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Sack barrows
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I don’t mind yellow wheels!British Red wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 5:05 pm Hunted around and the best delivered price I could get was £18.99 on eBay. They say £19.99 but if you look at the listing it gives you a code for 5% off. They have proper bearings not those stupid plastic hubs ( but they are a hideous colour - my red barrow is going to look like something off Noddy )
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233941524933 ... %7Ciid%3A1
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Brand spanking new? Like a polished 4x4. You should not show it off until after you shifted at least a tonne of muck with it through a muddy field.British Red wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 4:42 pmOkay, I'm blaming you
Sack truck by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Seems good value and well made. Ordered a set of solid wheels for my old sack truck ( the pneumatic tyres are totally perished). It can live in the wood yard for shifting big logs about!
Mine was a fiver from the charity shop and a teensy bit lighter weight. More like an old lady's 'shopper'. Just about good for moving 25L.
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My old red one has more cred - but it also has dirty great cracks in the sidewalls of the tyres, rust on the base plate and a slightly bent axle from using it as a Peavy hook
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British Red wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 4:42 pmOkay, I'm blaming you
Sack truck by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Seems good value and well made. Ordered a set of solid wheels for my old sack truck ( the pneumatic tyres are totally perished). It can live in the wood yard for shifting big logs about!
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BR: You went with the double toe-plate, why you pick that over the standard ?
It does need to get the new polished off now
Like the yellow racing wheels, let us know how they hold up the abuse.... errm.... 'Normal usage'
It does need to get the new polished off now
Like the yellow racing wheels, let us know how they hold up the abuse.... errm.... 'Normal usage'
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The long toe plate is for moving coops around ( of which we have a LOT) - turns a two man job into a one man jobForgeCorvus wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 6:18 pm BR: You went with the double toe-plate, why you pick that over the standard ?
It does need to get the new polished off now
Nesters coop by English Countrylife, on Flickr
But also for "soft and bulky" stuff like straw, bailed shavings, feed sacks etc. I won't use it all the time but it's occasionally handy
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Well you might remember the old sack truck
Sack truck by English Countrylife, on Flickr
It looks tidy enough in that picture but a close up of the tyres shows big cracks and perishing
Perished rubber tyre by English Countrylife, on Flickr
The foot plate has also lost big areas of paint and is rusting but structurally okay
First job is is to strip off the old wheels and axle
Sack truck body by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Before fitting new wheels it makes sense to tidy up the body. I used a flap disc on a grinder to remove rust and loose paint. That flap disc is about done - but I wring every last use out if them
Flap disc by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Before painting I always clean and degrease - otherwise the paint doesn't stick
Degreaser by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Once that's done it's a couple of coats of cheap Wilko rattle can - this isn't high art - just rust proofing
Spray paint by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Spray job by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Before fitting the new wheels a healthy greasing of all the moving parts
Grease by English Countrylife, on Flickr
I could have re-used the split pins but I don't like to as being bent repeatedly weakens them so break out the fastenings box
Split pins by English Countrylife, on Flickr
New wheels on, pin in, ready to bend
Solid rubber wheels by English Countrylife, on Flickr
And there we have it - Noddy's sack truck - a small job but means I have it back in use for logging and can keep the temperature be with pneumatic tyres for coops etc.
Restored sack truck by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Sack truck by English Countrylife, on Flickr
It looks tidy enough in that picture but a close up of the tyres shows big cracks and perishing
Perished rubber tyre by English Countrylife, on Flickr
The foot plate has also lost big areas of paint and is rusting but structurally okay
First job is is to strip off the old wheels and axle
Sack truck body by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Before fitting new wheels it makes sense to tidy up the body. I used a flap disc on a grinder to remove rust and loose paint. That flap disc is about done - but I wring every last use out if them
Flap disc by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Before painting I always clean and degrease - otherwise the paint doesn't stick
Degreaser by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Once that's done it's a couple of coats of cheap Wilko rattle can - this isn't high art - just rust proofing
Spray paint by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Spray job by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Before fitting the new wheels a healthy greasing of all the moving parts
Grease by English Countrylife, on Flickr
I could have re-used the split pins but I don't like to as being bent repeatedly weakens them so break out the fastenings box
Split pins by English Countrylife, on Flickr
New wheels on, pin in, ready to bend
Solid rubber wheels by English Countrylife, on Flickr
And there we have it - Noddy's sack truck - a small job but means I have it back in use for logging and can keep the temperature be with pneumatic tyres for coops etc.
Restored sack truck by English Countrylife, on Flickr
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Fascinating, Red, I love it. Though it's a bit bright
I love that the wheels are solid, and that that grease is called "grease". Wilko is very good sometimes
I love that the wheels are solid, and that that grease is called "grease". Wilko is very good sometimes
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It's Noddy's sack truck - it has to be bright!
(Actually that Wilko bright red is cheaper than marking paint so I keep a few cans for splash marking. Black and clear I get in Lidl but they don't have bright stuff)
(Actually that Wilko bright red is cheaper than marking paint so I keep a few cans for splash marking. Black and clear I get in Lidl but they don't have bright stuff)