 1) + 'Barrow' (double wheels - 2) = 3 wheels.

Very good! I personally will yield then to the fine gentleman down under.

Not so fast. As a libertarian, I support Randy's right to call his cart whatever he wishes, but it is still a cart.

Quoting the Bard of Avon:

What's in a name? that which we call a cart
By any other name would bear as well;

Steve

 

[aczlan]

We have a two wheeled wheelbarrow that has a pair of lawn mower tires on the front ( the original wheelbarrow wheels stopped holding air and I had a pair of replacement lawn mower front wheels that we bought for a mower but never got around to installing). The lawn mower wheels do much better in the mud even when loaded to the brim with wet and nasty manure. We also have a shallow single wheel wheelbarrow which always seems to have a flat tire and only really gets used for mixing cement.
The Kubota with the loader gets used a whole lot more than either wheelbarrow does though.

Aaron Z

 

[Ford850]

I'm surprised neither one of these guys have added to this thread. Oldmech had a thread on his design here http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...rrow-bcs-grillo-gravely.html?highlight=barrow and also pictured below. Cmyoung2 had a nice version of his own http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...0148-power-wheel-barrow.html?highlight=barrow. Someday I hope to build one similar to these. For now, I have 3 old school, hand powered, wheelbarrows.