It's called a cart if you wanna improve it, but lose the one wheel mobility adjustment, I'd say it's perfect depending on how well you can lift and what your transporting.
5 roller bearings
4 to the sides one on top
but how do you get the wheel to work?
also i prefer why my barrow loads start rolling sideways down a slope
>such a way that the container can dump to the side, while keeping two wheels on the ground.
this is so fricking moronic I bet you could get a job designing equipment for the army. We once bought a copier machine that was so fricking insanely stupid it was guaranteed to rip the original to shreds if you needed more than about 3 copies, because it had this stupid as shit belt that pulled the original into the machine and then back around and out the top for each copy. Turns out the military division had run short of work so the office division let them design a copier.
Two wheels is stable on perfectly flat ground.
You fill it up and roll it over any kind of transverse grade and you are FRICKED, load everywhere. Single wheel you just keep on trucking, easy. Simple kinematics, tripod is inherently stable, 4 legs is difficult to level
>Single wheel you just keep on trucking, easy. Simple kinematics, tripod is inherently stable,
One summer I worked for a roofing company that did the tar and gravel flat roofs. They had large wheelbarrows which you would fill at the conveyor belt way mounded up. I was in good shape, but at first if I was not careful it would get slightly off balance and next thing you know I was shoveling all the gravel back in.
One of the older roofers showed me that he could take hold of ONE handle and literally run across the roof with a full load of gravel, demonstrating that it wasn't strength as much as balance.
an omnidirectional wheel wouldn't work
imagine trying to use it on a slope, your only options would be straight up or down the slope, any other heading and the barrow would just veer sideways
this problem rules out any multi-wheel design, too, as only a single wheel can be pushed in a straight line on any slope while remaining upright
>short handles at the same level as the bucket >100 pounds of welded steel, empty >2 wheels >a full load puts weight in front of the wheel which will make it want to tip
This was made by an engineer who has the softest baby hands from never doing manual labor at all.
I used those as a fitter/maintenance gay at a coking plant. >You can smoke and walk at the same time.
I thought that was their only benefit, until we had a run of punctures & I had to wander about the site with a uni wheelbarrow. >20kg of flanges & bolts + weaving around or through piles of coal/coke is awkward as frick, if you can do it at all. 2 wheels is effortless by comparison over any terrain >oversize items- pipes & plates in my case as a welder, just slop about & fall out of the barrow as you're steering around the endless obstacles >You can't mindlessly park them on an incline without them falling over
This all happened decades ago but I have a vague memory of jobs being refused until the barrows were repaired since they simply weren't fit for purpose.
The screenhouse for instance might have a 30m high pile of coal that has buried 8 of the access stairs, and there's a couple more coal pyramids to traverse before you even get to it.
Upon re-reading it sounds a bit melodramatic, yet the whole shop ground to a halt for a day or two.
Looks great. The cart is underrated, far greater capacity, far better with awkward loads. Poor on poor ground but then again if your ground is poor the added stability could be worth it anyway.
between these two designs, which one is easier to push up a hill? i'm in the market for a wheelbarrow for my property right now (already have a big dump trailer that hitched to my mower but want something handheld) and this is my primary concern with the two-wheeled style, just looks like a ton of added resistance and a reduction in ground clearance
two wheel is infinitely more stable, you can literally drag it up hill with a rope, but single wheel is better for difficult terrain and manoeuvrability.
I bought the 2 wheel cart after my 1 wheel barrow tipped over pushing up a hill. Caught some uneven ground that made it wobble to the side and it spilled a ton of sticks and rocks I was gathering during spring cleaning. The 2 wheel never does this, it can't just be knocked over. And it's way easier to push because you don't have to lift while pushing.
This is the best wheelbarrow I've owned, you can tip it forward all the way so that the front end can act like a handtruck and it's low to the ground. Wish I got the rubber tire though, would be even better
Handles look awkward af
It comes with 3 different handles that you can choose from online from traditional to a horizontal bar.
Two videos I have downloaded many years ago.
weightless wheelbarrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOJLkQhscdI
Not what you are looking for but it's a barrow.
i kind of want that fishing wheelbarrow but at the same time i wonder how practical it would really be. if your traveling on a flat surface why not just put everything in your car. but if you're hiking around, could you really manuvuer a large barrow like that all over the place.
I was going to say it better give me a blow job for that price but after I saw it I realized it could definitely get me one from one of the guys on the job site.
