Wheelbarrow.

[gness]

The Builder or anyone else who can advise please.

Can you recommend a wheelbarrow that I will be able to use, sometimes for heavy stuff, in a large, very uneven, often wet and boggy field.
It will also need to be wheelable on a long gravel drive.

Thank you...x

[Vagus]

What about a four wheeled tipping handcart? Spreads the weight over four wheels instead of one, might be easier on boggy ground and would also work on a gravel drive I would think.

[Old_Geezer]

Not that knowledgeable but it's my belief that those with a sphere, rather than a conventional wheel, is best for wet boggy ground.

[bookbinder]

How about this?
https://www.wheelbarrows.co.uk/walsall-duraball-green-wheelbarrow/

[alavahalf]

Must have been a hell of a St Patricks day if you need a wheelbarrow to get him home !

[gness]

Thank you for the advice and will look at that link BB when I go inside for a glass of wine.

It was, Alav.....I'll have to go searching the hedges and ditches for him when the wheelbarrow arrives... :-)

[lady-janine]

Didn't Mr Dyson make a wheelbarrow with a large ball instead of a wheel?

[The Builder]

Dear Gness...
I find myself caught between two loyalties here.
I could refer you to this...

https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden/gardening/best-wheelbarrow-for-mucking-out-for-allotment-mud-poo-picking-tyre-a8232376.html

Dave will appreciate that, for builders, the "Hammerlein" is generally regarded as the Ferrari of conventional wheelbarrows.
My dilemma is this: I know you to be of doughty Irish stock, but how can I put this? Your physique is at best, slight. I would say "petite".

Even with all the finest cursing available to you, you will inevitably, struggle on heavy-going. You'll find yourself reluctantly calling on your reserve solution and calling for the cavalry.... i.e. Dave.

To avoid conflict, and the possibility of losing two dear friends... I would hire this:

https://www.leanestoolhire.com/products/petrol-power-barrow-300kg

I'm basing this on the assumption that it occasionally rains in Kerry, and that the ground would hell to navigate.

[Old_Geezer]

There's a few around LJ https://www.google.com/search?q=wheelbarrow+with+ball+wheel&;prmd=sivn&;source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtvKuE87zvAhWKSRUIHWUED4YQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=800&bih=1280

[gness]

Thank you, The Builder. Yes, I'm still fairly petite and of course short. I do, however, belong to a Kerry family renowned for strength and luckily that hasn't weakened down the generations. I am weirdly strong. It comes in very handy at times...especially with the cursing added....or maybe it's just the Guinness.
My concern was for the wheelbarrow wheel/s on this unforgiving ground. There are a couple you've given me that I'm very interested in so I shall mull them over tonight.

The Power Barrow looks fantastic and tempting but I have two problems with that.
I need a wheelbarrow here to use little and often on the days it isn't raining and then there's the colour.
With Irish skin and red hair it just doesn't go. The last machine I hired was a digger. I requested green or purple. They sent red. I could just cope with that but I'm afraid yellowy orange is a colour too far. I wouldn't mind a go on one though!
Thanks for your help...x

Thank you too, LJ and OG. Didn't know he'd made one but it ended up a sad story, didn't it....x

[shoota]

https://www.polarisbritain.com/atv-ranger/ranger/ranger-xp-1000-eps/

[gness]

Thank you, Shoota....I could do the shopping in that one too!

[KARL]

Something some wheelbarrow manufacturers fail to consider is that the further forward the wheel is, the heavier a lift it will be - on long or otherwise challenging routes this soon becomes exhausting. I like a barrow where the wheel is clearly behind the front edge, but the majority seem not to pass this test.

[gness]

That's interesting and seems sensible, Karl. I'll keep that in mind as thinking about it should make it easier...thank you.

[Chipchopper]

I purchased a 2-wheeler about a year ago, for the same reasons that you mention, Gness.
It has good stability and has served me well. so far.
PS, pneumatic tires recommended.

[gness]

I had wondered if a two wheeler would be best, Chip. Thought it may be less likely to twist when I hit a rut. Thank you for that.

[aelmpvw]

whatever you do gness, don't get in a rut

[aelmpvw]

^stuck

[woofgang]

I much prefer a two wheeler. I find its quite difficult to load a one wheeler evenly if its not something like earth, which pretty much self levels, and then its a mare to push. the 4 wheeled barrow which i also have, its excellent but difficult over really rough ground.

[gness]

No fear of that, Ael especially as that government now tells me I may no longer need to cocoon after April 5th. I really didn't know I was supposed to have been cocooning!

I had looked at 4 wheelers when I began investigating but imagined them to be hard going on the field.