Comments on: Dumping Garden Cart http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/14/dumping-garden-cart/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rich http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/14/dumping-garden-cart/#comment-621180 Rich Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:50:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=14020#comment-621180 I've worked with the rubbermaid version. Buy from costco so you can return it, because the welds on the steering arms tend to fail after heavy use. For the people questioning its use, I'd rather haul 600 pounds in the wagon than in the wheelbarrow. I use it for moving gravel around for building a retaining wall. It also seems to have more a bit more volume than a contractor's size wheelbarrow. I’ve worked with the rubbermaid version. Buy from costco so you can return it, because the welds on the steering arms tend to fail after heavy use.

For the people questioning its use, I’d rather haul 600 pounds in the wagon than in the wheelbarrow. I use it for moving gravel around for building a retaining wall. It also seems to have more a bit more volume than a contractor’s size wheelbarrow.

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/14/dumping-garden-cart/#comment-621120 fred Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:48:06 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=14020#comment-621120 Interesting Post. Maybe a good Christmas present for my wife - who I have yet to fully disabuse of the idea of using one of our cement buggies and/or skid-steer in the garden. Interesting Post.

Maybe a good Christmas present for my wife - who I have yet to fully disabuse of the idea of using one of our cement buggies and/or skid-steer in the garden.

]]> By: Adam http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/14/dumping-garden-cart/#comment-620486 Adam Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:12:00 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=14020#comment-620486 I've worked with the one in the picture and can say good things about it. Handling on rough terrain and ease of use for older folks are both better than a wheelbarrow, not that it could replace it. The flat bed we use to haul buckets of water/trees. It is plastic but performs above average and real light. The dumping mechanism works easy even with a big load(dirt). Not that I'd ever mix concrete in it but I haven't used it enough to have complaints. For what its worth. I’ve worked with the one in the picture and can say good things about it. Handling on rough terrain and ease of use for older folks are both better than a wheelbarrow, not that it could replace it. The flat bed we use to haul buckets of water/trees. It is plastic but performs above average and real light. The dumping mechanism works easy even with a big load(dirt).

Not that I’d ever mix concrete in it but I haven’t used it enough to have complaints.

For what its worth.

]]> By: Matthew Gerber http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/14/dumping-garden-cart/#comment-620411 Matthew Gerber Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:59:52 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=14020#comment-620411 Looks to be the same unit Rubbermaid has been selling for some years, with the handle upgraded with the trailer hitch gimmick. The dump works by pulling on the mechanism handle below the front of the tub, which releases the rails bolted to the tub from the chassis. Then the wheels move together to allow the tub to dump back without having to lift way up in the air. The back of the tub can hit the ground. It can be awkward sometimes, and can flip over if you are not careful. Looks to be the same unit Rubbermaid has been selling for some years, with the handle upgraded with the trailer hitch gimmick.

The dump works by pulling on the mechanism handle below the front of the tub, which releases the rails bolted to the tub from the chassis. Then the wheels move together to allow the tub to dump back without having to lift way up in the air. The back of the tub can hit the ground. It can be awkward sometimes, and can flip over if you are not careful.

]]> By: Chris http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/14/dumping-garden-cart/#comment-620305 Chris Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:36:20 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=14020#comment-620305 Owning neither a lawn tractor nor ATV, I find myself wondering...why is this any better than a wheelbarrow? Seems like a decent wheelbarrow would hold a lot more and dump just as easily. Second question: how the heck does this dumping mechanism work? cl Owning neither a lawn tractor nor ATV, I find myself wondering…why is this any better than a wheelbarrow? Seems like a decent wheelbarrow would hold a lot more and dump just as easily.

Second question: how the heck does this dumping mechanism work?

cl

]]> By: ShopMonger http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/14/dumping-garden-cart/#comment-620110 ShopMonger Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:09:02 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=14020#comment-620110 I always thought these were a waste, until I got a dumping cart for my tractor....... They are just extremely useful and nice to have.... Would not want to be with out it now.... I always thought these were a waste, until I got a dumping cart for my tractor……. They are just extremely useful and nice to have….

Would not want to be with out it now….

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