Add touch screen wifi an app that tracks how many kilometers you've walked with it payment plans for rubberized grips and better color displays
Oh and make apps that run on that so you can fricking tweet from your wheelbarrow
I don't even come to PrepHole regularly, I just made this thread on a whim after spending a few minutes trying to decide on the most sensible change you could make to a wheelbarrow
I like the slower boards, they allow for more discussion
Carts are vastly better. Single wheel barrows exist because they cost the least to produce. Wheels are expensive.
Many tools are like that which is why for example cold chisels and punches aren't normally sold with side handles (I add those for better close quarters access beneath vehicles etc).
Single wheel barrows can navigate uneven terrain and narrow paths. Carts are for flat surfaces. Which will you encounter when you need to use a wheelbarrow? By your logic nobody needs a wheelbarrow because they already have a car.
Carts with suitable tires can go most anywhere in a yard or worksite, ditto dual-wheel barrows. Another advantage of two or more wheels is stabilizing the unit requires much less energy.
Only paths of travel considerably narrower than barrow bucket require a single wheel.
Heavily loaded four-wheeled carts can be winched easily when overloaded or quickly pulled a modest distance by vehicle of choice if on muddy terrain. I'm always equipped to pull items I prefer not to lift and push since I greatly value my already damaged back.
i can't see a >1 wheel cart being any use when quickly pushing a load of wet concrete over bumpy terrain and ramps
cool thing about one wheel is that bumps only make the load bounce up and down, and not rock side to side
How about a 3 wheeled wheelbarrow, which can be pushed on 3 wheels, but also lifted to just the front wheel?
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(with a brake which releases when you squeeze the handles)
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>can't steer unless you lift it up off the landing gear wheels >handles down at waist level if you try to push it (straight only) with 3 wheels on the ground, throwing out your back because it's full of 300lbs of gravel >puting a caster wheel at the front to allow turning would mean it rolls downhill or tips over when placed on an incline
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Four wheels are more stable than three. Wanting fewer wheels is just a sign of utter poverty and/or mental illness. You're sold single wheel barrows by default because lowest cost wins.
As homeowners became less poor more advanced carts became available.
i can't see a >1 wheel cart being any use when quickly pushing a load of wet concrete over bumpy terrain and ramps
cool thing about one wheel is that bumps only make the load bounce up and down, and not rock side to side
and like powered concrete carts/buggies are becoming much more popular because sufficiently wide ramps are no problem. Legacy systems are interesting because they so often reflect legacy constraints like poverty.
It's called a cart if you wanna improve it, but lose the one wheel mobility adjustment, I'd say it's perfect depending on how well you can lift and what your transporting.
I give it handles that are fit for something more than a Guatemalan's average height.
It's unironically perfect, improving it like these
with more wheels, electronics and Black folk makes it more expensive and less economically efficient.
as if we needed more evidence that power tool companies just want to sell you batteries
You can get e barrows that use car bateries if you so choose.
>more parts
Pic related.
You could also DIY one
I thought you were memeing then saw it on scamazon.
two wheels
100 percent if you made the wheel go in all directions
omniderictional like guy say
it would be mass produced and ripped of by chinks lol
5 roller bearings
4 to the sides one on top
but how do you get the wheel to work?
also i prefer why my barrow loads start rolling sideways down a slope
*I prefer it when my loaded barrow doesn't start rolling sideways down a slope
>Be on slight slope
>omnidirectional ball that everyone else wants starts pulling you down hill
> adds a gimbal lock mechanism
nothing personnel kid
He didn't mean the ball wheel.
I want her to barrow my balls IYKWIM
>1 moving part
I give up before I try, simplicity is king.
What's that flimsy shit?
Two wheels is far more awkward to handle than one. Can't dump to the side either.
Would be good if the ball actually had full omni-directional rotation but as it is this is just a normal wheelbarrow with a slightly wider tire
>Can't dump to the side either
Is that really an issue? I'd take the stability over that
Why not both.
Two wheel for stability, and design it in such a way that the container can dump to the side, while keeping two wheels on the ground.
>such a way that the container can dump to the side, while keeping two wheels on the ground.
this is so fricking moronic I bet you could get a job designing equipment for the army. We once bought a copier machine that was so fricking insanely stupid it was guaranteed to rip the original to shreds if you needed more than about 3 copies, because it had this stupid as shit belt that pulled the original into the machine and then back around and out the top for each copy. Turns out the military division had run short of work so the office division let them design a copier.
