Life hacks you figured out on your own

Wheelbarrows:

  1. Always point the wheelbarrow in the direction you are going to go, before loading it. It’s a lot harder to turn around when it’s loaded.

  2. wheelbarrows make perfectly good lawn chairs. Just tip them on to their handles and sit.

  3. carry D-handled (short) garden tools laid across the handles instead of sticking them in the bed. They are more secure that way.

Google image-search works for identifying all sorts of things. I recently sorted through a large collection of vintage coins from around the world, and there were many that I couldn’t make heads or tails of (!). Let Google have a look, and the consensus of the search results tells you what it is, e.g. a 1936 Ethiopian 25-santeem coin.

Not for us old farts!

On a scatological note, I bet a fart in a wheelbarrow chair would really resonate

I can affirm, especially the deeper notes :innocent:

If you fart in a wheelbarrow, how far does it carry?

4, While wheelbarrows with two front wheels don’t tip over, they really can’t be used going across a slope, because they tip over.

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Don’t get me started on forest noises. :wink:

My conclusion has been that there is no perfect cart. I have a construction wheelbarrow and a four-wheeled nursery cart that dumps and a two-wheeled dolly contraption that has a cradle which holds a muck bucket or a bale of hay, and between them I get most carrying done.

We have a garden cart with two bicycle wheels. It gets a lot of use.

Did you add the wheels yourself or have it done? If so, that would be a really good one. I recently noticed someone struggling with some kind of manual transportation device. I don’t remember the specifics (groceries, construction materials, etc.), but the point is that the person was struggling to guide it over rough terrain, and it was obvious that the small wheels were the problem.

It’s a commercial product my gf bought decades ago. Live never seen one like it.

One trick that a lot of people don’t realize it’s that it’s monumentally easier, at least in those situations, to pull the cart instead of pushing it. When you push it, in addition to pushing forward, you’re also pushing down, driving it further into the terrain it’s trying to ride over the top of. OTOH, if you pull it, in addition to pulling it forward, you’re also pulling it up, helping to lift it over all those bumps.
A situation where I see that all the time is deliveries coming into my building. The door has a threshold and I’ll constantly see people struggling to push a hand truck or other cart over it. If they turn around and pull, it’s a whole lot easier.

Here it is!

My Dad had one of those at his farmyard in his later years. He absolutely loved it. I tried to buy it at his auction, but was outbid. (Yes, I’m somewhat of a cheap bastard)

She’s a beauty! Now, how about that girlfriend you’re always mentioning?

:grinning:

More or less this one:

Or this one

Yep, tried linking to that one first but it didn’t work. That one is the exact cart we have. My gf uses it every warm weather weekend.