Do you own a wheelbarrow?

[jajiu]

I have the same one that I used to haul fire wood in back when I was 12 years old (32 years ago). When my dad gets something new, I get his "hand me downs". I just replaced the oak handles this spring and converted the front to a double wheel for stability. It has a couple of small holes rusted through the bottom that let the rainwater out.

I have done that conversion to a "2-wheeler" just a few weeks ago. I bought a second tire from a yard sale with the thought of needing it in case of a flat, but after seeing the "2-wheeler's" at H.D. I converted mine. I use it to bring wood from the woodshed to the bulkhead for easy access for my basement wood stove.

 

[/pine]

For me it was hello FEL...goodby wheelbarrow...prior to getting the tractor/FEL the wheelbarrow was probably the most used tool around the property...now days I only use it when mixing mortar or placing concrete etc...

 

[dragoneggs]

I am shocked! SHOCKED!!! That you would doubt my claim... So I immediately had to venture out on a cold Winters night and snap this photo.

Technically... is that not a wheelsbarrow?

 

[smstonypoint]

Technically... is that not a wheelsbarrow?

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:

a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts
Wheelbarrow | Define Wheelbarrow at Dictionary.com.

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

A small cart with a single wheel at the front and two supporting legs and two handles at the rear, used typically for carrying loads in building work or gardening.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/wheelbarrow

and this for cart:

A shallow open container on wheels that may be pulled or pushed by hand
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/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

 

[JimWalch]

Wife has one! I use the BX23

 

[jajiu]

Technically... is that not a wheelsbarrow?

That's like when I go to the barber, I ask for a "hairs" cut. I want them all cut not just a hair cut, referring to one hair.

 

[Citydude]

They do make good planters....

 

[oldballs]

Yes, 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.

 

[Gcorron]

Now THAT is an offensive statement to those of us 'follically challenged' on this net! SHAME on you!

 

[Gcorron]

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.

Yes, I have pushed a wheelbarrow over a plank! And I am an old Irishman! When the guys above were bragging about the solid tires I wanted to reply that they lost their beauty when mud/muck was involved, it's like throwing out an anchor. Also when you learn to turn the rig around and pull it instead of push it. Kind of lets you know why a horse does not push a plow!

George