That’s called a document feeder.
Two wheels is stable on perfectly flat ground.
You fill it up and roll it over any kind of transverse grade and you are FRICKED, load everywhere. Single wheel you just keep on trucking, easy. Simple kinematics, tripod is inherently stable, 4 legs is difficult to level
>Single wheel you just keep on trucking, easy. Simple kinematics, tripod is inherently stable,
One summer I worked for a roofing company that did the tar and gravel flat roofs. They had large wheelbarrows which you would fill at the conveyor belt way mounded up. I was in good shape, but at first if I was not careful it would get slightly off balance and next thing you know I was shoveling all the gravel back in.
One of the older roofers showed me that he could take hold of ONE handle and literally run across the roof with a full load of gravel, demonstrating that it wasn't strength as much as balance.
>can't dump to the side
sounds like you need to hit the weights buddy
You do not want an omnidirectional wheel on a wheelbarrow.
maybe they want to just dump their shit.
I like this one, but those handles at the bottom are kinda lame.
>maybe they want to just dump their shit.
You do not want an omnidirectional wheel barrow. It will be completely unwieldy
an omnidirectional wheel wouldn't work
imagine trying to use it on a slope, your only options would be straight up or down the slope, any other heading and the barrow would just veer sideways
this problem rules out any multi-wheel design, too, as only a single wheel can be pushed in a straight line on any slope while remaining upright
>short handles at the same level as the bucket
>100 pounds of welded steel, empty
>2 wheels
>a full load puts weight in front of the wheel which will make it want to tip
This was made by an engineer who has the softest baby hands from never doing manual labor at all.
I used those as a fitter/maintenance gay at a coking plant.
>You can smoke and walk at the same time.
I thought that was their only benefit, until we had a run of punctures & I had to wander about the site with a uni wheelbarrow.
>20kg of flanges & bolts + weaving around or through piles of coal/coke is awkward as frick, if you can do it at all. 2 wheels is effortless by comparison over any terrain
>oversize items- pipes & plates in my case as a welder, just slop about & fall out of the barrow as you're steering around the endless obstacles
>You can't mindlessly park them on an incline without them falling over
This all happened decades ago but I have a vague memory of jobs being refused until the barrows were repaired since they simply weren't fit for purpose.
The screenhouse for instance might have a 30m high pile of coal that has buried 8 of the access stairs, and there's a couple more coal pyramids to traverse before you even get to it.
Upon re-reading it sounds a bit melodramatic, yet the whole shop ground to a halt for a day or two.
Bitch, please
smaller headlights than ellen page
>missing the most important piece
Look how happy that guy is.
chuckled
lose the bin
big wheel, how you stop?
mount a 240 machine gun on it with a ton of ammo in it also. 50 cal would work with two guys holding a handle each.
I love this thing. Never tips over when pushing it, and when you want to dump it it flips forward and rests on its front.
Looks great. The cart is underrated, far greater capacity, far better with awkward loads. Poor on poor ground but then again if your ground is poor the added stability could be worth it anyway.
between these two designs, which one is easier to push up a hill? i'm in the market for a wheelbarrow for my property right now (already have a big dump trailer that hitched to my mower but want something handheld) and this is my primary concern with the two-wheeled style, just looks like a ton of added resistance and a reduction in ground clearance
two wheel is infinitely more stable, you can literally drag it up hill with a rope, but single wheel is better for difficult terrain and manoeuvrability.
I bought the 2 wheel cart after my 1 wheel barrow tipped over pushing up a hill. Caught some uneven ground that made it wobble to the side and it spilled a ton of sticks and rocks I was gathering during spring cleaning. The 2 wheel never does this, it can't just be knocked over. And it's way easier to push because you don't have to lift while pushing.
Handles look awkward af
This is the best wheelbarrow I've owned, you can tip it forward all the way so that the front end can act like a handtruck and it's low to the ground. Wish I got the rubber tire though, would be even better
It comes with 3 different handles that you can choose from online from traditional to a horizontal bar.
>cant do a 180
You can do a 180 pretty easily with two wheels
if its empty
infinitely easier with 1 wheel and this is inarguable
cool. my cart has a long tounge in the front to stabilize it when tipping this hand truck thing is cool.
What do you want to do with it?
