So I'm in the market for a 6 cu.ft. wheelbarrow and I'd like to get a
nice beefy one - thick steel tray so I can mix mortar etc.. in it and
it won't fall apart when I knock a hammer on the bottom to get out any
that my "assistant" leaves in there to dry overnight. Any ideas? Or
should I just go to the blue or orange box or Ace or something and
order one. Any good online masonry tool stores? TIA.
JP
"Jay Pique" wrote:
> So I'm in the market for a 6 cu.ft. wheelbarrow and I'd like to get
> a
> nice beefy one - thick steel tray so I can mix mortar etc.. in it
> and
> it won't fall apart when I knock a hammer on the bottom to get out
> any
> that my "assistant" leaves in there to dry overnight. Any ideas?
> Or
> should I just go to the blue or orange box or Ace or something and
> order one. Any good online masonry tool stores? TIA.
-------------------------
Farm & Fleet if you are in an agricultural area.
Otherwise Google "contractor's wheelbarrow".
Lew
"WW" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> Jay... If you have a problem cleaning cement from a item, I use
> muratic acid (Hcl) diluted. Works great. You can get a gallon very
> cheap at most hardware stores. WW
Watch out for the versions that are partial concentrations for close to the
same price as the full concentration. It should be 31.45% and not
somewhere around 15%. A gallon should run around $5 (+/- $2).
I use it for pH control in the swimming pool. A little bit goes a long way
there. (But don't breathe the vapors!)
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:a8f03806-f87f-4c94-b594-0be9758874df@c16g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
> So I'm in the market for a 6 cu.ft. wheelbarrow and I'd like to get a
> nice beefy one - thick steel tray so I can mix mortar etc.. in it and
> it won't fall apart when I knock a hammer on the bottom to get out any
> that my "assistant" leaves in there to dry overnight. Any ideas? Or
> should I just go to the blue or orange box or Ace or something and
> order one. Any good online masonry tool stores? TIA.
> JP
Get a new assistant who won't leave residue in the barrow
Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
> I have a so so metal tray one - it sits with holes in it.
>
> My two font wheel Plastic bucket can be washed out clean and works.
> Two wheels help prevent twist overs when pushing a heavy load and
> bump into something.
>
> Might not be strong enough for you but something to think about.
>
> Martin
>
I bought a two wheel wheel barrow out of consideration for my wife, who uses
one most. I would never buy another one again. Maneuverability sucks.
That becomes very important wheeling a tub full of concrete.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:53:05 -0400, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
>> I have a so so metal tray one - it sits with holes in it.
>>
>> My two font wheel Plastic bucket can be washed out clean and works. Two
>> wheels help prevent twist overs when pushing a heavy load and bump into
>> something.
>>
>> Might not be strong enough for you but something to think about.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
> I bought a two wheel wheel barrow out of consideration for my wife, who
> uses one most. I would never buy another one again. Maneuverability
> sucks. That becomes very important wheeling a tub full of concrete.
I bought a two wheeler and of course doesn't handle like a single
wheel, but after using it for a couple of years I'll never go back
to the single wheel.
It isn't wrong, just different, almost impossible to overload.
basilisk
--
A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse
"Martin H. Eastburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have a so so metal tray one - it sits with holes in it.
>
> My two font wheel Plastic bucket can be washed out clean and works.
> Two wheels help prevent twist overs when pushing a heavy load and
> bump into something.
>
> Might not be strong enough for you but something to think about.
I have a two wheeled plastic bucket, 8 cubic feet, and it will stand abuse
no metal bucket can stand.
If you have to wheel a load up a plank in through a door, get the old metal
one wheel version. If not, I can't imagine why anyone would want to buy one
of the old style.
--
Jim in NC
Steve B wrote:
> My next wheelbarrow will be a two wheeler. I get them at garage
> sales for $5, and have half a dozen now, five with flat tires. I
> would like to try the stability of a two wheeler. When things get
> serious, I get out the ATV with the two wheeler, and just don't fight
> it like I used to. You can carry a lot of rocks on a trailer pulled
> with an ATV, and with the tilt trailer, it dumps instantly with the
> turn of a rod.
> Steve
Report back after you try to make a turn with a two wheel wheel barrow...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Sep 9, 6:42=A0pm, Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I'm in the market for a 6 cu.ft. wheelbarrow and I'd like to get a
> nice beefy one - thick steel tray so I can mix mortar etc.. in it and
> it won't fall apart when I knock a hammer on the bottom to get out any
> that my "assistant" leaves in there to dry overnight. =A0Any ideas? =A0Or
> should I just go to the blue or orange box or Ace or something and
> order one. =A0Any good online masonry tool stores? =A0TIA.
> JP
How about using the hammer on the "assistants" head?
Allen
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:42:16 -0700 (PDT), Jay Pique
<[email protected]> wrote:
>So I'm in the market for a 6 cu.ft. wheelbarrow and I'd like to get a
>nice beefy one - thick steel tray so I can mix mortar etc.. in it and
>it won't fall apart when I knock a hammer on the bottom to get out any
>that my "assistant" leaves in there to dry overnight. Any ideas? Or
>should I just go to the blue or orange box or Ace or something and
>order one. Any good online masonry tool stores? TIA.
>JP
I haven't used a wheel barrow since I got a Kubota tractor with a
backhoe and loader. 8-)
Mike M
On Sep 9, 10:53=A0pm, "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
> > I have a so so metal tray one - it sits with holes in it.
>
> > My two font wheel Plastic bucket can be washed out clean and works.
> > Two wheels help prevent twist overs when pushing a heavy load and
> > bump into something.
>
> > Might not be strong enough for you but something to think about.
