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I have a Hammerlin green steel barrow, had it years - moved tons and tons of stuff with it (although I don't landscape every day - more maintenance based now.
If all the barrows are breaking in a similar time span, is it on site use that's damaging them or is it the way they are treating them in transport, ie getting thrown on and off trucks etc, instead of put down gently?
hammerlin last years IMO - Ive had the plastic and ali ones and none last more than a season - Its usually either the welds that ruse off, bolts rust through the tin sheet or the bends in the piping rust thru - all shoddy corner cutting by the maker - Hammerlin just seem more rugged and thought out - take a beating and keep going.
Got a Hammerlin lives outside and as above better than the rest..you can pay silly money for a wheel barrow but no need imho ;-)
Mark
The steel has thinned over the years to the extent that a standard 'Builders Barrow' will not last as they used to - probably something we have to get used to. Lets face it thirty odd quid every few months wont break the bank. On the plus side, they are much lighter and consequently you can either carry more weight or use less energy pushing them!! ;-)
Or a proper full sized dumper if space allows.
I again would say hammerlin barrows.. there the best for this kind of industry!!
ITS HAEMMERLIN YOU HEATHENS, lol! Ive got to agree that your average £30 barrow is rubbish these days, the grips break in weeks and frame braces are made from tinfoil, one bump on the skip and they fold up but its an example of todays throw away society. the manufacturers want you to buy a new one every few months. My landscaper buddy gets his repaired by a mate of his whose got a welding plant, but not everyone has an welder at their disposal!