G'day Tyler and Bigted,
Yes it's a pricey wheelbarrow that's for sure, gees if you are going to spend that much on something you'd want to be using it all the time! Then the battery on these things doesn't last long. Replacements aren't cheap by the looks of it.
This reminds me years ago I wanted to replace the wheel on my old Daytek wheelbarrow, I went into my local Mitre 10 store this was probably around the time that most McEwans hardware stores had closed and Bunnings hadn't opened up a store around here yet, possibly around 1995 maybe? Anyway they wanted something like $60 just for a wheel and tyre for a wheelbarrow! I said are you guys serious? I can just buy a whole new wheelbarrow for that sort of money! I left the wheel at the counter and went home and ended up fitting an old smaller bicycle wheel to the wheelbarrow with some mods where the wheel bolts to and just panel beated the steel tray to make clearance for the bigger wheel! LOL! I still use it for the lawn clippings the bicycle wheel works great!
This also reminds me many years ago when I was younger when the old Qualcast model H push reel mower I have still had it's wooden handle, they were also great for loading up with some heavy planted pots that you wanted to move around the yard. I think if you turned the mower upside down the wheels would roll so you basically had a nice strong trolley you can put something on the steel frame near the lower wooden handle, then you had a nice handy backyard trolley to cart stuff around in...lol This was only done when I had to move something heavy from one part of the yard to the other. Or from the front yard to the backyard. It was still a bit hard on your back having to lift and keep the handle balanced as you rolled it along. But it beats trying to lift and move a really heavy planted pot manually that's for sure.
Cheers!