Two videos I have downloaded many years ago.
weightless wheelbarrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOJLkQhscdI
Not what you are looking for but it's a barrow.
i kind of want that fishing wheelbarrow but at the same time i wonder how practical it would really be. if your traveling on a flat surface why not just put everything in your car. but if you're hiking around, could you really manuvuer a large barrow like that all over the place.
How well does this thing turn? I only see them spinning and going forward.
A lever to step you over things, perhaps allowing you to climb up stairs, locking in a way that it wont roll back on you.
The wheel barrel is a perfect design, it cannot be improved.
Depends on the implementation of the design
Get a yard cart. I have this one.
Then once you're done with work you can hop in and ride down the hill in it!
*stuffed tiger not included
Include a Mexican to load and push it for you.
>wheelbarrow, $600
I was going to say it better give me a blow job for that price but after I saw it I realized it could definitely get me one from one of the guys on the job site.
Add touch screen wifi an app that tracks how many kilometers you've walked with it payment plans for rubberized grips and better color displays
Oh and make apps that run on that so you can fricking tweet from your wheelbarrow
That's neat but 16 tires can get expensive. Although these are chinese tires so they cost nothing and last ten minutes.
What's that rated for?
picrel is 450 tons
well it's got twice the number of wheels.
That means nothing; wheels actually look like regular sized excavator wheels. Compare headlights size; this thing is an absolute monster.
Well it has twice the wheels its capacity must be the square so it can hold 4 times as much.
1800t
chinah No1
These are pretty good as an alternative if you need to move bulk shit, you can find them at almost any home depot.
He's not advertising the bits of string you moron, he's making fun of the guy carrying it
Put the wheel under the center of gravity so you only have to push, not lift.
I prefer a wagon
This thread has almost been up for a month.
I don't even come to PrepHole regularly, I just made this thread on a whim after spending a few minutes trying to decide on the most sensible change you could make to a wheelbarrow
I like the slower boards, they allow for more discussion
It needs three more wheels. Anyone who disagrees is a homosexual who hates efficiency.
that's just a pull trolley
have you used a wheelbarrow?
Carts are vastly better. Single wheel barrows exist because they cost the least to produce. Wheels are expensive.
Many tools are like that which is why for example cold chisels and punches aren't normally sold with side handles (I add those for better close quarters access beneath vehicles etc).
both tools exist because they serve different purposes. lets see you try doing a concrete slab with a four-wheeled cart
Single wheel barrows can navigate uneven terrain and narrow paths. Carts are for flat surfaces. Which will you encounter when you need to use a wheelbarrow? By your logic nobody needs a wheelbarrow because they already have a car.
Carts with suitable tires can go most anywhere in a yard or worksite, ditto dual-wheel barrows. Another advantage of two or more wheels is stabilizing the unit requires much less energy.
Only paths of travel considerably narrower than barrow bucket require a single wheel.
Heavily loaded four-wheeled carts can be winched easily when overloaded or quickly pulled a modest distance by vehicle of choice if on muddy terrain. I'm always equipped to pull items I prefer not to lift and push since I greatly value my already damaged back.
i can't see a >1 wheel cart being any use when quickly pushing a load of wet concrete over bumpy terrain and ramps
cool thing about one wheel is that bumps only make the load bounce up and down, and not rock side to side
How about a 3 wheeled wheelbarrow, which can be pushed on 3 wheels, but also lifted to just the front wheel?
(with a brake which releases when you squeeze the handles)
>can't steer unless you lift it up off the landing gear wheels
>handles down at waist level if you try to push it (straight only) with 3 wheels on the ground, throwing out your back because it's full of 300lbs of gravel
>puting a caster wheel at the front to allow turning would mean it rolls downhill or tips over when placed on an incline
Four wheels are more stable than three. Wanting fewer wheels is just a sign of utter poverty and/or mental illness. You're sold single wheel barrows by default because lowest cost wins.
As homeowners became less poor more advanced carts became available.
"Rocker dump" carts hold more concrete
https://catalog.jamiesonequipment.com/viewitems/gories-concrete-buckets-hoppers-chutes-accessories/and-rocker-dump-concrete-carts-with-400-x-18-tires?
and like powered concrete carts/buggies are becoming much more popular because sufficiently wide ramps are no problem. Legacy systems are interesting because they so often reflect legacy constraints like poverty.
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That's for lightweight cargo not earth moving.
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