Three Tire Wheelbarrow

So much easier to use than a standard wheel barrow. We have a small horse barn on hill/mountainous property. We use the wheel barrow for manure, paddock cleaning, moving feed/equipment, gardening, etc. It really saves your back when pushing up/down hill and is very manuverable. It is relatively easy to move over ditches and obstacles. The only very minor negative so far is the when the wheel barrow is loaded heavily and is pointed downhill the small manual tire brake may not be adequate, this is easily fixed by paying attention to the angle you leave the wheel barrow when loading it on a hillside :) When it wears out we will be buying another one!!

In a nutshell - this is a piece of junk.Needed way more extra work on my part to make it functional than justified for $150 bucks - but it is getting the job done.I needed something to move fire wood during this winter since my back does not permit heavy lifting as you'd do with justa single front wheel unit with brace legs in the rear. There are very few three-wheeled barrows to choose from and PRIMEshipping made buying from Amazon the obvious choice.The assembly hardware has bolts with very shallow straight-slots - not even Phillips-head. The Chinese company assumesyour screwdriver won't slip off and stab you as you apply torque to tighten things up. I tried (ha!) - you can't apply enoughtorque with only a flat blade screwdriver & crescent wrench to tighten all joints into a sturdy product.Let me save you some time: take the barrow's hardware bag to your local Lowe's/Home Depot; use the pieces as a guide;and buy hex-head stainless steel nuts & bolts that allows you to use a socket set or two crescent wrenches.Also buy plenty of flat washers to go with the nuts & bolts if you want extra strength where parts join together.the overall metal is thin and you can pull the bolt head right thru the mount hole if you're not careful.Unexpected surprise - when I applied air to the tires using a bicycle pump - discovered two out of three inner tubes had rips.Another trip back to Lowe's/Home Depot for new inner tubes and the extra added expense over initial purchase.(Remember I bought new nuts & bolts hardware too). The extra cost is starting to add up.If I get two years of use out of this - I'll be satisfied (and surprised).That will give me enough time to find a better made product or find a local welder who can take a locally bought heavy dutywheelbarrow and modify it into a three-wheeler for me.If you need a three-wheeled barrow - go ahead and buy it. Just be aware what you're getting for the money. Not much..........

I spotted this wheelbarrow on Home Depot's website. All reviews were high. Then I seen it here on Amazon for a lower price, I just had to have it. I got it real fast using Prime. I couldn't wait. I received several packages at the same time. I saved the best for last, so I thought. I opened up the package and spread out all the parts, consulting my assembly instructions, couldn't wait to put it together. One major problem, the handles, referred to as Part A, were missing !. I can understand a missing bolt, a nut, even a washer, but one of the main structural components? Now, I see that another reviewer received this wheelbarrow with the handles missing also. No, you cannot go to the hardware store and replace these handles. Unlike a regular wheelbarrow that has wooden handles, this one has metal handles that are engineered to fit this wheelbarrow. What does this say about this manufacturer? Talk about lousy quality control. Too bad, this looks like it would be a near perfect wheelbarrow.Update 3-31-15, Seems the handle fiasco is an Amazon mistake. I have reordered it as I learned from the manufacturer's post that the wheelbarrow comes in 2 cartons. Amazon had them, but was not shipping both cartons. Their bad. But as always, Amazon is making good. I had this product for about a year now. Ok, I have done heavy physical labor my entire life, so I would think that this would be tough for many tor turn and to dump. I push down, hard, and pivot it to turn. I squat down and bench press the handle to lift and dump. Many could not do this. The tires on this thing are really bad. Every time I need it they are flat. They are already cracked and I am now looking for flat free tires to replace them. My last contractor wheelbarrow had the original wheels on it after 27 years when I put it out on the curb when I moved. This one has been kept outside, but in the shade all the time.Update; I asked where I could get tires/wheels for this thing and some good person here on Amazon suggested a tire store. I never thought of that one. I live in a small town, so I call a Discount Tire store here, and guess what, they did have Carlisle Flat free tires. I ran right over and purchased two, they were $28 each. I had the same problem that we have here on Amazon and the other stores. I had to settle for a tire that was bigger in diameter, no big deal, but the 3 in hub description didn't work. There wasn't enough room on the axle for this universal tire. It just didn't have enough room to even get the cotter pin in, much less the washer. So I ground off the inner washers that are tack welded to the axle. I then just used the bushings that came with the tire to fill in the empty space on the axle. Great!Update 02-03-15 Received the complete wheelbarrow, love it. Went together easy enough, no parts missing. I loaded it with a big load, and as expected, it handled the load with ease. To turn a sharp corner all you have to do is push down on the handle and pivot the wheelbarrow.I think everyone who values their back should have one of these. The handle is up high so you don't have to lean over and you never will have to lift the load to move it.. With the pneumatic tires it pushes easily over dirt and gravel. Again, with the high handle if you want to dump a load, all you do is squat down and lift up press it up and the load is out.

Package didn't contain wheelbarrow handles or assembly instructions. I suppose I could have went to the hardware store and bought replacement handles, but I think I will by an entire wheel barrow instead. Product is poor quality, sharp edges on rolled steel edge. Wedge shaped risers between handles and bucket are cheap, hard plastic. I wouldn't dare use this for hauling more than leaves!

I am a handy guy and question whether the designer-engineers ever tried to put one together. First, the hardware was cheap. They provided SLOTTED screws. Try to screw on a nut from underneath via touch and feel while holding a SLOTTED screwdriver from above, and the slots were very shallow. I went to the hardware store and bought quality hardware, bolts and nuts, and junked their stuff. I gave it two stars only because the concept is good and it does work. But I would not recommend this to a friend or enemy.