>
> > Martin
>
> I bought a two wheel wheel barrow out of consideration for my wife, who u=
ses
> one most. =A0I would never buy another one again. =A0Maneuverability suck=
s.
> That becomes very important wheeling a tub full of concrete.
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
You can't walk on a plank with a two-wheeler either. I like the way
you can shake a one-wheeler to empty it in a narrow opening.
I have a so so metal tray one - it sits with holes in it.
My two font wheel Plastic bucket can be washed out clean and works.
Two wheels help prevent twist overs when pushing a heavy load and
bump into something.
Might not be strong enough for you but something to think about.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
"Our Republic and the Press will Rise or Fall Together": Joseph Pulitzer
TSRA: Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Originator & Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/
On 9/9/2010 5:42 PM, Jay Pique wrote:
> So I'm in the market for a 6 cu.ft. wheelbarrow and I'd like to get a
> nice beefy one - thick steel tray so I can mix mortar etc.. in it and
> it won't fall apart when I knock a hammer on the bottom to get out any
> that my "assistant" leaves in there to dry overnight. Any ideas? Or
> should I just go to the blue or orange box or Ace or something and
> order one. Any good online masonry tool stores? TIA.
> JP
"Martin H. Eastburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have a so so metal tray one - it sits with holes in it.
>
> My two font wheel Plastic bucket can be washed out clean and works.
> Two wheels help prevent twist overs when pushing a heavy load and
> bump into something.
>
> Might not be strong enough for you but something to think about.
>
> Martin
My next wheelbarrow will be a two wheeler. I get them at garage sales for
$5, and have half a dozen now, five with flat tires. I would like to try
the stability of a two wheeler. When things get serious, I get out the ATV
with the two wheeler, and just don't fight it like I used to. You can carry
a lot of rocks on a trailer pulled with an ATV, and with the tilt trailer,
it dumps instantly with the turn of a rod.
Steve
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:53:05 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
>> I have a so so metal tray one - it sits with holes in it.
>>
>> My two font wheel Plastic bucket can be washed out clean and works.
>> Two wheels help prevent twist overs when pushing a heavy load and
>> bump into something.
>>
>> Might not be strong enough for you but something to think about.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>
>I bought a two wheel wheel barrow out of consideration for my wife, who uses
>one most. I would never buy another one again. Maneuverability sucks.
>That becomes very important wheeling a tub full of concrete.
I always mix on the spot I'm going to crete in. Running around with
wheelbarrows full of premixed cement is a disaster waiting to happen.
I've seen too many get dumped. 5gal buckets are bad enough for
carrying it to remote spots. Garden hoses and plastic cement mixing
tubs make mixing on the spot a joy. Avoid the sheet molded tubs.
They're extremely weak in the corners, and I've had cement hoes take
'em out in one push. (I put that corner over the post hole while I
finished mixing.)
If a lot of crete is needed, call in a mixer. They're a joy to work
with.
--
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy
simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
-- Storm Jameson
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:a8f03806-f87f-4c94-b594-0be9758874df@c16g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
> So I'm in the market for a 6 cu.ft. wheelbarrow and I'd like to get a
> nice beefy one - thick steel tray so I can mix mortar etc.. in it and
> it won't fall apart when I knock a hammer on the bottom to get out any
> that my "assistant" leaves in there to dry overnight. Any ideas? Or
> should I just go to the blue or orange box or Ace or something and
> order one. Any good online masonry tool stores? TIA.
> JP
Jay... If you have a problem cleaning cement from a item, I use muratic acid
(Hcl) diluted. Works great. You can get a gallon very cheap at most
hardware stores. WW
On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:44:37 -0700, Mike M
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:42:16 -0700 (PDT), Jay Pique
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>So I'm in the market for a 6 cu.ft. wheelbarrow and I'd like to get a
>>nice beefy one - thick steel tray so I can mix mortar etc.. in it and
>>it won't fall apart when I knock a hammer on the bottom to get out any
>>that my "assistant" leaves in there to dry overnight. Any ideas?
Yeah, learn (and then teach your assistant) how to use muriatic acid
for cement cleanup.
>Or
>>should I just go to the blue or orange box or Ace or something and
>>order one. Any good online masonry tool stores? TIA.
HF, JP. Sweet little $5 (on sale) set of trowels for the occasional
mortarer.
http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result/?category=&q=concrete
>I haven't used a wheel barrow since I got a Kubota tractor with a
>backhoe and loader. 8-)
I use my wheelbarrow for moving compost around in the yard. It's
quicker to fill and less work than pairs of 5gal buckets. Other than
hauling the scraps from reroofing my pump house last year, that has
been its only use in 2 years.
I move concrete bags around with my HF Big Wheel hand truck and mix it
in the molded tub.
--
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy
simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
-- Storm Jameson
Can't pivot on a dime, but one can move it this way or that by moving
arms and body most everywhere. When raised up on the wheels it doesn't
flop to one side or another.
If you use a construction wheelbarrow and have the upper body strength
Then do as you want.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
"Our Republic and the Press will Rise or Fall Together": Joseph Pulitzer
TSRA: Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Originator & Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/
On 9/9/2010 9:53 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
>> I have a so so metal tray one - it sits with holes in it.
>>
>> My two font wheel Plastic bucket can be washed out clean and works.
>> Two wheels help prevent twist overs when pushing a heavy load and
>> bump into something.
>>
>> Might not be strong enough for you but something to think about.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>
> I bought a two wheel wheel barrow out of consideration for my wife, who uses
> one most. I would never buy another one again. Maneuverability sucks.
> That becomes very important wheeling a tub full of concrete.
>