Looking for a decent wheelbarrow. Mainly for moving mulch and soil.
The features I've come to like are metal tub, invisible bolts in the tub, 100Lish, skinny tyre and good balance.
I've busted through my cheap poly wheelbarrow and borrowed a Sherlock Bunnings metal tub.
So far I've liked
https://sydneytools.com.au/product/westmix-wmhts65-100l-heav…
Or
https://sydneytools.com.au/product/westmix-wmlts48-100l-ligh…
Yep, leave the one-wheeled wheelbarrows to the big tough tradies who have to wrestle them along planks around a muddy work site. The best thing for the rest of us is a 4 wheel cart. Whether its a Gorilla cart or similar.
Horses for courses. Wouldn't like to mix a bag of concrete for the hills hoist post in a dinky little beach cart.
Your rubbish bin
Don't get a metal tub.
why? Got one that is 20 years old and still going strong! Just need to store them in the correct position so they don't fill with water.
Go to a building site and see what brickys use. Not a metal tub to be seen.
Are you or the OP a brickie? Different trades have different needs. Either are fine for home use. If you read the OP post, they have already broken a poly tub. So metal might be better for them.
@JimmyF: No, not a brickie, a builder.
It was more a comment as for what tools trades use as they will generally be longer lasting.
I have no idea as to how the OP broke his poly tub but I think the the use of "Cheap" prefix had something to do with it. A good quality poly tub will last a lifetime. OP has also said that he wants a skinny tyre. Why? So it bogs down and gets stuck in wet ground, tears up sodden turf? Would be much better with a wide tyre to spread the load and not sink in, but what would I know?
It was more a comment as for what tools trades use as they will generally be longer lasting.
Not necessarily. Tradies absolutely punish their tools - as would be expected - so the tools they would use would generally be the most economical for their use case. If a product only lasts 2/3 the time but is 1/2 the price, they're going to go for that one.
A home user's use case is entirely different: a plastic one could deteriorate over X years but a metal one could be good for Y years, and at a Z price differential. If the maths lines up, their choice could be different to the tradies one.
@Chandler: Yeah, you're right. That's why you always see tradies using Ozito tool etc on site. It's more economical.
For durability, metal tub is fine if you store it out of the weather, or tipped up against a wall so water doesn’t pool.
The rubber tires these days are much lighter weight than the old days, and will deteriorate in the weather/sun.
I replaced a pneumatic wheel with a solid rubber one a decade ago with good results.
Clean up your barrow when you finish for the day, don’t leave cement or dirt etc. in it “till you get back to finishing the job tomorrow” and they will last decades.
I have a plastic tub and when the wheel busted, i upgraded to a solid wheel, which being flat'ish and wide it gives good stability and never gets flat..
The only annoying thing is the flat round head bolt when shovelling and you connect with it.
This is one of the topics where every person who answers will give you a different correct answer. It really depends on so many things - your budget, what you're using it for, where you're storing it, what terrain it will be on, etc.
Around two years ago I needed a wheelbarrow for some around-the-house garden and small DIY construction jobs. I went to Bunnings to check my options, I wanted to get a cheapish (Saxon or Gardenline) smallish (60L) metal tray model, but after looking at all the alternatives, I saw the 80L Sherlock poly tray on sale, it was a bit bigger than I was looking for, and a little higher price than I thought I wanted, but after using it for two years, I'm happy with my purchase. If I ever need a new one, I would get another Sherlock.
Sounds like you have what I have. I got mine second hand from a relative ten years ago and it's still going strong. Mainly used for garden waste, also for carting bricks and pavers on occasion.
If I could go back, I would have gone for the 100l Heavy barrow. Due to the better Tyre and rigidity.
I’m seriously considering a gorilla cart as want one to last as long as possible