The Chinese wheelbarrow

[Capt Worley PE]

Apparently, we're doing it wrong, and China has been using these things forever.

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/12/the-chinese-wheelbarrow.html

 

[jeb6294]

I was afraid to check this for a second because it sounds like something pornagraphic.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

What intrigued me was the ones with sails.

Doesn't seem all that practical, but I guess if it is a steady wind and you're headed that way...

 

[Mike in Gastonia]

At the risk of starting another Star Wars versus Lord of the Rings debate............

Is it wheelbarrow or wheelbarrel?

 

[roadwreck]

Wheelbarrow

+10000 LOTR Wheelbarrow

 

[engineergurl]

From wiki...

A wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles to the rear, or by a sail to push the ancient wheelbarrow by wind. The term "wheelbarrow" is made of two words: "wheel" and "barrow." "Barrow" is a derivation of the Old English "bearwe" which was a device used for carrying loads.

 

[snickerd3]

so what is my two wheeled wheelborrow called then...looks/operates just like the single wheeled kind just easier to move since it doesn't wobble...

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

so what is my two wheeled wheelborrow called then...looks/operates just like the single wheeled kind just easier to move since it doesn't wobble...

Mine has 2 wheels as well. It works better than the single-wheeled version in every way except one: walking across a steep slope.

 

[snickerd3]

yeah i could see that being a problem...land of the flat here so nothing steep to deal with for me

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Is it wheelbarrow or wheelbarrel?

Never heard it called a wheelbarrel around here.

 

[FLBuff PE]

so what is my two wheeled wheelborrow called then...looks/operates just like the single wheeled kind just easier to move since it doesn't wobble...

I've always called those garden carts.

 

[snickerd3]

Garden carts have the wheels on the sides...mine is shaped exactly like the single wheel variety just with two wheels up front to support the weight

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

This is what I have:

 

[Capt Worley PE]

This is what I have:

And this is a garden cart...

 

[MA_PE]

so what is my two wheeled wheelborrow called then...looks/operates just like the single wheeled except I borrowed it from my neighbor and never gave it backckind just easier to move since it doesn't wobble...

fixed it

 

[pbrme]

I thought the south pronounces it "hwea-barra".

 

[envirotex]

it's more like "well-bearra" in the central texas dialect...